Experiential cinema in its purest form, GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm’s ambient soundtrack, Master director Victor Kossakowsky invites the audience to slow down and experience life as his subjects do, taking in their world with a magical patience and an other worldly perspective. GUNDA asks us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it. Executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix.
Genre: Documentary
Location: Partly filmed in Wales (Monmouthshire) at the Dean Farm Trust
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
Producer: Joslyn Barnes, Susan Rockefeller, Anita Rehoff Larsen
Executive Producer: Joaquin Phoenix
Length: 93 mins
Format: DCP, Blu-ray
Language: Silent
Certificate: PG
Date: June 4th 2021
The Guardian – ‘They killed my best friend for supper!’ Gunda, the farmyard film that could put you off eating meat for ever
Premiere at Sheffield Doc Fest
Distributor: Altitude
Contact: remihinds@altitudefilment.com, theatrical and non-theatrical contact. Non-theatrical also available via Cinema for All
