All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars

All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars

All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars

2022, Sweden, 77, Jennifer Rainsford

Synopsis

On March 11, 2011 the largest earthquake in modern history hit Japan and then, thirty minutes later, dark tsunami waves roared in over the coast of North-Eastern Japan dragging cars, homes and lives out into the sea. In the film we meet Yasu who has done over 100 dives in search of his lost wife. Sachiko keeps writing letters to her husband that was taken by the wave. Satoko is a young woman who struggles with overcoming her trauma from the disaster. On the other side of the ocean, in the Hawaiian island of Kaho’olawe, a group of volunteers are gathering to clean the beach from Japanese tsunami debris floating in from the Ocean. They are all sharing the stories of the afterlife.
Jennifer Rainsford’s debut feature takes the viewer to an epic journey, from the life on Earth as seen from outer space, to the smallest microcosmic perspectives, to find out how humans, animals and nature heal after a trauma. Told in the form of a film essay, backed up with scientific research and the staggering score of Teho Teardo, All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars tells a tale of interconnectedness of all living organisms on planet Earth.

World Premiere: Visions du Réel 2022 - International Feature Film Competition, 🏆 International Wildlife Festival 2023 - Best New Vision Award, 🏆 Ethnocineca 2023 - International Documentary Award, 🏆 Pesaro Film Festival 2022 - Audience Award, 🏆 SiciliAmbiente - International Documentary Festival 2023 - Best Documentary Award, Hot Docs 2022, Criterion Bioskop Netherlands 2022, MDOC 2022, Ambulante 2022, Underhill International Film Festival 2022, Palic Film Festival Festival 2022, Buffalo International Film Festival 2022, DMZ Docs 2022, Kasseler Dokfest 2022, Another Way Film Festival 2022, Arktisen Upeeta 2022, Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival 2022, WATCH DOCS International Film Festival 2022, 🏆 Docpoint Helsinki 2023 - Jury Special Mention, Docpoint Tallin 2023, Voices of Nature Environmental Film Festival 2023, The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) 2023, Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille 2023, FICCI Cartagena 2023, Alternative Film Fest CineMAS 2023, Docs Ireland 2023, Kokkola Film Fest 2023, 🏆 Pianeta Mare 2023 - Best Film Award, Docudays UA IHRDFF 2023, Les Docs de Noirmoutie 2023, Hot Springs Film Festival 2023, Ethnofest 2023, International Documentary Film Festival “ Cinema Verite” 2023
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