Instead of Trees(2026)

Name: Instead of Trees
Director: Philipp Hartmann
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-01-01
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Roger Alan Koza, Paula Gaitán, Meiko Heuser, Narcisa Hirsch, Radu Jude

Roger Alan Koza Paula Gaitán Meiko Heuser Narcisa Hirsch Radu Jude

A film critic with philosophical interests, played by the film critic Roger Koza, wonders about the nature of Nature. And he obsessively tries to capture it with his phone camera. Other experts—filmmakers from different countries, art historians, a scenographer in charge of a natural science museum, and members of the human species from a distant future—think about ways of representating nature. A kaleidoscopic, playful collage, sometimes fiction, sometimes documentary, the film cannot help but wonder about the nature of cinema itself.