An enchanting exploration of plant life that blends scientific inquiry with ancient ruins and mysterious dreamscapes. Through the eyes of a scientist questioning plant consciousness, a pea plant dreaming of its past in Rome’s Colosseum, and a botanist unravelling a mystery, The Everlasting Pea invites a profound reimagining of our relationship with the vegetal world.
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Rozy Razavi
Canada
2024
English
Open to youth!
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Credits & Director
Producer
Su Rynard
Screenwriter
Su Rynard
Cinematography
John Price, Don Komaracheka
ANIM
Mark Alberts
Original Music
Tom Third
Su Rynard
Su Rynard is a Canadian filmmaker. Her films – short, long, fiction and documentary – have screened around the globe and have garnered multiple awards. Feature films include; Duet for Solo Piano (2022) An intimate portrait of a remarkable artist, Eve Egoyan, The Hot Docs ‘Top Ten Audience Award’ documentary The Messenger (2015) a film that contemplates our deep-seated connection to birds, Kardia (2005) a dramatic film about a woman who discovers that a heart operation has mysteriously linked her life with another, and winner of the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. Short films include: The Everlasting Pea (2024), As Soon As Weather Permits (2014), and many
more.
With the support of The Redford Center and HitPlay Productions, Rynard is currently developing Seeing Green – the story of three renegades who listen and learn from plants. Rynard is a graduate of Ontario College of Art and was a director resident at the Canadian Film Centre. She lives and works in Tkaronto (Toronto).
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