Environment
Films to stop and observe, in order to feel the pulse of the world that surrounds us. Life in all its forms; slithering, lurking, swarming, dazzling. Films that remind us that humans are not the centre of it all and that nature will make it its duty to convince those who still doubt it.
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Where the Trains Used to Go
Duration: 8 minutes
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A magical journey along the remains of a narrow-gauge railway in southeastern Norway. Using a specially developed animation technique and filmed on large-format film, the movie takes us swiftly along the tracks of the _Tertitten_, which used to be a sideline to the main railway between Oslo and Stockholm.
A Year Along the Abandoned Road
A Year Along the Abandoned Road
New product!Duration: 26 minutes
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The film is a portrait of a deserted fisherman’s village in Northern Norway, shot on analog 65/70mm film with a specially developed "nature animation" technique. In one continuous shot, we "fly" along the remains of an internal village road, while at the same time a whole year passes by at 50 000 times normal speed. Most of the year, the village of Børfjord lies empty with virgin snow between c...
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
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In Japan's Himuro Valley, Akeji and Asako seem to have lived forever in a hermitage, surrounded by animals and the spirits of nature. Season after season, Asako gathers plants to transform into pigments, while Akeji prays and devotes himself to painting. The cycle of nature appears unchanging. Yet time crackles, and reality eventually catches up with them...
Belle River
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2019\. Spring flooding in Mississippi hits record highs. In Louisiana, the residents of Pierre Part are preparing for the worst. Barring an unexpected turn of events, local authorities will soon be forced to open the floodgates of the Morganza Spillway, in order to save the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge from further uncontrolled flooding. Faith and resilience are the two best weapons th...
Gino Bouleau
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At 42, Gino left the city and retired, settling in an isolated cabin where he lives simply and fully.
We Don't Care About Music Anyway...
We Don't Care About Music Anyway...
Duration: 2h40Subscription access
While featuring key figures from Tokyo’s avant-garde music scene of the mid-2000s, _We Don’t Care About Music Anyway..._ offers a kaleidoscopic vision of the megacity, juxtaposing music with noise, sound with imagery, representation with reality, and fiction with documentary. Beyond the music and performances, the film explores the future and modes of existence of an entire city and society.
Where The River Widens
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Inspired by the friendship and the work of fishermen, Zack Greenleaf sings the mig'mag culture of his Gesgapegiag village, "where the river widens.”
The Last Herd
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Isolated in the remote mountains of the Gaspésie National Park, a last herd of caribou resists defiantly against human encroachment. When the first European settlers arrived on the East Coast of North America in 1534, caribou numbered in the tens of thousands. Today scarcely 100 remain. They are the last survivors. This documentary tells of their plight and the precarious tipping point on which...
Terra Mater
There she stands, confidently, like a goddess of technological junk, surrounded by endless mountains of rubbish, plastic, stench and rare earths. An angry appeal to the world to take responsibility for the consequences of capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction in Africa.
An Ecology of Hope
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A portrait of Pierre Dansereau, a renowned Quebecois professor, scientist, humanist, and ecologist celebrated globally for his groundbreaking research on ecosystems. This film takes us on a global journey, exploring diverse landscapes from Baffin Island and Gaspésie to Brazil and the metropolis of New York.
Silakut
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In this feature documentary, filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk talks to people from the five Northern Baffin Communities affected by the proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine Iron Ore Mine. These conversations clearly show the predicament these communities are in – being torn between wanting to support the opportunities the expanded mine brings – but also wanting to protect their environment and cu...
Hunting with my Ancestors - Bowhead Whale Hunt
Hunting with my Ancestors - Bowhead Whale Hunt
Duration: 1h40Subscription access
Inuit have hunted bowhead whales for thousands of years, using stone tools to hunt these 25-ton mammals. In 2016, Igloolik community received a tag to harvest a bowhead; Zacharias Kunuk documents this hunt - from the selection of hunting captains and planning to the large-scale hunt and the ensuing community-wide harvest and distribution of food.
