International Plant Cinematography Society
Purpose: to advance the art and science of motion pictures of plants, gardens and landscapes
Plant Cinema
We are a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the craft of making films of plants and related botanical subjects. We believe in the power of plants, and we believe in the power of cinema.
Recently founded (in 2024, by the creators of PlantPop) our mission is far from new.
The impulse to capture the magic of a garden was present from the very first film ever made—Roundhay Garden Scene, filmed in 1888 (pictured above).
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Filmmakers interested in plants, landscapes and gardens
Time-lapse photographers working with botanical subjects
Organizations and individuals able to support our mission
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Connect and encourage filmmakers
Advocate for the importance & improvement of horticultural cinema
Operate an annual Film Festival
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Plants are unique, and humans are naturally blind to much of what’s truly going on in the garden. Plants appear to be constant, but they are constantly changing. They are uncooperative when treated like “extras,” and they refuse to act like mere set decorations.
Their time-cycle, their scale, their motivation—all are wildly out of synch with us. Plants are special. They are benevolent aliens, strange creatures, silent superheroes.
A “plant cinematographer” aims to capture what is not perceived, for if we can somehow show glimpses of what cannot be seen then we can illuminate important truths about our world, our purpose and the great mystery of beauty.
Flora deserves it’s own branch of cinematography, for it is fundamentally unlike any other subject.