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Becoming Animal (2018)

Duration: 78:54    Category: Feature, International, SDI Productions, Society   

Shot in Grand Teton National Park, this immersive essay film draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Emma Davie (I Am Breathing) and Peter Mettler and philosopher David Abram to encounter the spaces where humans and animals meet.A subversive nature film in which we pique our senses to witness the so-called natural world—which in turn witnesses us. Moose clash antlers and a snail’s body becomes avast landscape while the myriad sensory tools of cinema explore our complicity with this “more-than-human world.”

A maximage and SDI Productions co-production.

Screening Formats: DCP, BluRay

Highlights:
WORLD PREMIERE: CPH:DOX 2018 – Dox:Award in competition for best feature
NOMINATED: Fugas Feature Film Competition, Documenta Madrid (Spain) 2018
NOMINATED: Grand Prix, Docs Against Gravity (Poland) 2018
NOMINATED: Best Feature, Bildrausch Filmfest, Basel (Switzerland) 2018
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary, Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK) 2018

Film Festivals:
OFFICIAL SELECTION: FilmFest Munchen (Germany), 2018

Official Website: www.becominganimalfilm.com
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To arrange a screening please contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

 

 

Directors: Emma Davie and Peter Mettler
Producers: Cornelia Seitler, Rebecca Day
Camera: Peter Mettler
Editor: Peter Mettler

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