Gans’n Dhama Wedhen (In the Company of the Mother Tree)

An immersive 360˚ film poem from the heart of a Cornish temperate rainforest.

A short, meditative 360˚ full dome experience that gives the audience a sense of being immersed in the affective essence of the ancient Atlantic temperate rainforest of Cabilla Cornwall, UK.

Using 360˚ video, macro cinematography, layered vocals in both English and Kernewek (Cornish) and an ambisonics (19.1) soundscape, the film focusses on more-than-human ‘characters’ – the central ‘Mother Tree’, ferns, lichen, moss, mycelium, the river, a granite rock, and the tiny critters of the rainforest – encouraging the audience to consider their own interrelationship with nature.

This project marks an ongoing collaborative relationship between director Adam Laity and o-region, with Laity working as Director of Photography on Brown Willy and Long Way Back, as well as providing cinematography for other projects, most recently White Horse.

Produced as a partnership between o-region, Black Cat Films, Screen Cornwall, Thousand Year Trust, Falmouth University & AMATA and Real Immersive.

• Written, Directed & Cinematography by Adam Laity
• Composition & Audio Production by Antti Sakari Saario
• Field Recording by Antti Sakari Saario & D Ferrett
• Tree Voices & Narrative Consultant by D Ferrett
• Produced by Brett Harvey & Simon Harvey
• Exec Producer Laura Giles

For further work by Adam Laity please visit www.adamlaity.co.uk

For further information about the vital restoration work happening at Cabilla Cornwall please visit https://thousandyeartrust.org/