There is life in film. In dead film. And there is life beyond it. Flora Filmica is a poetic docufiction that traces the invisible threads between memory and the natural world. It lingers on the fungi, spores, and micro-organisms that colonize abandoned celluloid, reframing cinematic decay as a site of natural wonder and quiet resistance. Returning to the projection booth of his childhood, where reels and prints have been transformed by time into fragile arks, Neritan Zinxhiria reimagines cinema as both living archive and herbarium. A film for film itself.
Image in Reference, Flora Filmica, Neritan Zinxhiria, 2025
Neritan Zinxhiria was born in 1989 in Albania. Director of "Chamomile", "The Time of a Young Man About to Kill", "A Country of Two"; having as a centre of inspiration the themes of loss and death, he continues to explore how the latter shapes our memory and culture. His latest short film "Light of Light", a Slamdance Grand Prix Winner, was nominated for a Tiger Award, having its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.