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Geist Zeit
Short Experimental Film
2024; RT 13 min; 16mm







Poster Design by Milla Popović





SYNOPSIS

Geist Zeit is a visual poem about loss, fragmented memory, and transcendental womanhood. Captured on 16mm, this short, experimental film speaks through the contemplative reflections of a girl mourning her grandmother. We travel with her on a physical journey that mirrors the stages of grief and the cycle of life after death. Surrounding her in nature and lingering in the objects and clothes that are left behind, she wonders if our artifacts grant us all something close to an eternal life.



CREDITS

Directed & Edited by: Lydia Leiber
Written by: Lydia Leiber & Sofia Rao
Produced by: Louis Anania & Pauline Glomaud-Murmann
Director of Photography: Lexa Krebs
Starring: Katie Prael
Voice Over:  Ari Salazar
First AC: Melonie St. Claire
Gaffer: Gabriel Armstrong
Steadicam Operator: Sawyer Oubre
Production  & Costume Design: Elsa Dupuy d’Angeac & Milla Popović
Sound Recordist: Shiri Ben-Moshe
Sound Design & Mix: Angela Lopez
Colorist: Abdulmonium Twebti
Post Production/ Color House: Planemo Film
Film Processing & Scans:  Kodak Labs NYC







ADDITIONAL CAST

Christina Bertarelli
Elsa Dupuy d’Angeac
Nicolas Cepeda Torres
Luna Hopkins
Anja Murmann
Josie Mbappe Murmann
Pauline Glomaud-Murmann
Deborah Pilger
Milla Popović
Janina Quint


     


PRESS

An episode in the Moodboard series presented by NOWNESS:

Repositioning grief through the permanence of objects, director Lydia Leiber reflects on our possessions as a bridge between life and death for short film Geist Zeit.

“Inspired by my grandmother’s closet and my first experience with grief, I started to reflect on the permanence of our belongings and the bounds of life and death. Her objects, no matter how small or mundane, emit an aura that is so tangible – I wanted to communicate this cinematically.”

Playing out through contemplative reflections, Geist Zeit elevates these personal artifacts as a form of eternal life, entering a dreamlike world that invites viewers to think more conceptually and spiritually about death. Allowing striking visual sequences to guide the narrative, Leiber explores the ritual of keeping loved ones present through memory, initiating a meditation on new beginnings, rebirth, and our coexistence with nature.













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