To tell a tall, uncontrived, surprising tale in picture and sound and re-define what a story can be. “Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of the soul.” Ingmar Bergman #oscars2026

🎬 perfectly a strangeness will be screening in New York and Los Angeles as part of the 2026 Cinema Eye Honors Shorts List. With the other great films being shown, it's not one to miss! New York: www.dctvny.org/s/firehousec... Los Angeles: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-... #cinemaeyehonors

🎞️ Honoured that Tramway Film Festival has awarded it's Best Film CINE SIN FINE award to perfectly a strangeness! 🫏 🏜️ 📡 🌌 #tramwayfilmfestival #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival

🎞️Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival has selected perfectly a strangeness as its 2025 Best Canadian Short! We're honoured to receive this recognition. Planet in Focus is inspiring in how they use film to create discussion on diverse environmental issues and solutions 🫏 🏜️ 📡

The Cinema Eye Honors 2026 Short List has recognized perfectly a strangeness! It's a great honour to be included with the other great short films on the list 🎞️ 🎉 #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival

🎊 Very excited to announce that perfectly a strangeness will be having it's Midwest Premiere at Indy Shorts International Film Festival! 🕐 17:15, Thursday, July 24th 📍 Living Room Theaters #IndyShorts2025 #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival #experimentalfilm

🇨🇦 What could be a better way to spend Canada Day than watching Canadian cinema? 🔗 Check out the link in bio to watch perfectly a strangeness on Crave now! #crave #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival #experimentalfilm #streaming #canadaday

POV of the donkey POV #behindthescenes #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival #stargazing #experimentalfilm

🎬 Catch perfectly a strangeness at the 27th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival this Sunday, June 22nd, at 11:00! 📍 The Bioscope Independent Cinema, 44 Stanley Avenue, Braamfontein Werf #Encounters27 #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival #experimentalfilm

In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.

The sun goes down, night comes, and the observatory come to life #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival #stargazing #experimentalfilm #donkeys

“It was really amazing to work with a composer like Ben who works with instruments that many people won’t know. I wanted a sense of improvisation, and not wearing this hat of ‘I’m a composer in the film.’ For me, the music was the soul of the observatory.” - Alison McAlpine #shortfilm

perfectly a strangeness will be screening in New York at Rooftop Films on June 5th at 7:00pm as part of the Farm-to-Screen Shots! Details here: rooftopfilms.com/event/roofto... #rooftopfilms #brooklyn #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival

🎞️ Exciting news — perfectly a strangeness will be apart of the 25th Annual Nevada City Film Festival in the Documentary Shorts Program! The film will be screening on Saturday June 21st at 7:00pm in the Onyx Theatre. #nevadacityfilmfestival #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival

🇩🇰 🎥 We are delighted to announce that perfectly a strangeness has been selected for the Odense International Film Festival! Check it out in Odense, Denmark, from 25th - 31st August. #OFF25 #odensefilmfestival #shortfilm #filmfestival #experimentalfilm

The technological marvels of the La Silla Observatory stand in stark contrast to the vast, barren beauty of the Atacama Desert around it. #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival #stargazing #experimentalfilm

Palomo, Ruperto and Palaye — three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe #perfectlyastrangeness #shortfilm #filmfestival #stargazing #experimentalfilm #donkeys

Thrilled to share that perfectly a strangeness has won the Silver Gentian for the best artistic-technical contribution at the Trento Film Festival! We're proud to be recognised by a unique festival dedicated to the mountains, culture and the environment. #trentofilmfestival #perfectlyastrangeness

On April 26th perfectly a strangeness screened at Festival Internacional de Cine Lebu, an Oscar and Goya qualifying festival. Amazing to show the film in the country where it was filmed alongside a number of other amazing films!

The clippity-clops of donkey hooves fuel the offbeat donkumentary 'perfectly a strangeness', screening this weekend as part of TIFF's Canada's Top Ten. 🫏 povmagazine.com/alison-mcalp...