Queerying Nature
For the past twenty years, scientists, armed with a fresh and liberated perspective, have revealed an animal world where sexualities, genders, and families rhyme with diversity. Being queer: it's natural! From one encounter to another, the film intertwines the reflections and emotions of two artists inspired by this queer nature and the plurality of animal behaviors, poetically illustrated.
Pupa's Garden
_Pupa's Garden_ is an intimate and touching portrait of Ida Emma Lonati Frati, known by everyone as Nonna Pupa. In the early 80s, Nonna Pupa cleaned up an illegal garbage dump and turned it into a beautiful botanical garden for her community in Cernobbio on Lake Como, Italy. Balancing her days between caring for her daughter struck by Multiple Sclerosis and creating this magical garden, Nonna P...
Pathfinders
With ropes and wood, teenage girl scouts build an ephemeral village deep in the forest, where they live together freely. Filled with raw beauty, both autonomous and vulnerable, they come face to face with themselves and learn to be tolerant of others.
In the Waves
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_In the Waves_ is an expressive documentary that depicts the life of 80 years old Joan Alma Mills in her aging coastal village. Following the death of her younger sister, Joan finds herself confronted by the fragility of life. As she tries to come to terms with her loss Joan searches for meaning in the natural world around her. Weaving intimate thoughts with lyrical imagery, _In the Waves_ was ...
The Theory of Everything
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_The Theory of Everything_ navigates its way between people and landscapes, between discourse and territory. Evocative landscapes whose silent presence speaks volumes. People who, asked to talk about themselves, about their connection to the world, discuss the land and the subsoil, the forests and the rivers, everything that shapes them. The people we meet are not experts. In their own way, the...
Life of Ivanna
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Ivanna, a young Nenets woman and mother of five children living in North Siberia, decides to take her life into her own hands, emancipating from an abusive relationship and abandoning the traditional nomadic way of life in the tundra to emigrate to the city.
Where the Trains Used to Go
Duration: 8 minutes
Subscription access
A magical journey along the remains of a narrow-gauge railway in southeastern Norway. Using a specially developed animation technique and filmed on large-format film, the movie takes us swiftly along the tracks of the _Tertitten_, which used to be a sideline to the main railway between Oslo and Stockholm.
A Year Along the Abandoned Road
A Year Along the Abandoned Road
New product!Duration: 26 minutes
Subscription access
The film is a portrait of a deserted fisherman’s village in Northern Norway, shot on analog 65/70mm film with a specially developed "nature animation" technique. In one continuous shot, we "fly" along the remains of an internal village road, while at the same time a whole year passes by at 50 000 times normal speed. Most of the year, the village of Børfjord lies empty with virgin snow between c...
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
New product!Duration: 2h26
Subscription access
In Japan's Himuro Valley, Akeji and Asako seem to have lived forever in a hermitage, surrounded by animals and the spirits of nature. Season after season, Asako gathers plants to transform into pigments, while Akeji prays and devotes himself to painting. The cycle of nature appears unchanging. Yet time crackles, and reality eventually catches up with them...
Belle River
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2019\. Spring flooding in Mississippi hits record highs. In Louisiana, the residents of Pierre Part are preparing for the worst. Barring an unexpected turn of events, local authorities will soon be forced to open the floodgates of the Morganza Spillway, in order to save the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge from further uncontrolled flooding. Faith and resilience are the two best weapons th...
Gino Bouleau
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At 42, Gino left the city and retired, settling in an isolated cabin where he lives simply and fully.
We Don't Care About Music Anyway...
We Don't Care About Music Anyway...
Duration: 2h40Subscription access
While featuring key figures from Tokyo’s avant-garde music scene of the mid-2000s, _We Don’t Care About Music Anyway..._ offers a kaleidoscopic vision of the megacity, juxtaposing music with noise, sound with imagery, representation with reality, and fiction with documentary. Beyond the music and performances, the film explores the future and modes of existence of an entire city and society.
