Lichens Are The Way

synopsis

There are nearly twenty thousand species of them, they have been on Earth for hundreds of millions of years, and they play an indispensable role in many ecosystems. Yet lichens are usually overlooked. Ondřej Vavrečka decided to take a closer look at these fascinating organisms. His view, like the accompanying dialogue between experts Trevor Goward and Curtis Randall Björk, is both scientific and contemplative. For him, lichens represent not only a form but also a way of life. They show that an alternative to the constant expansion and reshaping of the environment can be the establishment of symbiotic communities in which every life has equal weight.

“The film is shot on 16mm. We had quite a limited amount of raw material. The choice what to shoot was crucial, but not difficult. The ‘script’ didn’t stem from my personal will but from the story that lichens compose according to the shapes of their bodies.”

Source: FIDMarseille

biography

Filmmaker, musician, artist and teacher Ondřej Vavrečka (1980) studied programming, philosophy, linguistics and FAMU. In addition to films such as The Interposed (2014), De Potentia Dei (2016) and Personal Life of a Hole (2020), he is also the author of paintings, sculptures, costumes and texts reflecting on the possibilities of the film medium.

more about film

director:	Ondřej Vavrečka
producer:	Vít Janeček
photography:	Patrik Balonek
editing:	Sebasian Kučkovský
music:	Michal Cáb
sound:	Jan Richtr

contact

Vít Janeček / D1 FILM
vit@d1film.com

María Vera / KINO REBELDE
distribution@kinorebelde.com