From the Wild Sea
Storms unleash along Europe’s coastlines, taking their toll. Volunteers are preparing for winter. Injured seal pups are nurtured with liquid food and warmed with infra-red lamps. Oil-soiled swans are subjected to foam baths. One stares into the eye of a giant stranded whale. And the whale looks back. In poetic images, Robin Petré traces the gaze between humans and wild animals, narrates the close interweaving of habitats and closes the cycle from perpetrator to helper. Laying bare the ambivalent relationship between society and threatened eco-systems, the haunting imagery patiently and respectfully opens a space for deep reflection. A relentless gaze into the abyss of the Anthropocene.
With
- Dan Jarvis
- James Barnett
- Sydney Rachael Stone
- Sam Brittain
Crew
Director | Robin Petré |
Cinematography | María Grazia Goya, Robin Petré |
Editing | Charlotte Munch Bengtsen |
Music | Ismaël Colombani |
Sound Design | Thomas Pape |
Sound | Robin Petré |
Casting | Robin Petré |
Production Manager | Signe Skov Thomsen |
Producer | Malene Flindt Pedersen |
World Sales
Produced by
Hansen & Pedersen
Robin Petré
Born in Mols, Denmark in 1985, she first studied journalism at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus and then documentary film directing in the Doc Nomads programme at universities in Portugal, Hungary and Belgium. Her films, which focus on the coexistence of humans with animals and nature, have screened at numerous international festivals and won a number of awards. She is an alumna of the Nordic Film Lab and the IDFAcademy. From the Wild Sea is her debut feature-length documentary.
Filmography
2016 Pulse; short documentary 2017 Stream; short documentary 2020 WILDLIFE • 2030; video art installation 2021 From the Wild Sea; documentary
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021