Somewhere between Polar night and day, the Arctic holds her breath. As darkness relents, the land is coated in deep blue hues, the sun lingering just below the horizon: a temporary offering of light.

a blue moment is a 17-minute cinematic poem set in an Arctic winter where snow no longer falls. It gives the land a body and a voice: her sensitivity to change, her once-familiar rhythms shifting from the ground up.

Over nearly a decade, director Alyssa Martens bore witness to an Arctic in flux, from Svalbard to Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Canada, where ecosystems stand on the edge of irreversible change. Max Machado’s cinematography distills that journey into a felt encounter.

Guided by movement director Damian Siqueiros, dancers Íris Ásmundar, Alejandro Bencomo, and Sally Cowdin become soil, water, and sky. An original score by Bernardo Alvarado Rojas and the voices of Rachel August, Liv Élisabet, and Alyssa Martens carry the intimate songs of the Arctic.

a blue moment is an elegy and an act of remembrance. It honours the memories the Arctic holds and the solastalgia experienced by those who call the North home.

Produced by Terra Sapiens Studios. Accompanied by a publication from Guest Editions, releasing December 2026.