Petr Lom and Corinne van Egeraat Masterclass: Non-Anthropocentric Cinematography and Storytelling

In association with Restart and Dokukino, on the occasion of the Earth Day.

Corinne van Egeraat and Petr Lom have dedicated twenty years to urgent stories about human rights, but for the last seven years they have decided to focus on the neglected rights of nature, pointing out that all creatures deserve dignity and respect, but also the attention of the storyteller. They found ethical grounding in the Maori concept of kaupapa, which shapes their vision of filmmaking devoid of ego. In the masterclass, they will present the non-anthropocentric filmmaking and storytelling techniques they apply to tell stories in which human beings are not at the centre. They will present the evolution of their films such as I Am the River, The River Is Me and The Coriolis Effect, culminating in their latest project, a film in which the main protagonist is the endangered Mar Menor lagoon – the first European ecosystem to be recognised as a person.