EXPERIMENTS IN FORM
stretching the alchemy of ideas into new territories of cinematic imagination
F ilmmaking is a practice of devotion: a discipline of listening, entering unknown terrains and allowing them alter the horizon of perception. I make work that attends to the periphery, the fragile margins between awe and mourning, presence and loss, so that images and sounds become witnesses to what language cannot name. My practice is about forging visions that reveal inner terrains through outer encounters, to make films that do not merely show the world, but are transformed by it.
Sarah Bachinger
DIRT PICTURE STUDIO
Sarah Bachinger
Director • Director of Photography
2026 Graduate of Werner Herzog Experience – Azores
Dirt Picture Studios crafts arthouse, experimental, and documentary eco-films that wander through the wild terrain of the human condition, deepen our kinship with the more-than-human world, and carry cultural memory forward, inviting a more tender stewardship of the Earth and a stronger sense of belonging to one another.
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Selected: Werner Herzog Experience
This morning I received a surreal email for a once-in-a-lifetime experience – being mentored by and creating
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STREAMING: ELEGY FOR A GLACIER ON IKONOTV DURING COP30
Excited to share that Elegy For A Glacier was selected for screening on iKonoTV for Art Speaks
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GRANT: WITH THE MELTWATERS SUPPORTED BY THE PUFFIN FOUNDATION
I am honored and beyond thankful to share that I have received support from The Puffin Foundation
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ELEGY FOR A GLACIER – Nominated for NY Independent Short Film Festival
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