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SNOWFLAKES AT THE END OF THE WORLD
a film by Josef Tulane
Documentary essay | 9 minutes | 2025
Les flocons de la fin du monde
Language: French + STE
shooting format: 4k - black & white
ratio 3:2 | Sound 5.1
DCP - ProRes - H264
country: Canada (Quebec)
#snowflakes #winter #meteo #snow #Montreal #relationship
Specs
Logline
As the snow falls down on Montreal, voices rise up to talk about it.
Synopsis - short
“Snowflakes at the End of the World” is a meditation on both the beauty and ugliness of a Canadian winter in Montreal. It is an open invitation to a critical reflection on the relationship between humans and nature.
Synopsis - long
Through visuals of a snowstorm and various anonymous voices thinking out loud about snow, “Snowflakes at the end of the world” is a meditation on both the beauty and ugliness of a Canadian winter in Montreal. It is an open invitation to a critical reflection on the relationship between humans and nature.
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DIRECTOR - BIO
Gradutating from UQAM's cinema program in 2018, Josef is first and foremost a prolific cinematographer and editor, lending his eye and artistic vision to many short films, music videos and various commercial and art projects. His parallel studies in contemporary anthropology allowed him to sharpen his critical view of the world and to discover a need to create his own documentary projects, in order to explore the complex social and environmental issues that resonate with him.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Inspired by my Anthropology Studies, I set out to make a film that would depict the Anthropocene, this new geological period where human activity has infiltrated itself in every last space of the planet, and where natural phenomenons are impossible to separate from sociological phenomenons. In this strange new world, simple snowflakes falling from the sky can produce all sorts of reactions: mecanical ones, playful ones, bureaucratic, nostalgic.
Then, a friend of mine showed me a musical composition he was creating where he was using the infamous siren sound of Montreal's snow removal trucks and transforming it into a bittersweet, melancholic melody.
Using this song as a throughline, I started documenting winter around me with my camera. I tried to reveal, with images and candid interviews, the rich and complex interactions between the city's inhabitants and those oh-so-problematic snowflakes.
Team
Director Josef Tulane
Producer Josef Tulane
Cinematographer Josef Tulane
Music Adrian Vaktor et David Lum
Editor Josef Tulane
Sound Frédéric Takvorian (Les Copains du Son)
Mix Frédéric Takvorian (Les Copains du Son)