These films listen to the sounds and voices we hear and the ways we collaborate with the natural world. The programme included ‘Recomposing Earth’ from photographer/ Director Christian Cargill. Under two feet of peaty soil in Orkney, lies the only recording of Scottish composer Erland Cooper’s unheard album. In an entirely unique attempt to collaborate with the natural world, it is an experiment on patience, art and value. Will the tape emerge silent, and does it matter if it does?

The rural theme continued with BAFTA Scotland winning documentary filmmaker Will Hewitt. ‘Have You Seen the Beast‘ A cold case rumour-mentary about sightings of an alien big cat in the Welsh countryside, Jacques Sorrentini Zibjan’s river echoes the invisible process of  evaporation and Samy Benammar’s ‘kauaʻi ʻōʻō‘ where a bird, endemic to Hawaii, is recorded for the last time. 

Women’s voices were heard in Bec Evans’ powerful hybrid documentary ‘Does that make me a woman?‘, Corinne Botz ‘Milk Factory‘ and Heather E Andrews ‘This Werewolf Complex‘. Alternate facts, truths and half-truths came from Yann Les Tours, Roger Gariepy and Miglė Križinauskaitė-Bernotienė.

‘HAVE YOU SEEN THE BEAST?’ Will Hewitt (UK)
THIS WEREWOLF COMPLEX Heather E Andrews (UK)
BLUE MOUNTAIN. WHITE CLOUD Migle Krizinauskaite-Bernotienė (LT)
MILK FACTORY Corinne Botz (USA)
DOES THAT MAKE ME A WOMAN Bec Evans (UK)
KINDERGARTEN Yann les Tours (FR)
HOT AIR Roger Gariepy (CA)
REVOLUM Jacques Sorrentini Zibjan (FR)
KAUAI Oʻō Samy Benammar (CA)
RECOMPOSING EARTH Christian Cargill (UK)