Lost for Words

Hannah Papacek Harper
(France, UK)

This miniseries observes our perspective on our relationship to the planet by giving a voice to scientists, artists, children, the elderly and most of all, nature itself, which we see transform through the seasons in the UK. In an immersive format, it brings back our sense of wonder. This miniseries explores different questions about our planet in a journey toward re-connecting to the more-than-human world. It is divided into eight episodes with a common inspiration: The Lost Words book – a children’s book reclaiming nature’s names and encouraging care for our environment.

Hannah Papacek Harper graduated in Aesthetics and Cinema Practice, from the Universities of Paris-1 Sorbonne Pantheon, and Lima, Peru. Hannah has been directing since 2019. Now both a writer and a director, she is developing two feature documentaries dealing with the subject of ecology. Her documentary photography has been exhibited several times at the Cartier- Bresson Foundation in Paris in 2017. In 2022 she exhibited her alternative cartography project at the Anglo-American University in Prague. In 2021, her experimental short film Vegetative won three awards in international festivals. Her work in progress features Lost for Words as well as her AR creation Geopoetics are both tackling the global problem of our anthropocentric position.