Where The River Widens
Subscription access
Inspired by the friendship and the work of fishermen, Zack Greenleaf sings the mig'mag culture of his Gesgapegiag village, "where the river widens.”
The Last Herd
Subscription access
Isolated in the remote mountains of the Gaspésie National Park, a last herd of caribou resists defiantly against human encroachment. When the first European settlers arrived on the East Coast of North America in 1534, caribou numbered in the tens of thousands. Today scarcely 100 remain. They are the last survivors. This documentary tells of their plight and the precarious tipping point on which...
Terra Mater
There she stands, confidently, like a goddess of technological junk, surrounded by endless mountains of rubbish, plastic, stench and rare earths. An angry appeal to the world to take responsibility for the consequences of capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction in Africa.
An Ecology of Hope
Subscription access
A portrait of Pierre Dansereau, a renowned Quebecois professor, scientist, humanist, and ecologist celebrated globally for his groundbreaking research on ecosystems. This film takes us on a global journey, exploring diverse landscapes from Baffin Island and Gaspésie to Brazil and the metropolis of New York.
Silakut
Subscription access
In this feature documentary, filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk talks to people from the five Northern Baffin Communities affected by the proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine Iron Ore Mine. These conversations clearly show the predicament these communities are in – being torn between wanting to support the opportunities the expanded mine brings – but also wanting to protect their environment and cu...
Hunting with my Ancestors - Bowhead Whale Hunt
Hunting with my Ancestors - Bowhead Whale Hunt
Duration: 1h40Subscription access
Inuit have hunted bowhead whales for thousands of years, using stone tools to hunt these 25-ton mammals. In 2016, Igloolik community received a tag to harvest a bowhead; Zacharias Kunuk documents this hunt - from the selection of hunting captains and planning to the large-scale hunt and the ensuing community-wide harvest and distribution of food.
Queerying Nature
For the past twenty years, scientists, armed with a fresh and liberated perspective, have revealed an animal world where sexualities, genders, and families rhyme with diversity. Being queer: it's natural! From one encounter to another, the film intertwines the reflections and emotions of two artists inspired by this queer nature and the plurality of animal behaviors, poetically illustrated.
Pupa's Garden
_Pupa's Garden_ is an intimate and touching portrait of Ida Emma Lonati Frati, known by everyone as Nonna Pupa. In the early 80s, Nonna Pupa cleaned up an illegal garbage dump and turned it into a beautiful botanical garden for her community in Cernobbio on Lake Como, Italy. Balancing her days between caring for her daughter struck by Multiple Sclerosis and creating this magical garden, Nonna P...
Pathfinders
With ropes and wood, teenage girl scouts build an ephemeral village deep in the forest, where they live together freely. Filled with raw beauty, both autonomous and vulnerable, they come face to face with themselves and learn to be tolerant of others.
In the Waves
Subscription access
_In the Waves_ is an expressive documentary that depicts the life of 80 years old Joan Alma Mills in her aging coastal village. Following the death of her younger sister, Joan finds herself confronted by the fragility of life. As she tries to come to terms with her loss Joan searches for meaning in the natural world around her. Weaving intimate thoughts with lyrical imagery, _In the Waves_ was ...
The Theory of Everything
Subscription access
_The Theory of Everything_ navigates its way between people and landscapes, between discourse and territory. Evocative landscapes whose silent presence speaks volumes. People who, asked to talk about themselves, about their connection to the world, discuss the land and the subsoil, the forests and the rivers, everything that shapes them. The people we meet are not experts. In their own way, the...
Life of Ivanna
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Ivanna, a young Nenets woman and mother of five children living in North Siberia, decides to take her life into her own hands, emancipating from an abusive relationship and abandoning the traditional nomadic way of life in the tundra to emigrate to the city.
