‘Super Nature’: New documentary captures nature in fresh way with vintage cameras
A global love letter to nature, the documentary ‘Super Nature’ is an immersive exploration of our world today. Shot by people all over the world, the universal and the local combine in this intimate gaze on nature, with a transcendent score and sound design, and voices in many tongue. Embracing all we have, and all we have to lose, it proposes a new way of seeing, as it takes us on a spellbinding journey of discovery and togetherness with our fellow dwellers on earth, both human and non-human.
MATTHEW CAREY: ‘Super Nature’, a new documentary about the natural world directed by Ed Sayers, is truly a vintage piece of filmmaking. Sayers and his collaborators – 40 filmmakers across the globe – shot the feature entirely on Super 8, “the original home movie format.” The “home” in this case is planet Earth and its multitudinous lifeforms large and small — leaf cutter ants and African bush elephants, Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins, and soaring barnacle geese.
“The film features a beguiling array of over 120 different animal species from around the world,” notes a release. “From the rarest of species: the last two remaining Northern White Rhino, to the humble and often overlooked Garden Snail, all living creatures are lovingly observed and celebrated”…
“A global love letter to nature, Super Nature is an immersive exploration of our world today,” notes a synopsis. “Shot by people all over the world, the universal and the local combine in this intimate gaze on nature, with a transcendent score and sound design, and voices in many tongues… Embracing all we have, and all we have to lose, Super Nature proposes a new way of seeing, as it takes us on a spellbinding journey of discovery and togetherness with our fellow dwellers on earth, both human and non-human”…
Sayers founded Straight 8 in 1999, a Super 8 filmmaking competition. The format opens cinematic possibilities but comes with strict parameters… This film is about doing things differently,” according to background information on Super Nature. “Due to the limited film reel, the filmmakers had to be more intentional about their shots. People relished the opportunity to use a Super 8 camera, often for the first time, to attempt to capture some of the world around them through such a uniquely emotive and tactile format”…
Super Nature, which held its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last year, will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland by BFI Distribution on September 4. It has also been picked up by Madman for Australia/New Zealand, Wanted Cinema (Italy), SVT (Sweden), and TVP (Poland). Autlook Filmsales is handling international sales. SOURCE
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