Becoming Animal
Synopsis
An essay based on a field trip to Wyoming's wild nature, in the company of the bio-philosopher David Abram and the two visionary filmmakers Emma Davie and Peter Mettler. And with an abundance of bison, moose and birds. Both form and thought are unchained in a film that ends up moving (far) beyond man's self-centred view of nature, and into a state of almost psychedelic receptiveness. As Mettler asks in a diaristic note: Are language and modern technology a barrier or an open door between ourselves and the world that surrounds us? And what about the medium of film itself?
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2018 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 78 mins
- Director
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Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
- Producer
- Cornelia Seitler, Rebecca Day, Sonja Henrici, Brigitte Hofer
- Editor
- Peter Mettler
- Director of Photography
- Peter Mettler
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Switzerland, UK co-production
maximage Filmproduktion (CH), SDI Productions (UK)
SDI Productions
SDI (Scottish Documentary Institute)Sonja Henrici
ECA
74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9DF
Sales Company
maximage
Neugasse 68005 Zurich
Switzerland
Scottish Documentary Institute
Eve KorzecECA
74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9DF
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