Gunda

Gunda

93 mins | Documentary | April 15, 2021

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.

Gunda

93 mins | Documentary | April 15, 2021

Gunda
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Louverture Films, Norsk Filminstitutt, Sant & Usant, Artemis Rising, The Fritt Ord Foundation, Hailstone Films, Empathy Arts, Storyline Studios
Original title Gunda
Directors Viktor Kossakovsky
Writers Ainara Vera, Viktor Kossakovsky

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