Following the news that Ed Sayers’ SUPER NATURE – A love letter to nature created on Super 8, by people connecting across the world – received its international premiere at Gothenburg Film Festival this week, as part of its International Competition, Autlook Filmsales, BFI Doc Society Fund and Screen Scotland are thrilled to reveal that it has been acquired by Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweden’s national television broadcaster.
The filmmakers are also proud to announce that Super Nature has been selected to screen in the Documentary Competition at Dublin International Film Festival on 21 February, ahead of its official selection at Glasgow Film Festival on 28 February and 1 March.
An immersive exploration of our world today, filmed exclusively on the original home movie format, Super 8, the film is also nominated for the International Green Film Award at the Cinema For Peace Awards 2026, honouring films and world figures whose work tackles key issues of the time.
Celebrating all we have and reflecting on all we have to lose, Super Nature proposes a new way of seeing. We’re invited on a journey across 25 different countries, with people embracing both abundance and loss, to feel a sense of togetherness with our fellow dwellers on earth, human and non-human.
A global co-creation project, Super Nature saw Ed Sayers collaborating with 40 people on 80 different antique Super 8 cameras, across land, in the air, and underwater. They would decide together the stories of nature close to them and their hearts, that they would tell, all with as little travel as possible. Super Nature celebrates our universal connection to nature with an intimate gaze, creating a visceral, poetic, personal meditation on the natural world.
Captured by a combination of professional filmmakers and local enthusiasts alike, including contributions from world renowned flood and fire photographer Gideon Mendel; National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale; big wave surfer and UNESCO Champion for the Ocean Maya Gabeira; the Enawene Nawe tribe of the Brazilian rainforest; and the underwater museums of artist Jason deCaires Taylor.
Scored with diverse music and accompanied by voices in 11 different languages, Super Nature sees a growing network of makers take to this antique format, to share images, thoughts and philosophies in a gentle, beguiling way. The result is a fresh perspective on the most pressing subject of our times.
Directed by Ed Sayers – founder of the global Super 8 filmmaking competition Straight 8 – alongside producers Rebecca Wolff (Grand Theft Hamlet) and Beth Allan (Since Yesterday). Executive Producer Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna).