Short Forms

​The ​End ​of ​Time

2017

The End of Time is about that one hypnotic moment on a regular, unassuming Tuesday when you realize that time has stopped and the universe has been sucked into a single smile.

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01 / Story

Synopsis

The End of Time is about that one hypnotic moment on a regular, unassuming Tuesday when you realize that time has stopped and the universe has been sucked into a single smile.

A moment in time on a block in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. The regulars are playing domino, Pablo hits a homerun, the girls are giggling on their way home from school, tío Julio with his cigarro is tipsy
gain, Armando has finally convinced his brother to let him drive his red cab, mom and tía Sofia are whispering while I am listening to my little brother in her belly.

02 / Film details

Information

Original title ​The ​End ​of ​Time
Production Year 2017
Cast

Maidolis​ ​Herrera​ ​Capote
Jairol​ ​Calderon
Dixan​ ​Vazquez
​Maribel​ ​Capote
Homero Perez
03 / Credits

Full Credits

Produced​ ​by:​ ​ ​Monica​ ​Alejandra​ ​Pila,​ ​Dany​ ​Celeiro​ ​Rodriguez,​ ​Yenisleidis​ ​Vazquez​ ​Capote, Milcho​ ​Manchevski
Cinematographer:​ ​ ​Alain​ ​López​ ​Martinez
Edited​ ​by:​ ​Kristina​ ​Pozenel
Music​ ​and​ ​Sound​ ​Design​ ​by:​ ​ ​Igor​ ​Vasilev​ ​Novogradska
Color​ ​Grading​ ​by:​ ​ ​Michael​ ​Dwass
First​ ​A.D.:​ ​ ​Armando​ ​Capo​ ​Ramos
Cast:​ ​Maidolis​ ​Herrera​ ​Capote,​ ​Jairol​ ​Calderon,​ ​Dixan​ ​Vazquez,​ ​Maribel​ ​Capote,​ ​Homero Perez
Special​ ​thanks​ ​ ​to​ ​the​ ​people​ ​of​ ​64​th ​Street,​ ​between​ ​25​th​ ​and​ ​29​th,​ ​San​ ​Antonio​ ​de​ ​los

Length:​ ​5:24
Aspect​ ​ratio:​ ​ ​1.78:1
Year​ ​of​ ​Production:​ ​ ​2017

06 / Reviews

Press Quotes

Mesmerizing images […] Magnificent work
Kathleen McInnis, Aspen Shortsfest Film’s Director of Programming
A study of the everyday and the secret deliverance that lies waiting, while no one is looking. A celebration of interbeing and the flux of the same afternoon coursing through each of our bodies.
Dok.Revue, Mike Hoolboom
For the idea, the inexorable elegance and mathematical beauty with which the film constructs a lyrical study of the optical unconscious.
Best Editing Award at San Giò Verona Video Festival 2018
I love this film very, very much! […] Great genius in capturing the truth of the world in only two shots. […] Masterpiece.
Yoichiro Takahashi, director
End of Time takes a single, insignificant situation out of everyday life and shows it as a sacred moment by slowing down the rhythm for sharper vision. The film’s crisp minimalism and commanding simplicity is truly moving.
Award for Eperimental non narratives at Berlin Experimental Film Festival 2017
An impressive minimalist phenomenology of time, consciousness and selfhood.
Dejan Zdravkov, Philosophical Film Festival
07 / Press & Essays

Press & Essays

Poster

Winners of the 24th San Gio’ Verona Video Festival

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Review

Dok.Revue, Mike Hoolboom

VANISHING WORLDS (notes on Fascinations: Universes)
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Aspen Film

ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS FOR 26TH ANNUAL ASPEN SHORTSFEST
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Other

Two awards in one day, Berlin and Belgrade for “The End of Time” by Manchevski

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