Point of No Return — zachary finkelstein

Under a microscope tiny shards of ice loom large as glaciers. Using microscopic videography and polarizing lenses, Point of No Return is a visually stunning study of melting ice in real time. The film provides a micro perspective on climate change, a massive but incremental global event that is usually imperceptible in our day to day lives.

With narration in eleven of the most widely-spoken languages in the world, Point of No Return presents a dialogue in abstraction between emotional understanding and scientific fact in the face of rising global temperatures.

Additional Screenings and presentations:

2019 - Broadcast Lab, Micro Cinema presentation @ Arts Commons (Calgary, AB)

2018 - Solo Installation at The Image Factory, Ryerson University (Toronto, ON)

2018 - Fracto Experimental Film Encounter, Official Selection (Berlin, DE)

2018 - Particle and Wave Media Arts Festival, Screening Program (Calgary, AB)

2017 - Ecstatic Worlds, Group Screening. Curator: Janine Marchessault (Toronto, ON)

2017 - Labocine, December Issue: "Forecasts of the End" (Online program)

2017 - #EYESonVU, "The Sun Does Not Lie" (Online program, Curated by Leslie Supnet)

Produced with the assistance of:

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a inves… — *We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.*
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.