Becoming Animal

Emma Davie; Peter Mettler; Rebecca Day

Becoming Animal

Emma Davie (Director), Peter Mettler (Director), Rebecca Day (Producer)

Edinburgh College of Art

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Abstract

Feature documentary co-directed with Peter Mettler. We set out to make a different kind of nature film, which looked at how our perception of the "natural" world is affected by our evolving relationship with our senses, collaborating with the writer and environmental philosopher David Abram. We wanted to examine what an animal centric perspective might bring to the documentary form.

The film has now played at the top documentary festivals where it has been nominated for best feature at CPH DOX, Edinburgh Film Festival, Documentary Madrid, and many more. It has received cinema distribution in the UK, Switzerland and is soon also to be distributed in Germany, Canada and the US.

Original language	English
Media of output	Film
Size	75 mins
Publication status	Published - Mar 2018

Keywords

documentary
ANIMALS
PERCEPTION
anthropocene
sensory studies
ANTHROPOCENTRISM
phenomonology
environmental issues

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UR - http://www.swissfilms.ch/en/film_search/filmdetails/-/id_film/2146992167

UR - https://docsociety.org/films/display/becoming-animal/

UR - https://cphdox.dk/en/programme/film/?id=496

UR - https://philjandaly.com/2018/03/27/becoming-animals-emma-davie-and-peter-mettler-discuss-their-new-documentary/

UR - https://www.moderntimes.review/thought-provoking-peculiar-exploration-nature/

UR - https://www.documentamadrid.com/en/sections/ciclo-natura-en-vilo-competicion-fugas-de-largometraje/becoming-animal

UR - http://www.bildrausch-basel.ch/filmfest/cutting-edge-internationaler-wettbewerb/?L=1

UR - http://docsag.pl/en/13-films-will-compete-to-win-the-millennium-award-grand-prix/?dist=warszawa

UR - https://curzoncinemas.com/film-info/open-city-docfest-2018-becoming-animal

UR - http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2018/becoming-animal/06-21_17-15

UR - https://www.becominganimalfilm.com/reviews

UR - https://www.becominganimalfilm.com/past_screenings

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Becoming Animal

Abstract

Keywords

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Fingerprint

Body and breath: Dialogue about issues in documentary editing with Niels Pagh

Becoming Animal film

Becoming Animal- press highlights

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018

Hebrides International Film Festival

Heartland Film Festival

Emma Davie

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Becoming Animal

Abstract

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Research output

Body and breath: Dialogue about issues in documentary editing with Niels Pagh

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Becoming Animal film

Press/Media

Becoming Animal- press highlights

Activities

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018

Hebrides International Film Festival

Heartland Film Festival

Profiles

Emma Davie

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