Strawberries in the Summertime (2013) dir. Jennifer Reeves

A two and a half year old boy revels in all things tiny and huge on and around a farm. His father supports his exuberant and insatiable curiosity of new experiences from wall climbing to discovering the natural world. As a fatherson bond grows, the mother with camera observes, hangs back, dives into a solitary landscape and returns. The fleeting and glowing visual field evokes the delicate tension between distance and intimacy a mother can feel with her child. Richly toned black and white positive, negative and solarized images, combined with snippets of voice, suggest the texture of memory. Reeves shot and handprocessed Strawberries in the Summertime in rural Ontario at the Film Farm (Independent Imaging Retreat) run by filmmaker Philip Hoffman.