7 walks with Mark Brown

Film’s central figure Mark Brown casually leads a small group scouting for Indigenous plants in places abandoned by human activity while sharing his ecological knowledge and convictions. Shot digitally, it naturally transitions into a second part shot on 16mm entitled “Herbarium”, which showcases the previously collected flowers. This, more essayistic part taps into celluloid and thus the origins of the medium itself, thus revealing the foundational parallel between plants and cinema.

Vincent Barré, Pierre Creton

Vincent Barré is a French sculptor, architect and director. He practiced architecture and built social housing and rehabilitations. In 1995 Vincent Barré made his first films, which bear the traces of his sculptural vision and his travels. His meeting with the visual artist and director Pierre Creton led him to regularly co-direct short films with him.

Pierre Creton is an unusual figure in the world of cinema: besides from being an accomplished filmmaker he is also an experienced farmer, beekeeper and cowherd. Creton’s fascination with the natural world seeps into his documentary practice both conceptually and formally.His movies have been presented at various festivals, including FIDMarseille, where in 2008 L’heure du berger won the Grand Prix in the French competition.