29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Becoming Animal
Becoming Animal
Becoming Animal
Becoming Animal

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. 

more about film

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.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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