The Philippines will soon have the chance to watch Holy Wood Dust, the latest documentaryDocumentaryA nonfiction film that explores real people, events, or issues, using interviews, archival material, and observation to tell its story. Documentaries can inform, challenge, and move audiences, and Philippine filmmakersGo to Documentary Glossary by acclaimed Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky (Architecton, Gunda), as it makes its way to SinePop for an exclusive screening and Philippine premiere on November 7.
Holy Wood Dust features Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso and explores the life and intelligence of trees, particularly the journey of a Christmas fir tree from the forest to St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Kossakovsky provides audiences with a scientifically groundbreaking invitation to reimagine how plants think and feel, as the film investigates how humans interact with the vegetal world.
In the documentary’s trailer, Mancuso says, “Trees. They are not things. They are life itself. They are, in fact, living beings that can feel, that perceive their surroundings.”
The film is presented by FilDocs, in partnership with the Film Academy of the Philippines. The local premiere follows the documentaryDocumentaryA nonfiction film that explores real people, events, or issues, using interviews, archival material, and observation to tell its story. Documentaries can inform, challenge, and move audiences, and Philippine filmmakersGo to Documentary Glossary’s successful debut at the prestigious 83rd Venice International Film Festival, or the La Biennale di Venezia, in the Venice Open Out of Competition section last September.
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It is Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary on the life and intelligence of trees, following a Christmas fir from the forest to the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, featuring botanist Stefano Mancuso.
The documentary premieres in the Philippines on November 7 at SinePop, presented by FilDocs and the Film Academy of the Philippines, after debuting at the 83rd Venice Film Festival.
Victor Kossakovsky is an acclaimed Russian documentary filmmaker behind Architecton and Gunda. His latest film, Holy Wood Dust, debuted at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival before its Philippine premiere.
Stefano Mancuso is an Italian botanist featured in the documentary Holy Wood Dust.
Kossakovsky’s documentary invites audiences to reimagine how plants think and feel, presenting trees as living beings and examining how humans interact with the vegetal world through Stefano Mancuso’s perspective.
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