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The Ancient Woods

Mindaugas Survila
Lithuania
2017
85 min
World Premiere
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A poetic and atypical nature film about the various inhabitants of an old-growth forest, on the ground, in the air and in the water. There's no commentary, only the rich, almost palpable sounds of the forest and the magical situations captured by the camera. Although we might sometimes be puzzled as to what's actually happening—a mating ritual or the start of a fight?—the lack of explanation leaves space for us to associate freely and simply experience the images. The film offers a close-up view of a wide range of creatures—such as the insect that appears out of the melting snow, gradually begins to move and impatiently waits until all its legs are free so it can fly away. The scale of the portraits is sometimes grand and at other times modest, but always filmed with precision, whether in daylight or at night. Time doesn’t seem to matter in this extraordinary piece of slow cinema.

Credits
Director
    Mindaugas Survila
    Mindaugas Survila
Production
    Mindaugas Survila for VšĮ "Sengirė",
    Gintė Žulytė for VšĮ "Sengirė"
    Mindaugas Survila for VšĮ "Sengirė",
    Gintė Žulytė for VšĮ "Sengirė"
Cinematography
    Mindaugas Survila
    Mindaugas Survila
Sound
    Mindaugas Survila,
    Gintė Žulytė,
    Ainis Pivoras
    Mindaugas Survila,
    Gintė Žulytė,
    Ainis Pivoras
Sound Design
    Saulius Urbonavičius
    Saulius Urbonavičius
Screenplay
    Gintė Žulytė,
    Mindaugas Survila
    Gintė Žulytė,
    Mindaugas Survila
Screening copy
    VšĮ "Sengirė"
    VšĮ "Sengirė"

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