"In Light Is Calling, a deteriorating scene from James Young's The Bells (1926) was optically reprinted and edited to Michael Gordon's seven-minute composition. The aesthetic of Morrison's film is inexorably intertwined with many of Michael Gordon's pieces. We watch a decomposing film reel of a soldier who meets a mysterious woman in the woods. A meditation on the random and fleeting nature of life and love, as seen through the roiling emulsion of an ancient film. Morrison's short was made through the process of reshooting decomposing black and white film, and the result is a dreamy, melting, light-drenched scene." —The Viennale

"Light is Calling [is one of Morrison's] more accessible works, an incomparably beautiful and sad film experiment. ...A militiaman riding; a woman waiting; a meeting; a departure. Simple though it is, this story is enough to give Morrison's work a backbone. As images emerge through the painterly swirls of emulsion, the viewer is invited-nay, required-to reflect on the ephemeral quality of the film and, by extension, its characters. For those with limited patience for non-narrative "artsy" films, "Light is Calling" is just the right length. Only in the final thirty seconds or so does Gordon's haunting avant-garde score cross the line into dissonance, breaking the delicate connection it held with Morrison's images. Still, this breathtaking film manages to capture your emotions as well as your eyes."—Christopher Zinsli, Film Threat

"Ecstatic! In which bodies and movements dissolve in swirling waves of golden light, the film's decay radiating as a glorious self-immolation."—Maximilian Le Cain, Senses of Cinema

"Heart-stoppingly beautiful."—Zoetica Ebb, Coilhouse Magazine

Best Film, Berlin Interfilm

Grand Prize, Etrange Festival

World Premiere, 2004 Sundance Film Festival

Juror's Choice Award, 2004 Black Maria Film and Video Festival

International Premiere, 2004 Rotterdam Film Festival, The Netherlands

Media City 2004, Canada

2004 Ann Arbor Film Festival

2004 Minneapolis Film Festival

2004 Images Festival, Canada

2004 San Francisco International Film Festival

2004 Tribeca Film Festival

2004 Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway

2004 Los Angeles Film Festival

2004 Vila do Conde ISFF, Portugal

2004 Festival del Cinema Ritrovato, Italy

2004 Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK

Grand Prix and Audience Award, 2004 Etrange Festival, France

2004 Athens International Film Festival

2004 Onion City Film Festival

2004 Vienna International Film Festival, Austria

2004 Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Best Film, 2004 Berlin International Short Film Festival, Germany

2004 International Short Film Festival Winterthür, Switzerland

2005 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France

2005 Adelaide Film Festival, Australia

2005 Némo Film Festival, Paris, France

2005 Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Realizadores de Granada

2005 Brisbane International Film Festival, Australia