PULSE

One of Europe’s largest deer farms lies hidden in the hills of southern Hungary, housing more than 1,500 strong red deer. The animals are essentially still wild. They were first caught in the forests and brought to the farm only 25 years ago. PULSE is an immersive, sensorial film on domestication, human-animal relations and the way we deal with nature. The film loosely follows the beating rhythms transcending the farm, from the deer to the farmer to the electric fences separating the domesticated animals from the wild.

director Robin Petré | cinematographer Robin Petré | editor Robin Petré | sound designer Rudolf Varhegyi | composer András Emszt | producer Robin Petré and DocNomads | creative consultants Tamás Almási, Péter Forgács, Attila Kékesi, Karen Everett, Tamás Kollányi 

Available for streaming on Doc Alliance and GuideDoc

Silver Dove for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution
DOK Leipzig
Best Short Documentary Film
FICMEC Intl. Environmental Film Festival
Best Documentary
FIKE Évora International Short Film Festival Silver Eye Award/Best Short Documentary
Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival
Green Years Award
Doclisboa
Best Short Film
ECOFEST
Special Mention for the Signs Award
Festival International Signes de NuitInternational Film School Award (shared prize)
Listapad Minsk Intl. Film Festival Nominated for the Student Doc Award
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Nominated in the Premier Pas competition
Visions du Réel
Nominated in the Nordic Competition
Minimalen Short Film Festival Nominated for the Docu/Short Award
Docudays Intl. Human Rights Doc. Film Fest Nominated for the Wiley Blackwell Student Film Prize

RAI Film Festival
Nominated in the International Competition
Mecal Pro Barcelona Intl. Short Film Festival Nominated in the International Competition
Intl. Environmental Film Festival Green Vision Nominated for the International Short Film Award
Ethnocineca
Nominated in the International Competition
Apricot Tree Intl. Documentary Film Festival Nominated for the International Shorts Award
ForadCamp Cinema & Nature ExhibitionNominated in the International Competition
Bozcaada Intl. Festival of Ecological Doc.Nominated in the Intl. Short Documentary Competition
FIC AUTOR Author’s Intl. Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
BOGOSHORTS Bogotá Short Film Fest
European Film Festival Palic
International Film Festival Innsbruck
CinemAmbiente
Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival
Cinéma Vérité Iran Intl. Doc. Film Festival
Cinema Planeta Festival Intl. de Cine y Medio Ambiente
Tokyo Documentary Film Festival
KineDok
United Change
Lakeside Doc Festival
Docu Memento
Whakapapa Film Festival
Hebrides International Film Festival
FIDÉ Festival Intl. do Documentário Estudanti
BIDF Budapest International Documentary Festival
DOCfeed
World Film Festival
MOV Intl. Student Film Festival of Pernambuc

“An entrancingly beautiful work and an astute reflection on the history and present state of this kind of animal husbandry.”
— Ralph Eue / DOK Leipzig

“Electric power lines tower above the deer as they roam the countryside, heartbeats fluctuating in synchronicity with the seasons. Herded and transported, hunted and captured; pulses rise under human watch, which is never far.”
— Sophie Brown / Sheffield DocFest