The Ancient Woods
7.7
“Close to faraway”
A poetic and atypical nature film about the various inhabitants of an old-growth forest, on the ground, in the air and in the water. There's no commentary, only the rich, almost palpable sounds of the forest and the magical situations captured by the camera. Although we might sometimes be puzzled as to what's actually happening a mating ritual or the start of a fight? the lack of explanation leaves space for us to associate freely and simply experience the images. The film offers a close-up view of a wide range of creatures such as the insect that appears out of the melting snow, gradually begins to move and impatiently waits until all its legs are free so it can fly away. The scale of the portraits is sometimes grand and at other times modest, but always filmed with precision, whether in daylight or at night. Time doesn't seem to matter in this extraordinary piece of slow cinema.
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Cast
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Mindaugas Survila Director · Danielius Kokanauskis Editor
Worldwide gross $283K · United States release June 4, 2021 · Produced in Estonia, Germany, Lithuania
Box office
Worldwide gross
$282,768
Production
VsI Sengire
Production
Magic Motion Filmproduktions GmbH
Production
Vesilind
Production
Estonia · Germany · Lithuania
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sengirė
Original language
Lithuanian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Netherlands · November 16, 2017
Premiere · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Lithuania · March 29, 2018
Theatrical
United States · June 4, 2021
Denmark
March 18, 2018 · Limited theatrical · CPH:DOX
France
March 6, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 22, 2017 · Premiere
October 18, 2018 · Theatrical
Poland
May 16, 2018 · Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
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