Concept
Halo Pictures came with access and no angle. We found it in a timesheet: every shift in the film starts at sunset and ends at first light.
Reel 03 of 06, documentary
Night shoot
- Client
- Halo Pictures
- Format
- Documentary
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 72 min
Press play to hear the film’s motif. The full film plays here once it is cleared for release.
One night, one desert highway, and the crews who keep a city's lights on while it sleeps.
Story
Told in real time across one night, cut between four crews who never meet. The film ends when the last one goes home.
Image
Shot almost entirely by available light: sodium lamps, headlights, phone screens. We graded the shadows toward Deep Teal so the night keeps its colour.
Sound
Field recordings only, from dusk to dawn, then a single theme that arrives at five in the morning with the first light.
Stills
The motif
Every film gets its own phrase, written on the eight notes of our sonic logo. Play it, or run your cursor across the notes.
- 6festival selections
- Bestcinematography, regional awards
- 72 minshot across eleven nights
Credits
- Director
- Sami Rahal
- Producer
- Halo Pictures
- Cinematography
- Nour Bitar
- Edit
- Ceya Edit
- Sound
- Ceya Sound
- Grade
- Ceya Colour
- Client
- Halo Pictures
- Made by
- Ceya Creative House