{"id":848,"date":"2021-09-06T20:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T20:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-environmental-film-festival\/?page_id=848"},"modified":"2021-09-06T20:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T20:49:18","slug":"imeff-2021-official-selection-colony-collapse-by","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&-environmental-film-festival\/imeff-2021-official-selection-colony-collapse-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Colony Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Colony-Collapse-poster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Gibbins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country of Origin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runtime<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>3:54<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am still watching ghosts, eyes rimed with salt, homesick&#8230; this was never our natural state, our true inheritance&#8230; we should not be here&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the urban infrastructure largely obliterating so much of what, and who, was once there, the power of natural environment remains inescapable, the precariousness of our hold on place seems obvious. In the face of one of the driest and hottest years on record, the transition from flood to fire seemed to be a fitting visual metaphor to complement the text. Despite the warnings, I doubt many of us expected the reality to be as devastating as it has turned out to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Biography &#8211;\u00a0Ian Gibbins<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/ff-storage-p01\/press_kits\/headshots\/001\/503\/990\/original\/747ac763ee-headshot.jpg?1592365263\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Gibbins is a widely published poet, video artist and electronic musician with four collections of poetry, all in collaboration with artists. His video and audio work has featured in gallery exhibitions, public art commissions, performances and international festivals. He previously was a neuroscientist and professor of anatomy. 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