World Premiere

The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight

15+
81 mins
Theodore Schaefer
Constance Shulman, Daniel Zolghadri, Gus Birney, Jack Haven, John Early, Roberta Colindrez

Premiere Status

World Premiere

Countries

United States

Language

English

Content Warning

Suicide

Run Time

81 minutes

Enhanced Access

Overview

Three seemingly disconnected stories unfold across New York City. Gus Birney stars as Violet, a jaded arcade worker, Sinopia, an upper-class professor bored with her marriage, and Jade, an endlessly cool young woman who decides to help a stranger out of her debt. Meanwhile, a woman with a suitcase (Constance Shulman) moves through the city in search of the doppelganger trying to take over her life. Surreal, comedic and reflexive, this film plays out like free jazz, with writer-director Schaefer deftly pulling us through this whirlwind black-and-white flight of fancy. -Pranamika Subhalaxmi

Introduced by producer, screenwriter and former EIFF Director Lynda Myles.

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