'My First Brush With Infinity'
Philippines
Filmmaker ALEX WESTFALL
2023 Shortlist
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Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Alex Westfall works across narrative, documentary, and experimental forms to explore myth, memory, and the history and future of images.
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“In my documentary, I excavate, interpret, and re-envision photographer Francesca Woodman’s life. My First Brush With Infinity is rooted in her philosophy of photography as a way to exist outside of time, to transcend the self. Francesca thought of photos as “places to dream in”—that’s what this film is, too”
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'My First Brush With Infinity'
Philippines
Filmmaker ALEX WESTFALL
2023 Shortlist
'Collapsing District'
France
Photographer EMMA PANCHOT
2023 Shortlist