Off the shores of Scotland, a group of workers dismantles out-of-service oil rigs. Like iron giants, they overpower the landscape as they await their destruction. Through its mechanical eye, the camera watches over and dissects the operation with precision. Then, this seemingly detached gaze takes a sensitive approach to the event. The 16 mm film plays on screen, its material qualities bringing to mind a future archive. With a perspective that swings from representation to abstraction, Platforms offers an inside look into an operation on a global scale and transforms it into a site of speculation, where it becomes possible to question the oil industry’s imaginary world and teleology. If an end is possible, does it really start here? (MF)
Quebec Premiere
competition : National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Plateformes
- Country : Canada (Quebec)
- Year : 2026
- V.O : French
- Subtitles : English
- Duration : 20 MIN
- Cinematography : Mathieu Laverdière
- Editing : Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
- Editing : Emma Bertin
- Production : Mélanie Brière
- Production : Nathalie Cloutier
- Sound Design : BJ Nilsen
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