Atom Spirit
Synopsis
Atom Spirit is a film that reconceptualises our relationships with the environment, non-human animals and each other. Shedding scientific taxonomies and building queer ecologies in their stead, the film considers the possibility and necessity for new means of being in the world.
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 19 mins 45 secs
- Format
- 16 mm
- Director
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Ursula Mayer
- Producer
- Ursula Mayer
- Co-Producer
- Lesley-Anne MacFarlane
- Executive Producer
- Ursula Maer
- Editor
- Ursula Mayer, Michelle Deignan
- Screenwriter
- Ursula Mayer, Rachel Claire Hill
- Director of Photography
- Margaret Salmon
- Sound
- Konrad Welz
- Composer
- Josuha Supayouth Salcedo, Rapper Sweet Lizzie
- Principal cast
- Valentijn de Hingh, Amanda McIntyre, Jillia Cato, Omar Jarra, Zeleca Julien
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Ursula Mayer
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