Becoming Animal
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler / Switzerland, United Kingdom / 2018 / Czech Premiere / 78 min.
synopsis
This philosophical film-essay explores the relationship between man and nature through long scenes of the mountainous landscape of the American West. A quiet meditation on the imperfect perception of reality, the search for the meaning of life, and finding harmony in the world around us, accompanied by a voiceover of the filmmakers’ views and philosophical commentary.
biography
Emma Davie (1965) is a Scottish director and university lecturer in Edinburgh. Swiss-Canadian director and documentarian Peter Mettler (1958) works primarily with experimental narratives in film.
film details
| director: | Emma Davie, Peter Mettler |
| cast: | David Abram |
| producer: | Cornelia Seitler, Rebecca Day, Sonja Henrici, Brigitte Hofer |
| script: | Emma Davie, Peter Mettler |
| photography: | Peter Mettler, Jordan Kawai |
| editing: | Peter Mettler |
| sound: | Jacques Kieffer, Peter Bräker, Peter Mettler |
contact
MAXIMAGE / Cornelia Seitler / Neugasse 6 / 8005 / Zürich / Switzerland / +41 442 748 866 / info@maximage.ch / www.maximage.ch
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | A Testimony on Nature |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
| simultaneous interpreting: | CZ |
Info
| director: | Emma Davie, Peter Mettler |
| original title: | Becoming Animal |
| country: | Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 78 min. |
