EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Tilda Swinton is about to premiere her feature directorial debut at Sheffield DocFest, The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze , a documentary she describes as a smorgasbord of “observations and wonderings.” The film, which Swinton co-directed with Bartek Dziadosz, is a production of the London-based Derek Jarman Lab. It features stunning visuals, which are evident in the trailer that Deadline is exclusively premiering.
Watch it above. The documentary ponders a series of timely questions. “What if every thought was a movement, and every movement a thought? What is intelligence and when is it artificial? Can robots dance? Can they help our children learn how to be? How are we learning, and do we ever stop? What are the values and skills that we pass on as societies through games, crafts, stories and cinema? Related Stories Documentary Sheffield DocFest To Explore Representation Of Women In True Crime Stories, Offer Case Study On "Shocking Violence In Docs" Documentary Sheffield DocFest Announces 2024 Lineup, Including Tilda Swinton Feature Directorial Debut, Talks By Idris Elba, Walter Murch, Roger Ross Williams A Zoomscape of the ‘Hive’ mind Derek Jarman Lab “Connecting scenes of pedagogy, work and play in four global sites, The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze invites viewers to consider the mechanics of learning.
We search in the cabinets of a supercomputer, in the curve of a chalked letter, in the weaving of a basket. We jump down t.