Neels Castillon — film director & artist
shapes of birth
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shapes of birth

A fragile, wordless meditation on birth.

Having a child overwhelms and redefines. The shapes of everything shift: the body, the rhythm of days, priorities and above all, the way we learn to love.

We wanted to print onto celluloid the doubts and fears that coexist with the fragile miracle of life taking form. The tiny mechanical Bolex became the perfect artistic tool to preserve intimacy and infuse an organic texture into this improvised piece.

A wordless film-poem by Fanny Sage, Neels Castillon & Pablo Sage Castillon.
directed, shot & edited by Neels Castillon
original music by Thylacine
color grading by Sylvain Canaux
color assistant Norman Lemarié
filming location — Loreto di Casinca, Corsica, France
format — Black & White, 16mm
camera — Bolex H16
lens — Zeiss Super 16
film stock — Kodak Double Negative 7222
created with the precious help of Jean-Pierre Gavini, Louis Arnoux, Romain Alary, Mai Aghababian, RVZ, St Louis, Hiventy.