Becoming
Jan van IJken / Netherlands / 2018 / World Premiere / 6 min.
synopsis
This minimalist six-minute film looks at the creation of animal life through time-lapse footage of an embryo’s development – a process universal to all animals, including people. The film follows, in microscopic detail, the development of an alpine newt in its translucent egg all the way from first cell division to moment of hatching.
biography
Dutch documentary filmmaker and photographer Jan van IJken (1965) focuses on nature and the world of animals, as for instance in his early film Facing Animals (2012) or in his look at the motion of a flock of birds, The Art of Flying (2015), which was shown in Jihlava as well.
more about film
| director: | Jan van IJken |
| producer: | Jan van IJken |
| photography: | Jan van IJken |
contact
JAN VAN IJKEN PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM / Jan van IJken / Ter Haarkade 31 / Leiden / Netherlands / 2321AT / +316 54 32 16 04 / info@janvanijken.com / www.janvanijken.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| format: | DCP |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Jan van IJken |
| original title: | Becoming |
| country: | Netherlands |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 6 min. |
