Mathieu Ciulla
Directing
Biography
In an era where any information can be manufactured and distorted, my approach to cinema is driven by the desire to dissolve the porous borders between reality and (science)-fiction, to better depict the world as it is : fundamentally enigmatic. Each one of my short-films is a door opening on the unfathomable nature of Nature itself - unrational and brutal world from which we, as civilized humans, have become aliens.
Known For
Two young documentarists travel around a forsaken island in the aftermath of a cataclysmic volcanic eruption. Their wanders lead them to the encounter of Professor Pereda, an acoustic geologist, conducting researches on geo-acoustics.
Do Rocks Dream of Flying ?
Filmmakers Jordan Reclus and Mathieu Ciulla travel through the South of France, investigating an elusive water vein with the help of water engineers and well-known local dowsers. A documentary offering a glimpse into the unsuspected routine of water through the little-known prism of dowsing. Water does not always seem to flow the right way…
The Dowsers
Since 2019, we have been sending small groups of volunteers from all professions to settle in the most isolated corners of the planet. Whether in the inhospitable mountains of Kamchatka or the vast Bavarian forests, these participants—outfitted by the Foundation—must continue to fulfill the duties of their urban jobs while simultaneously attending to bivouac maintenance and food gathering, following the procedures set out in their training. A perfect embodiment of the term “digital nomads,” remote work here is taken to its extreme, propelling research on reintegrating humanity into the natural biome and our compatibility with it—in other words, on the “terraforming” of humankind.