TURN TO THE WIND
a film by Lea Nakonechny
produced by Simon Nakonechny & Adam Budd
Canada / 2002 / Documentary / 5min / English
16mm (4:3) / Colour / Mono
Synopsis
Shot on location at the SunBridge Wind Farm near Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Turn to the Wind is an aesthetic exploration of towering wind turbines in the unique landscape that surrounds them. The film is both a “day in the life” of these amazing high-tech structures and an attempt to reconcile the new dynamic between landscape and technology in Southwest Saskatchewan.
Festivals/Broadcasts
10e L’International du Cinéma de l’Estrie (Sherbrooke)
2003 One World Film Festival (Ottawa)
Cinecco 2003 (Lisbon)
Va savoir! 13th Int’l Film Festival (Montreal)
2004 CSIF $100 Film Festival (Calgary)
SCIENEMA 04 National Festival of Science Film (Australia)
2004 Planet In Focus Film Festival (Toronto)
2004 Continental Drift International Film Festival (Saint John)
2004 PINE Film Festival (Portland)
2005 Hearts and Minds Film Festival (Wilmington)
2005 Environmental Film Festival of Accra (Accra)
2005 Artivist Film Festival (Hollywood)
2005 Forest Grove International Film Festival
2005 Great Lakes Film Festival
2005 Oxford Film Festival
2005 Muddy River Environmental Film Series
2005 Short Express Int’l Festival of the Short Film on the Beach (Salerno)
2005 Int’l Festival of Cinema and Technology (Orlando)
Saskatchewan Communications Network
Free Speech TV (Boulder, Colorado)
Zig Zag SRC Ouest
With the financial participation of
National Film Board of Canada (FAP)
