2026  ·  Netherlands  ·  Experimental,Short

The Atom's Tale (2026)

STATUS: Completed

The Atom's Tale (2026)

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The Atom's Tale is a science-fiction short film that follows the speculative journey of a single atom as it moves through geological, biological, and technological realms. Combining animation, documentary, and scripted scenes, the film traces the atom's passage through matter, life, and media. The story begins with an atom embedded in stone, until a plant root dislodges it and releases it into the living world. After passing through various biological forms, it settles on the ocean floor where, over millions of years, it becomes part of petroleum. This material is later refined and transformed into a screen. When the screen is eventually discarded, it is recovered from a waste site and repurposed into a speculative device that listens to vibrations in spider webs. Moving between deep time and imagined futures, The Atom's Tale explores the circulation of matter, the geological origins of technology, and our entanglement with more-than-human worlds.

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Director
Lena Kuzmich
Writer
Lena Kuzmich, Daisy Hildyard, Bahar Jahanara

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