Underplayed Gems

Perfectly a strangeness (2024)

Perfectly a strangeness poster
Original title
Une parfaite étrangeté
Directed by
Alison McAlpine
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
15 min
Rated
A
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary short takes viewers to a remote observatory in Chile. It watches astronomers and workers as they study the night sky.

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What happens

Perfectly a Strangeness (stylised in lowercase) is a 2024 documentary short film written and directed by Alison McAlpine. The world premiere was at the Official Short Film Competition of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or. At the 98th Academy Awards, it was also nominated for Best Documentary Short Film. It was largely filmed at La Silla Observatory, a European Southern Observatory (ESO) site in Chile, with some shots filmed further north at ESO's Paranal Observatory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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