Underfoot
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A rapid-fire dissection of the earth’s surface and soil, teeming with life and pulsing abstraction. Underfoot is an experimental study of the insect world using a specially built film exposure device where actual living insects are rendered as photograms on the surface of the film stock.
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Film details
- Productieland
- Canada
- Jaar
- 2006
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2007
- Lengte
- 5'
- Medium/Formaat
- 16mm
- Première status
- European premiere
- Director
- Alex MacKenzie
- Producer
- Rina Fraticelli
- Production company
- National Film Board of Canada