Microcosmos
1996
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
Director:
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Writers:
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Awards:
9 wins & 9 nominations total
Production:
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Country:
France, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom
