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A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness – Rivers & Russell (2013)

Currently, the 2025 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam is runnning and since Covid-19 they also have an online program. A part of the online program consists of films that have been featured on the festival before.

In “A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness” we more or less follow Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe. The first third of the film is filmed in some sort of summercamp or commune which appears to be placed in the Finish countryside. Living in wooden cabins, sharing a sauna and having conversations, we follow a group of young adults and some of their children. There are long shots of nature and the like.

The second third focusses on Lowe as he makes a solo walk through nature. It seems that this part is shot in Estonia.

The third part is a black metal concert in a small place in Oslo. Lowe is a guitarist and occasional vocalist in an unnamed band.

Slow, minimalist, somewhat interesting.

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