The Plants on Film Commissioning project is a collaboration between the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and the Handmade Film Collective. Over the course of the past four months, filmmakers were asked to create new 16mm films responding to the theme of plants and utilizing one or more handmade filmmaking techniques such as eco-processing, phytogramming, drawing, or tinting.
About the Handmade Film Collective:
The Handmade Film Collective is a group of practicing, enthusiastic, analogue, handmade filmmakers (Dawn George, Rena Thomas, and Herb Theriault) who have come together to showcase experimental analogue handmade films and support other filmmakers working in this specialized genre.
This experimental short film dives into the dream realm to explore the human desire to return to nature, or in other words, to rewild one’s self. Blurring the lines of reality, the film weaves together imagery of a figure as she slips through portals forcing her to discover what it means to return to one’s wild state. This piece is inspired by the work of experimental filmmaker Maya Deren and her film philosophies. The entire film was shot using a 16mm Bolex camera and developed at home using plants foraged here in Mi'kma'ki/Nova Scotia.
- Year2021
- Runtime2 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorDevon Pennick Reilly and Bria Stark
The Plants on Film Commissioning project is a collaboration between the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and the Handmade Film Collective. Over the course of the past four months, filmmakers were asked to create new 16mm films responding to the theme of plants and utilizing one or more handmade filmmaking techniques such as eco-processing, phytogramming, drawing, or tinting.
About the Handmade Film Collective:
The Handmade Film Collective is a group of practicing, enthusiastic, analogue, handmade filmmakers (Dawn George, Rena Thomas, and Herb Theriault) who have come together to showcase experimental analogue handmade films and support other filmmakers working in this specialized genre.
This experimental short film dives into the dream realm to explore the human desire to return to nature, or in other words, to rewild one’s self. Blurring the lines of reality, the film weaves together imagery of a figure as she slips through portals forcing her to discover what it means to return to one’s wild state. This piece is inspired by the work of experimental filmmaker Maya Deren and her film philosophies. The entire film was shot using a 16mm Bolex camera and developed at home using plants foraged here in Mi'kma'ki/Nova Scotia.
- Year2021
- Runtime2 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorDevon Pennick Reilly and Bria Stark