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A psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe, guided by a filmmaker’s immersive practical experiments that transcend into a deeply hypnotic audio-visual experience of awe and human connection to the natural world.
Featuring music by Nils Frahm, and an original score by Rival Consoles.
Phenomena is a feature documentary that had its world premiere at True/False, European premiere at CPH:DOX, followed by sold-out screenings at Sydney Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest, and won the audience award at AFO 61.
Curriculum Links:
Phenomena can be linked to the following learning areas for students in Years 7-12:
- English
- Media/Film Studies
- Science
General capabilities:
- Literacy
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Ethical Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities:
- Sustainability – may be of relevance if wave forms and convection cells are extrapolated to behavioural patterns in weather, sunspots and/or tides.
Key themes:
- Science experimentation in conjunction with the arts.
- The search for meaning, patterns and connectivity in the universe.
- Nature, from a sub-atomic level to the cosmos.
- Light as the ‘messenger of information’.
- Sound waves and energy transfer.
- Personalised documentary filmmaking and the ‘auteur’.
