Glas & Gorm

(Short puppet animation, 4 minutes 44 seconds 2020)

Co-directed by Lillian Ross-Millard & Emily Smit-Dicks.

Commissioned by Lux Scotland in partnership with BBC Arts as part of the Now & Next commissioning scheme.

Glas and Gorm, a speculative-fiction puppet film portraying a post-human, post-apocalyptic Scotland, which has become overgrown with flora. Humans have disappeared and the natural world has taken over, growing through and around the infrastructure left behind. Glimpses of a past human life are seen behind the organic materials, hinting at the catastrophic actions that resulted in this new world. Out of the decay brought on by the anthropocene, a new green civilisation has emerged. Plants have become conscious and move throughout this new space taking over to create a new natural domain. This vision is brought to life with puppetry and vividly designed sets.