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Original Film Title: Edge to Stillness
Director’s Name: Lily Rinae
Writer’s Name: Lily Rinae
Producer: Tomoyuki Sudo
Country of Origin: Japan
Country of Filming: Japan
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 2 minutes 52 seconds
Film Description:
Jun Miyake’s acclaimed composition—featured in Wim Wenders’ Pina—resonates with the quiet landscapes of Niseko.
The film is set in a single-storey house designed by the avant-garde architecture collective SAAD, its curved form echoing the flow of a nearby stream and the rhythms of snow, wind, and light.
A dancer embodies these soft, organic lines, using movement to reveal the dialogue between architecture and the natural materials that root the home in its surroundings.
The camera glides along the building’s curves, tracing the dancer’s breath and gesture as music, body, and place gradually merge.
The result is a spatial poem capturing the moment when architecture, nature, and human presence harmonise in the stillness of Niseko.