Dusk Chorus - Official trailer

Dusk Chorus - Based on the project "Fragments of Extinction"

( 62-min. film now available on headphones here: http://www.fragmentsofextinction.org/dusk-chorus-film/ )

An exploration through remote primary equatorial forests, the project Fragments of Extinction uses sound as a medium to reflect on the current global extinction crisis. The film portrays the fieldwork of eco-acoustics researcher and project’s founder David Monacchi, who is on a quest to record 24-hour 3-dimensional sonic portraits in the area with the assessed highest biodiversity on Earth. Through beautiful and immersive cinematography and directing filmmakers Alessandro D'emilia and Nika Šaravanja follow the progress of this urgent project, incorporating Monacchi’s lecture footage, which manages to accessibly impart the complexity of the issues at hand. During the film the focus shifts from incredible images to a spectacular surround listening experience. It's as if the viewers themselves are in the middle of the rainforest – they hear insects, birds, amphibians, mammals and even trees in a three-dimensional polyphony of nature. The result is a careful balance between Monacchi’s scientific yet deeply philosophical relationship with the environment and the urgent plight of communities and creatures that are facing the impact of habitat loss, invasive industry and climate change.

Dusk Chorus is an enduring contemplation and poetic journey on some of the often-overlooked aspects that make an ecosystem diverse, unique, and fragile.

www.fragmentsofextinction.org

Credits:

Written and narrated by: David Monacchi

Director: Nika Šaravanja, Alessandro d'Emilia

Cinematographer: Alessandro d'Emilia

Editor: Otis Buri

3D soundscapes and Specrograms: David Monacchi

Sound design: David Monacchi & Anthony di Furia

Music: Corrado Fantoni & David Monacchi

Color grading: Alessandro d'Emilia

Graphics: Egle Kirdulyte

Production: Zelig & Fragments of Extinction

International Awards and official selections:

(11 Awards and 36 Official Selections – updated 28 July 2018)

1. Visions du Reèl – Nyon (International premiere)

2. Green Film Festival – Seoul

3. Cinemambiente – Torino AWARD – Best Italian Documentary

4. Durban International Film Festival – Durban AWARD – Best International Documentary

5. Iran International Film Festival – Teheran

6. DokuFest – Prizren

7. Global Eco Film Festival – Zurich

8. Innsbruck Nature Film Festival – Innsbruck AWARD – Best International Documentary

9. Bifed – Istanbul AWARD – Best International Doc (student jury)

10. Cervino Cinemountain – Aosta

11. Imagine Science Film Festival – New York (North-America premiere)

12. Planet in Focus Environmental FF – Toronto

13. CineEco Serra da Estrela - Portugal AWARD – Best International Documentary

14. Jihlava IFF – Prague

15. Cinema Planeta – Mexico

16. Jihlava International Doc Film Festival – Prague

17. Inconvenient Films Film Festival – Vilnius

18. Mountain International Film Festival – Graz

19. InScience Dutch Int. Film Festival – Nijmegen AWARD – Best International Documentary

20. Fricine Socioenvironmental FF – Rio De Janeiro

21. International Human Rights FF – Nurnberg

22. Environmental Film Festival – Washington

23. Signes de Nuit – Paris AWARD – Best International Documentary

24. Festival of Tolerance – Zagreb

25. Signes de Nuit – Berlin

26. Green Film Festival UEA – Norwick UK

27. Beldocs International Documentary FF – Belgrad

28. Green Image Film Festival – Tokyo AWARD – Green Image award

29. International Wildlife Film Festival – Montana

30. Ecozine Film Festival – Zaragoza AWARD – Best International Film

31. Festival Int de Cinema e Video Ambiental – Brazil AWARD – Best International Film

32. Trento film Festival - Trento

33. Signes de Nuit – Bangkok Special Mention - International Documentaries

34. Science Fiction Film Festival – Trieste

35. Savonlinna International Film Festival – Finland

36. Green Film Festival – San Francisco