How Flowers Make Seeds

Love, Women and Flowers(es)

Women workers stand up to the toxic flower industry in Colombia.

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly(en)

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly is a 56-minute narrated film that unfolds along the shores of Cape Ann and in the heart of Mexico’s forested volcanic mountains. Every stage of the butterfly’s life cycle is experienced in vibrant close-up, from mating to egg to caterpillar to adult, and set against the backdrop of sea and forest, sun and wind.

Late Anthropocene(xx)

Hand processed expired Kodak 7291, Camera: Beaulieu R16, Lens: Angenieux 12-120mm with +3 Diopter, Polarising filter for the clouds. Hand processed in C-41 chem using a Lomo UPB-1A tank. Still haven't mastered removal of the rem-jet anti-halation layer (thats all the white 'static' on the film). The film expired about 40 years ago.

Small Mountains(en)

A slug climbs small mountains at the peak of Mount Greylock (3,489 ft).

Mountain Wildflowers(en)

Mountain wildflowers in a dense fog.

A Flower(en)

Somewhere between the mountains and valleys a small autumn flower bloomed.

Summer Meadow(en)

A close look at flowers and pollinators on a sunny summer morning.

Memorial(en)

A memorial mourns as time passes

Conversation with Two Lovers(en)

Shot in two places marrying with each other by a single and fractured bridge between Condrieu and les Roches-de-Condrieu, this film is the continuation of exploring ephemeral movement through the use of editing, camera movements and color sampling.

Fog on the Mountain(en)

Fog surrounds the peak of a mountain as summer wildflowers bloom.

Algorithms of Beauty(en)

In 1772, Englishwoman Mary Delany wrote to her niece: “I have found a new way of imitating flowers.” The imitation in question was the art form called decoupage, based on cut-outs and reshuffling of pictures. The charm and botanical precision of these works attracts attention of even today’s artists, among others by an anonymous programmer who is trying to invent a way of capturing the flowers’ vivacity in pictures. With this aim in mind, she has created an algorithm, which would combine science and beauty, similarly to Delaney’s efforts, whose illustrations it is meant to animate.

L'école des fleurs(fr)

Flowers for My Father(pt)

Childhood memories of an August holiday.

Narcissi(en)

"Shiloh Cinquemani works wonders simply by framing flowers in “Narcissi” and “Rose.” Her delirious flux of glances electrifies the old-fashioned still life." -Bill Stamets, The Chicago Sun-Times

Orchid Moon(en)

Lost in a whirlpool of loss and regret, Harry Bradshaw attempts to find innocence.

The Thistle in the Kiss(en)

Declan has had no luck with the holidays: his girlfriend Stephanie broke up with him on the way to Christmas dinner. He's managed to keep it secret until New Year's Day, when his car breaks down and his sister Rachel shows up to help him fix it. Crumbling under her relentless curiosity, Declan is now on a crash course to confront the poor decisions of his life.

Michelle(xx)

Emily(nl)

An old florist reminisces on her life. She has always been very generous to the people around her, but will the generosity ever be returned? Will she ever receive flowers herself?

Advent(en)

A young psychic experiences a horrifying vision during her walk home.

Go! Anpanman: When the Flower of Courage opens(ja)

A star stick that can make a star when it is picked up by someone with courage. The glittering star princess, Kirarahime, who cannot use it, embarks on a journey to find true courage by jumping out of the glittering star.