One rule. Then let it run.
- Official selection Parallax Screen Festival
- Pick of the week Motion Notes
Field Lines
Kurato Motion presents A Noa Calder film Directed by Noa Calder Simulation Noa Calder Lighting Noa Calder Music by Iris Mallow Sound design Iris Mallow
Premieres March 12, 2027 · Parallax Screen Festival
Synopsis
Six particle systems, each built from a single rule. The particles follow a magnetic field, avoid each other, or remember where they were. The long cut joins all six into one eight-minute film, with a new score by Iris Mallow.
- Runtime
- 08:00
- Format
- 4K, 24 fps, stereo
- Made
- 2026, on Friday afternoons
- Premiere
- Parallax Screen Festival
Festival premiere
Field Lines, the long cut, on a cinema screen.
- Days
- 142
- Hours
- 21
- Minutes
- 13
- Seconds
- 47
Field Lines premiered at Parallax in March 2027. The long cut now tours with the festival.
About the filmTen seconds of the long cut
Field Lines · Study 01, rings · TeaserWhere it plays.
Field Lines · Festival run, 2026 to 2027-
Parallax Screen Festival
World premiere of the long cut, with a Q and A after the film
Screen 1 Port Sable
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Kestrel Motion Awards, screening night
Out of competition
The Glasshouse Lindmouth
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Northfold Design Week
With a talk on particle rules
Hall C Northfold
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Nightwater Festival
Projected on the dome, in a loop, all night
The dome Port Sable
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Friday Studies, a night of personal work
The six short studies, before the long cut
Harbor Works Gallery Port Sable
Past
Early reactions.
Field Lines · From the short studies-
4.5 out of 5 stars
Six rules, endless pictures.
Each study starts from one plain rule and ends somewhere nobody could have planned.
Motion Notes Kai Brandt -
4 out of 5 stars
Hypnotic, and honest about it.
Nothing here is painted in. The particles do what the rule says, and that is the pleasure.
Render Quarterly Tobias Ferrant -
5 out of 5 stars
The rings alone are worth the trip.
Ten seconds of teal light that you will want to watch for ten minutes.
Frame Rate Weekly Lena Osk
For programmers and press.
The key art, three stills, and the teaser for Field Lines. Credit every still to Noa Calder. For a screener or an interview, write to [email protected].
