Cecilia Araneda

Chilean refugee Daniela came to Canada as a child after her mother was assassinated during Chile’s dictatorship. Her father, Pepe, never wants to speak about Chile, but when her daughter Rocío starts to ask questions, Daniela decides to apply for Chilean citizenship for a first trip back. This triggers the Chilean government to piece together records never before connected in the paper days and leads them to uncover much more than Daniela expected.

Shot on black and white 16 mm film, organically processed with olives, and hand-coloured in a rural area of Chile, lessons on flight examines the flight patterns of the green-backed firecrown hummingbird.

A boat trip through Western Brook Pond, an ancient fjord in the Long Range Mountains in Newfoundland, carved out over millions of years by tectonic activity and glaciers. Western Brook Pond was shot on video and 16 mm film which was hand processed with apples and coloured with turmeric and walnuts.

Shot at Bate Island in Ottawa, "landing" is made from hand-processed B&W 16mm film hand-coloured with organic and photochemical tones, video and found sound. "landing" examines moments of respite in between flight and movement, where landing becomes refuge.

"souvenir" is made from hand-processed B&W 16 mm film hand-coloured with photochemical toners, and incorporates found sound. souvenir examines the evanescence of memory and the process of forgetting.

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"Unarchive" juxtaposes the filmmaker's father's life with the political history of Chile – his birthplace – over the past century. It reflects on how we remember and how we forget, and the role of the camera in transcending the complex space in between.

In the space between sleep and wake, hallucinations and moments of paralysis take hold. Hypnagogia is an exercise in eco-processing, with the film footage processed with multiple different organic material, including apples, avocado peel, coffee, grapes, peaches, pomegranate and wine.

The transient connection of two, leaves a lingering memory on one.

What Comes Between is an examination of personal memory and loss rooted in the filmmaker’s birth place – Chile – and her departure from that country long ago. The work is a collage film created with found footage from personal and historic sources, and original hand printed and tinted footage. Made at Phil Hoffman's Film Farm, 2009.