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For single cellular organisms, life likely ends without a moment for reflection. It’s a didinium eat paramecium world. Retired epidemiologist Deb Kapell, however, immortalizes these tiny creatures with her microscopy art. FORBIDDEN POND accompanies Deb while she pursues her hobby and creates her own meaning of life through the relationships she builds with microscopic inhabitants of this world. The film is a celebration of both science and artistry, and appreciates the natural beauty that is both accessible and inaccessible.
About the Director
Eric Jenkins-Sahlin is a Swedish-American film editor, cinematographer and director based in Brooklyn NY. His award-winning films and photography work has been featured in festivals across the world, in The New Yorker, the Guardian, Vice, AdWeek, and Roads & Kingdoms. Eric was a Fulbright Scholar to China and a UnionDocs Summer Documentary Lab fellow
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Awards
2024 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival – Outstanding Documentary Short
2025 NYC Indie Film Fest – Best Cinematography
2025 Manhattan Film Fest – Best Surreal Thriller