Amijima
55'
Spain
IFFR 2017
This meditative, immersive film is a tribute to the astonishing work and achievements of naturalist, inventor and pioneering filmmaker F. Percy Smith. Smith worked in the early years of the twentieth century, developing various cinematographic and micro-photographic techniques to capture nature's secrets in action. Working in a number of public roles, including the Royal Navy and British Instructional Films, Smith was prolific and driven, often directing several films simultaneously, apparently on a mission to explore and capture nature's hidden terrains.
Minute Bodies is an interpretative edit that combines Smith's original footage with a new contemporary score by the band Tindersticks to create a hypnotic, alien yet familiar dreamscape that connects us to the sense of wonder Smith must have felt as he peered through his own lenses and saw these microworlds for the first time. (Stuart A. Staples)
IFFR 2017
Programme IFFR 2017
55'
Spain
IFFR 2017
48'
Germany
IFFR 2017
59'
Belgium
IFFR 2017