Borrowed Time

2025 | Coast Film & Music Festival

Duration: 16 min

Synopisis

A woman finds peace during the pandemic in her solitary routine as the innkeeper of a historic Bay Area lighthouse. As her time on the island draws to an end and a return to the world she left behind beckons, life on the island raises larger questions about the nature of our relationship to time, loss, work, and home.

Featured at Coast Film & Music Festival 2025

Production Team

Palmer Morse - Director

Palmer (he/him) is a multi-disciplinary award-winning filmmaker who focuses on using the devices at hand in our visual and media culture that can drive our society to make change. Interested in stories of humans, our planet, and the interactions of the two, Palmer often works with organizations, nonprofits, and brands in honing in on their mission in a visual format. His work has been shown in National Geographic, PBS, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Outside Magazine and in festivals such as DOC NYC, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Indy Shorts Fest, Banff Mountain Film Festival, and Mountainfilm. His films have picked up a nomination for Vimeo’s “Best of the Year”, a Webby Award, and several Telly and festival awards. He currently lives in Oakland, California and is the Co-Founder of Spruce Tone.

Derek Knowles- Director

Derek (he/him) is a filmmaker and cinematographer working in creative non-fiction. His work has been published on The New Yorker, PBS, and The Atlantic, as well as being featured as multiple Vimeo Staff picks and on Short of the Week. His latest films have explored the relationships between humans and the natural world, most recently with Sentinels, an immersion into the world of tree-sitting which is featured as part of The Los Angeles Times Short Documentary. He was also the Director of Photography on Between Earth & Sky, which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards in 2024.