FROM THE WILD SEA
| 2021 | documentary | 78’ |
FROM THE WILD SEA dives into the complex collision between human and nature. We are taken on a disturbing and fascinating journey into the emerging Anthropocene Era, seen from both the human and animal perspective. As humans attempt to rescue marine creatures, each individual animal looks back at us with inquisitive eyes. Through an intimate visual experience that follows the animals through rehabilitation, we get to see and sense the world we humans have created: Right before our eyes, an estranged and most curious place. The film paints a sensorial, touching picture of our modern world while exploring how we are all connected in an immense, nuanced system stretching far beyond the human race.
written & directed by Robin Petré
cinematography by María Goya Barquet, Robin Petré
editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
sound designer Thomas Perez-Pape
producer Malene Flindt Pedersersen
with support from New Danish Screen, the Danish Film Institute,
and the Danish Arts Foundation
cinematography by María Goya Barquet, Robin Petré
editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
sound designer Thomas Perez-Pape
producer Malene Flindt Pedersersen
with support from New Danish Screen, the Danish Film Institute,
and the Danish Arts Foundation
WORLD PREMIERE Berlin International Film Festival (2021)
SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS Nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Award; Bodil Award Nomination for Best Documentary, Danish Film Critics Association; Nominated for the First Feature Award, Sheffield DocFest; Grand Prix for Best Film, Global Science Film Festival; Best Sound Design, SIMA Awards; Honorable Mention for the Impact Award, Vancouver International Film Festival VIFF; Nominated for the Politiken Danish:Dox Award, CPH:DOX; Nominated for the Sustainable Future Award, Sydney Film Festival; Best Film About Nature Special Mention, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival; Nominated for Best Documentary, Zürich Film Festival; True/False Film Festival
“Deeply sensory. Robin Petré maintains a respectful distance from her subject matter avoiding anthropomorphism at all times while filming with a deeply humane perspective.”
—Filmuforia
“Laying bare the ambivalent relationship between society and threatened eco-systems, the haunting imagery patiently and respectfully opens a space for deep reflection.”
—Berlin International Film Festival
“Deeply sensory. Robin Petré maintains a respectful distance from her subject matter avoiding anthropomorphism at all times while filming with a deeply humane perspective.”
—Filmuforia
“Laying bare the ambivalent relationship between society and threatened eco-systems, the haunting imagery patiently and respectfully opens a space for deep reflection.”
—Berlin International Film Festival


