PULSE
creative documentary I 26’ I 2016
filmed in Hungary
filmed in Hungary
director : Robin Petré
producer : Robin Petré/DocNomads
cinematography : Robin Petré
editing : Robin Petré
sound design : Rudolf Varhegyi
music by : András Emszt
creative Consultants : Tamás Almási, Péter Forgács, Attila Kékesi, Karen Everett, Tamás Kollányi
available for streaming here :
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producer : Robin Petré/DocNomads
cinematography : Robin Petré
editing : Robin Petré
sound design : Rudolf Varhegyi
music by : András Emszt
creative Consultants : Tamás Almási, Péter Forgács, Attila Kékesi, Karen Everett, Tamás Kollányi
available for streaming here :
Doc Alliance
GuideDoc
Films for Change

FESTIVALS & AWARDS (selection)
Silver Dove for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution at DOK Leipzig / Best Short Documentary at FICMEC Intl. Festival of Environmental Cinema / Best Documentary at FIKE Évora Intl. Short Film Festival / Silver Eye Award for Best Short at Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival / Green Years Award at Doclisboa / Best Short Film at ECOFEST / Special Mention for the Signs Award at Festival Intl. Signes de Nuit
(full festival list below)
Silver Dove for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution at DOK Leipzig / Best Short Documentary at FICMEC Intl. Festival of Environmental Cinema / Best Documentary at FIKE Évora Intl. Short Film Festival / Silver Eye Award for Best Short at Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival / Green Years Award at Doclisboa / Best Short Film at ECOFEST / Special Mention for the Signs Award at Festival Intl. Signes de Nuit
(full festival list below)
One of Europe’s largest deer farms lies hidden in the hills of southern Hungary and is home to 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.
This poetic, highly sensorial film is both an immersive experience and a close look at human-animal relations as well as the way we co-exist with nature. The film loosely follows the beating rhythms transcending the farm: from the deer to the farmers to the electric fences separating the domesticated animals from the wild.
This poetic, highly sensorial film is both an immersive experience and a close look at human-animal relations as well as the way we co-exist with nature. The film loosely follows the beating rhythms transcending the farm: from the deer to the farmers to the electric fences separating the domesticated animals from the wild.
“When stags are kept in captivity the borderline between autonomy and servitude runs through every single individual animal. With PULSE, Danish filmmaker Robin Petré has produced an entrancingly beautiful work and an astute reflection on the history and present state of this kind of animal husbandry.”
— Ralph Eue / DOK Leipzig



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