Messengers

Why does matter exist rather than nothing at all? Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, often in absolute secrecy, communities of scientists are hard at work, searching for answers to the origins of our world and our existence. Canadian documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Zablotny takes us into the heart of three of these underground research centres, in which the study of elusive physical phenomena in these inaccessible ecosystems aspires to unlock the mysteries of creation, both terrestrial and cosmic. From a sealed laboratory carved into a Japanese mountain to the icy, inhospitable expanse of Antarctica, Messengers invites us to drift into otherworldly yet fundamental metaphysical contemplation, carried by the sublime soundscapes of sound artist Jana Irmert. A poetic, vertiginous, at times spiritual journey, the film plays with scale, gazing at the immensity of the universe through the lens of the infinitely small.

Bastien Bento

Messengers, 2025
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