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Burn Ceremony

    • music by:
    • Loraine James
    • directed by:
    • Alexander Girav
    • produced by:
    • Alexander Girav

An unsanctioned observation of [redacted]’s largest oil refinery, processing 440,000 barrels of crude oil a day. By night, the complex becomes a heaving edifice of flame and fog. We observe its operation from afar as the inferno slowly engulfs the frame, accompanied by an original hypnotic soundscape by UK club experimentalist Loraine James. A vision of industrial desolation in which dread turns to awe.

directed by:

Alexander Girav

original music by:

Loraine James

country:

US

runtime:

17 minutes

release date:

1 June 2025

awards:

Best Experimental Short, Mannheim Arts and Film Festival (2025)

Loraine James 
Burn Ceremony (Trailer)