Eva Colmers

A personal and artistic documentary that offers a unique four-year window into the life of a gender non-conforming individual. "Nothing stays the same," says Quinn, as they strive to find a place in a society that is fixed on labels.

Filmmaker Eva Colmers' father Theo Melzer spent three and a half years in a POW camp in Lethbridge, Alberta -- one of 25 such camps across Canada housing German prisoners captured during World War II. Surviving prisoners, including Melzer, recount how their lives were changed by the unexpected respect and dignity they received at the hands of their Canadian captors.

An old editor works on his last film project about autumn. As he cuts and pastes, memories of his own childhood flash back. Pictures of the past collide with the present and meld into a new timeless fabric of imagery.

Far away, inexplicable forces shape matter into form. And so life begins: people arise from dust and are drawn to each other by the magical frequency of 2,750 Hz. Captivating, beautiful and stirring, the short film 2.57k allows us to see and hear the extraordinary.