澳大利亚的鲨鱼湾,有机体创造了空气和大气层,是美丽的蓝色星球具备了生物生存的基本条件。大约40亿年前,迄今仍存在于鲨鱼湾的活化石细菌叠层石,作为地球生命的祖先横空出世。经过漫长的繁衍与进化,数以万计的物种从海洋走到陆地,飞上蓝天。我们跟随着摄制组的镜头,见证了原始生命的诞生,以及大自然对物种爆发的自控与调节。然而时至今日,多达70亿的人类统领地球,站在生物链金字塔的最顶端。我们贪得无厌地一次次伸出双手向大地、海洋索取,埋藏千百万年的矿藏被无情掘出,原本自由自在游弋海中的鱼类遭到过度捕捞。 生活质量不断提高,地球的生存环境却逐步恶化,该说这是聪明还是愚昧……
这是一部非常扎实的从观察入手,通过摄影机分析记录世界,凝汇成一部动人影像论文的作品。影片分三幕细细描绘了动物、植物和矿物世界,大量档案资料、现代技术和专家分析在散文般的叙述中缓缓道来。在这部内容极为丰富的影片中,创作者采用了一种非人类中心主义的视角将动植矿物进行了重新定位。原来,植物在多个方面都超越了人类,石头亦有其独特的存在价值。
Arach is a baby caiman. His father, Akam the valiant is a legend: not only is he the greatest hunter of the Great Kingdom but he is also the first caiman who decided to have a family. As Arach tells us how this all happened, we set off on a magical journey throughout mesmerizing Amazon. A tale of hope, love and family where animals talk and nature unveils its’ finest marvels.
Wang Zhenxi works as a “mistress dispeller” in China, hired to maintain the bounds of marriage — and break up affairs — by any means necessary. Untitled Mistress Dispeller Project follows Ms. Wang’s work as she attempts to bring couples back from the edge of crisis, offering strikingly intimate access to private lives usually hidden behind closed doors. The film will shift our sympathies between husband, wife, and mistress to explore the ways class, capital, and cultural norms collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.