Adam Christensen

TIFF release At Night, the first feature film release from artist and filmmaker Beatrice Gibson, was six years in the making. Loosely based on the writings of poet Alice Notley but developed through the collaboration of the non-actors performing onscreen, the movie comes together as a melancholy meditation. It follows six women as they experience and interact with strangers and each other in the streets, metros, and cafes of Paris after dark. This isn’t a film you’d normally see funded and presented in theaters, and it’s the better for it. It’s a collaborative work of feminist art. Its point is not to have a story arc, it’s to include us in the authentic thoughts and experiences of a small group of women.