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IFF Message to Man > 2026 > IN SILICO Experimental Short Film Competition > A Real Grey Area

A Real Grey Area

Information about the film

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Frank Heath

Operator: Frank Heath

Editor: Frank Heath

Year: 2026

Country: USA

Duration: 11 min.

Languages: English

Description

Russian premiere

Attempting to stage an historical reenactment on Coney Island, a contractor working for a powerful client speaks with a representative from a rental company regarding the unconventional use of an electric generator.

About the director:

A Real Grey Area

Frank Heath

Director and artist. Born in 1982 in St. Joseph, Missouri, he lives and works in New York. His works contemplate vast, unfathomable subjects through a mix of observational documentary, landscape portraiture, droll humor, and prank phone calls. His solo exhibitions have been held at Simone Subal Gallery, New York and the Swiss Institute, New York. Frank Heath’s films and artworks have been included in group shows and screenings at the Centre Pompidou, The Kitchen and the High Line (New York), The Power Plant (Toronto), and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. His film Protect Your Home (Get It Right) won the In Silico competition at the 34th Message to Man IFF. The Hollow Coin (2016), named Best Documentary Short at IndieLisboa and winner of the audience award in Hamburg, as well as War Pigeon (2017), both screen in the Prompted Reality special programme.

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