ApoeticjourneyfromthedarknessofearlydawnintothebrightnessofthemiddaysunintheAmericanSouth.Filmedentirelyonthenumber16busrouteinDurham,NorthCarolinaoverthecourseofsixmonths,SunSongisacelebrationoflightandameditationonleaving.Reviews“...thefinalthreeminutesofSunSongareasexcitingandasimpeccablyeditedasanythingI’veseeninyears.It’sthemostradicaldepictionofspacetravelsincethehighwaysceneinTarkovsky’sSolaris(1972)!ThatWanekwasabletoproducesuchamature,surprising,anddeeplyhumanpiecesoearlyinhisfilmmakingcareergivesmegreathope.”SheerPlayfulnessandDeadlySeriousnessbyDarrenHughesSENSESOFCINEMAMarch2014“ThereisnoendtothetripinSunSong,butthelight’sroledoeseventuallyhaveahandintheconclusion,comingfirstflickeringandthenlayingupontheseatsandafinalpassengerlikeapassingrevelationofanunspokenblessing."Rotterdam2014.DeepBreathsbyDanielKasmanMUBINOTEBOOKFebruary2014"ProbablythemostsimpleandexcitingworkseenatRotterdamwastheshortfilmfromJoelWanek,SunSong...inallitspurityandessentiality,ithasasmuch(ormore)todowithphotographyandtheoriginsofthemovingimagethanwiththecurrentcinema."Rotterdam2014:ATopTeninDisorderbyJavierH.EstradaandFernandoVilchezRodriguezNUMEROCEROFebruary2014