Elegy For A Glacier
United States, 16 mins
When a glaciologist returns to her small town to assess the local glacier for potential land development, she finds herself confronted by her estranged eco-activist mother, who will stop at nothing to save the glacier.
Writer/Director: Stephanie Falkeis
Producer: Nicholas Nyhof
Director of Photography: Alexa Wolf
Editor: Sushma Khadepaun
Composer: Sarah Li
Cast: Campbell Symes, Noa Graham
Contact: Nicholas Nyhof, nicholas.nyhof@gmail.com
Virtual Screening
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Program G
Sunday, May 14th at 5pm ET
About the Writer/Director
Stephanie Falkeis is a European writer-director based between Paris and New York. A Fulbright Fellow, BAFTA Newcomer, and Sloan Grantee, Stephanie received Austria‘s inaugural 'Heroines in Series' Script Development Award and is currently prepping her debut feature through a deal with a French Studio. She tells stories about the blurring of personal and political identities as well as our relationship to the natural world.
About the Producer
Nicholas Nyhof is a Toronto-based Creative Producer with a focus on stories that seek to thrill and entertain their audiences. His recent film TIDAL was licensed for network distribution by the CBC in Canada, and he is currently in pre-production on his first feature film with a slate of projects across all genres in development.