Four Seasons in a Day

'Four Seasons in a Day', 2021

Each day, the Carlingford ferry brings people over the border between Northern-Ireland and Ireland, in an era the debate on Brexit is predominant. Staying or remaining, both options create the same big question marks on the future. The short journey over the wide sea brings different thoughts and reflections to the surface, while the border is hiding in the sea. The film creates a kaleidoscopic narrative based on how people’s daily lives and thoughts relate to this imaginary line. How visible would the borderline eventually become?

Each day, the Carlingford ferry brings people over the border between Northern-Ireland and Ireland, in an era the debate on Brexit is predominant. Staying or remaining, both options create the same big question marks on the future. The short journey over the wide sea brings different thoughts and reflections to the surface, while the border is hiding in the sea. The film creates a kaleidoscopic narrative based on how people’s daily lives and thoughts relate to this imaginary line. How visible would the borderline eventually become?

Director

Annabel Verbeke

Runtime

75 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Documentary

Keywords

border, northern ireland

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Four Seasons in a Day

Annabel Verbeke, 2021

General Information

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Countries

Belgium, Croatia (Hrvatska), Lithuania, Norway

Country of filming

Ireland, United Kingdom

Languages

English, Polish

Aspect ratio

16:9 standard

Color

Color

Screening formats

DCP

Awards

Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival

Winner

2021

Emerging International Filmmaker Award

Winner(s): Annabel Verbeke

Storyline

The crossing by ferry on a lough between Ireland and Northern Ireland, obliges the passengers to reflect on the future form of the frontier, somewhere hidden in the sea.

Each day, the Carlingford ferry brings people over the border between Northern-Ireland and Ireland, in an era the debate on Brexit is predominant. Staying or remaining, both options create the same big question marks on the future. The short journey over the wide sea brings different thoughts and reflections to the surface, while the border is hiding in the sea. The film creates a kaleidoscopic narrative based on how people’s daily lives and thoughts relate to this imaginary line. How visible would the borderline eventually become?

In the North-West of the isle of Ireland, the border between the Republic of Ireland and the UK runs in the middle of a beautiful glacial fjord, the Carlingford Lough. The Carlingford Ferry crosses the Carlingford Lough on a daily basis, bringing people from one side to the other. We meet several characters from North and South, with different points of view, making this soothing journey through the magnificent, green Irish landscape. The short journey is breaking the rush of the day and provokes moments of inner reflection while crossing the invisible border, deep down in the lough. The film explores the concept of identity and community on an isle divided by not one, but 2 borders: a physical one between the UK and Ireland, and mental border between seemingly incompatible opinions on the role and signification of the border. Opinions that often tend to change when personal factors surpass the ideologic. The water between each side may be very deep, they all have the unpredictable weather in common. But does the local expression ‘4 seasons in one day’ only reflect on the weather?

Summary

Each day, the Carlingford ferry brings people over the border between Northern-Ireland and Ireland, in an era the debate on Brexit is predominant. Staying or remaining, both options create the same big question marks on the future. The short journey over the wide sea brings different thoughts and reflections to the surface, while the border is hiding in the sea. The film creates a kaleidoscopic narrative based on how people’s daily lives and thoughts relate to this imaginary line. How visible would the borderline eventually become?

Synopsis

In the North-West of the isle of Ireland, the border between the Republic of Ireland and the UK runs in the middle of a beautiful glacial fjord, the Carlingford Lough. The Carlingford Ferry crosses the Carlingford Lough on a daily basis, bringing people from one side to the other. We meet several characters from North and South, with different points of view, making this soothing journey through the magnificent, green Irish landscape. The short journey is breaking the rush of the day and provokes moments of inner reflection while crossing the invisible border, deep down in the lough. The film explores the concept of identity and community on an isle divided by not one, but 2 borders: a physical one between the UK and Ireland, and mental border between seemingly incompatible opinions on the role and signification of the border. Opinions that often tend to change when personal factors surpass the ideologic. The water between each side may be very deep, they all have the unpredictable weather in common. But does the local expression ‘4 seasons in one day’ only reflect on the weather?

Logline

The crossing by ferry on a lough between Ireland and Northern Ireland, obliges the passengers to reflect on the future form of the frontier, somewhere hidden in the sea.

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World sales

3Box Media

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