Environmental Film Festival: Lost for Words
Nature's words are disappearing from our vocabulary. This poetic documentary travels the UK across the changing seasons and asks what we lose when language forgets the natural world, and what we may recover if we listen more closely. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
© Hannah Papacek Harper
Age: Recommended 15+ years
2025 | Unclassified 15+ | 93m | France/UK
Directed by Hannah Papacek Harper
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Dandelion. Acorn. Otter. Bluebell. Nature's words are disappearing from the dictionary - and perhaps from our lives. This poetic journey through language and landscapes explores how reconnecting with nature’s vanishing vocabulary can help us reimagine our future with hope.
Hannah Papacek Harper’s wonderful engagement with the English language is a lyrical and visually rich journey around the UK. Inspired by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’s beloved book The Lost Words, the film places nature as its central character and acts as a hopeful and heartfelt rally to reawaken our senses and forge deeper, more compassionate bonds with the world we live in.
Lost for Words is part of the 2026 Environmental Film Festival; a series of compelling films that celebrate our planet and the people fighting to protect it. See the full lineup here.
