Becoming Animal

Switzerland / United Kingdom, March 2018
FILM, Documentary, 78 min.

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directed by
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
Written by
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
Status
In distribution
Website
www.becominganimal.ch

Shot in Grand Teton National Park, this immersive essay film draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Emma Davie and Peter Mettler and philosopher David Abram to encounter the spaces where humans and animals meet. We pique our senses to witness the so-called natural world – which in turn witnesses us. Moose clash antlers and a snail's body becomes a landscape while the myriad sensory tools of cinema explore our complicity with this “more than human world”.

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World Premiere
March 2018
Original Version
English (french/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 78 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-9A6A-0000-5-0000-0000-M
Production
maximage, Scottish Documentary Institute, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer, Rebecca Day, Sonja Henrici
directed by
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
Written by
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
Cinemato­graphy
Peter Mettler
Editing
Peter Mettler, Emma Davie
Sound Editing
Jacques Kieffer
Sound Design
Jacques Kieffer, Peter Bräker, Peter Mettler
Re-Recording Mix
Jacques Kieffer
Location Sound Mix
Jacques Kieffer

Cast

David Abram

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
maximage

Worldwide Distribution

Germany
GMfilms Distribution
Release date: 29.08.2019
Switzerland
Outside The Box Sarl Distribution
Release date: 25.10.2018

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