Lights, camera, spectacular success – backlash. So it goes with the films co-created by Ed Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. The trio is launching Anthropocene, the third in their eco-conscious
Keep ReadingAnthropocene is the third installment in the team’s epic trilogy of spectacular environmental essay films that began with Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). The latest film is the culmination of a major body of work.
Keep ReadingLong Time Running (Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier Programme: Galas (World Premiere) Long Time Running has major expectations to fulfill given that the final performance of
Keep ReadingJennifer Baichwal’s Manufactured Landscapes opens with a cinematic coup. An eight-minute tracking shot slowly sweeps across a factory floor in China.
Keep ReadingWatermark is a brilliant documentary feature, a cinematic essay that examines its subject—water—in diverse and enlightening ways.
Keep ReadingAn interview with Watermark directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier about their essay film follow-up to Manufactured Landscapes.
Keep ReadingWatermark is a continuation of Burtynsky’s work, which is recognizable for his signature big-picture approach to photography and environmentalism.
Keep ReadingJennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier discuss their documentary Act of God, which opens the 2009 Hot Docs Film Festival.
Keep ReadingIs the acclaimed Manufactured Landscapes coolly representative of a pervasive yet unacknowledged nihilism in documentary?
Keep ReadingIn Manufactured Landscapes, director Baichwal, producer Nick de Pencier and cinematographer Peter Mettler join forces to profile photo icon Ed Burtynsky. Nayman looks at their creative process.
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