This film will also be available online on our VoD platform from March 29 to April 10, 2022. Please note: This film will only be available in Germany.

»Fungi challenge me to explore the unknown, to look beneath the surface, to adapt, to respect imperfections, to slow down and always seek an alternative path. Through the fungal lens I tend to see the world in its innumerable connections.« – Marion Neumann

What connects us when our environment is falling apart? One answer to this pressing question is mushrooms. With an earth-spanning network of tiny threads, they play a key role in preserving our ecosystem; they are a symbol of the connectivity of more-than-human life and of exemplary forms of collaboration. They decontaminate toxic waters and soils and have significantly influenced life since the beginning of time. In her film, Marion Neumann links current positions like interconnecting mycelia; she meets mushroom collectors, activists and researchers all over the world, including anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, one of the most inspiring thinkers of our time. Some mushroom lovers are fascinated by the visible part of the mushroom, the fruiting body – others by the fine, usually invisible network of tiny threads. Neumann’s camera penetrates the microscopic and seductively beautiful layers of the mycelium and carefully follows the passionate protagonists to their spheres of action. She invites us to radically examine our relationship with the natural world around us and to imagine a healing fungal (r)evolution.

This film has been nominated for the Audience Award endowed with 1,000 euro. Please vote after watching the movie.
You can find an overview of all nominated films here.