Project Detail

Lost for Words

Synopsis

A chorale documentary which celebrates our relationships with nature, inspired by the best-selling illustrated book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. A scientific film with an artistic heart, it actively invites us to explore and reshape our anthropocentric point of view through an odyssey around the UK where we meet artists, scientists, children, the elderly and all different people in between. Their words and philosophy drift organically through the four seasons which each have their own colour, sound and feel. By reminding us that we too are part of nature, they bring us to see what we are losing and how to reconnect with it. By observing one landscape closely, the characters explore vast and global questions about our Planet.
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of film
Features
Running time
93 min
Format
Digital
Director
Hannah Papacek Harper 1st Feature
Producer
John Archer, Rohan Berry Crickmar, Dorian Blanc, Gabriela Sawaya
Executive Producer
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris
Editor
Becky Manson
Director of Photography
Tess Barthes, Eilidh Munro
Sound
Julie Marechal, Florian Vourlat, Kirstie Howell, Cassandra Rutledge, Heather Andrews, Zoë Irvine
Composer
Leonie Floret

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

France, UK co-production

Words Lost Films (UK), Rétroviseur Productions (FR), Hopscotch Films (UK) production

Words Lost Films

Rohan Berry Crickmar
12 Polwarth Park
Edinburgh
EH11 1LE

Hopscotch Films

Mhairi Valentine
68 Main Street
Drymen
Glasgow
G63 0BG

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