From Dusk to Dawn2024

From Dusk to Dawn focuses on embodied descriptions of lightness and darkness, experienced by someone who undergoes various medical procedures. Throughout the film, the central character tries to process grief from an event, as she questions how her total attentiveness to the real might be slightly hallucinatory. The dialogue weaves between the narrator’s internal conversation and reflections with herself and with an overbearing doctor, who she consults with to help overcome issues with perception and memories of the past. The narration takes the viewer through vivid descriptions of experiences at night, as well as sensory perceptions of time passing. It focuses on questions around how memory is recorded, stored, and altered through the process of physical perception and recall, propelling more questions around what we see and believe with our eyes. From Dusk to Dawn draws inspiration from various novels and poems, the primary one being Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz (1937).

Written and directed by Nechama Winston.
Voice narration by Kyung Eun You.
With appearances by Marji Shemanski and Jason You.
Animation by Kyung Eun You.
Original music for the film written and performed by Mario Schöning.