The film was mainly created by a team of 4 including myself without any previous professional experience in the field. We only had our inspiration and will when we started it and they kept us going challenge after challenge along the way together with the growing responsibility towards the people involved and the message of the film. It was done in-house, completely independent, without any sponsorship or product placement. All production processes and stages - pre-production, filming, editing, sound design and mixing, color grading… even trailer, poster design and website - all the work to make this film happen and reach to you is kept within the team.

What we aim to achieve is to inspire people for change - even one is enough but two, hundreds, no matter, the more people the better - because in such times it becomes paramount to invest energy and resources for a better tomorrow? This is the least everybody should do!

Visual narrative will walk you through the How-To not as a tutorial but as a full spectrum experience of a whole season of Natural Agriculture - from Spring to Autumn - leaving certain aspects to the viewer's imagination thus involving any personal knowledge and worldviews to participate in the unveiling of the overall story. The Why-To is presented by uncontrolled single-take interviewing. Protagonists interviewed have not been aware of the questions or the form of the end-material before they sit in front of the camera. Left to express freely and honestly, vocally or through body language and appearance, their individual attitude and idiosyncrasies are preserved during the editing even if it has led to an overall unconventional feel of the final cut.

Thus "Umbilical Cord" follows its own path and is not inspired by any particular genre and style. Freestyle, freeform, free spontaneous expression and inspired by the moment directing and cinematography. The original script basically acted as an instrument for guidance, location scouting and rough planning and it evolved naturally along the way just like an organism would react to the dynamics of its ecosystem. The plot bends the rules of conventional storytelling leaving the structure untouched by dogmas and taboos. The antagonist is vague and uncertain as it is in life itself. The film lacks exaggerated drama. We believe that melodrama is not a natural phenomenon but a human interpretation of natural processes giving an ultra-natural texture of reality itself to nourish the feel of supremacy over Nature.

We place no restriction on the entry fees or ticket prices and do not require profit sharing or reimbursement in any way so the requesting party can cover expenses and even profit from the screening and broadcasting as long as the no-commercials-policy is strictly followed. The film's promotional materials are also available freely by request.

Request screening or broadcasting by dropping an email to andromeda∂umbilical.film. Please include a brief description of the event, targeted audience, motivation for screening/broadcasting "Umbilical Cord". Also by sending the request the requesting party automatically agrees to follow the screening and broadcasting policy.

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What you are holding in your hands is a seed, it's an idea. But only through planting and taking good care of, an idea can grow to become a change in the real world.

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