Following his quirky portrait of ecofeminist Donna Haraway and her canine companion Cayenne, Fabrizio Terranova explores an alternative to the traditional talking head documentary format by orchestrating a sci-fi staging wherein the depths of the sensitive philosopher, chemist and activist can be more freely explored. This cinematic experience feels the closest we could get to sitting eye-to-eye with Stengers’ brilliant speculative mind; the space consumed by dew, moss, purring kittens and the dense smoke of cigarettes. With joyful eyes and expressive hand gestures, she unpacks aspects of Gaia theory and dives deeper into more personal reflections on hope, vulnerability and spiritualism. Stengers gifts us an inter-generational sense of resilience and liberation accompanied by the cathartic 1968 chanson of Anne Sylvestre. (Ane Lopez)

Fabrizio Terranova (1971, Italy) is a filmmaker and educator living and working in Brussels. His work focuses on the tensions, relationships and misperceptions between “popular” and “avant-garde” cultures. He is a professor at the ERG (graphic research school) in Brussels, where he co-directs the Narratives and Experimentation/Speculative Narration Master’s programme. He directed Donna Haraway, Story Telling for Earthly Survival (2016) and published Les Enfants du compost in the collective work Gestes spéculatifs (2015), as well as Pour un film chien! in the collective work Habiter le trouble avec Donna Haraway (2019). He is also a founding member, with, among others, Emilie Hermant and Isabelle Stengers, of DingDingDong – Institut de coproduction de savoir sur la maladie de Huntington.

Isabelle Stengers: Building hope on the edge of the abyss (2023), Absolute Beginners (2019), Donna Haraway : Story Telling for Earthly Survival (2016), Josée Andréï, An Insane Portrait (2010), Absolute Beginners (2019), Donna Haraway : Story Telling for Earthly Survival (2016), Josée Andréï, An Insane Portrait (2010)