About
About
“If our farms were biodiverse gardens, full of trees, perennials, annuals, wild flowers and an array of insects and birds, we would regenerate the soil and its life-sustaining microbiology.”
“If our farms were biodiverse gardens, full of trees, perennials, annuals, wild flowers and an array of insects and birds, we would regenerate the soil and its life-sustaining microbiology.”
In “The Nature of Farming” we meet a number of Danish farmers and are introduced to different nature-friendly, regenerative farming methods that restore biodiversity above and below ground, remove CO2 from the atmosphere, build soil fertility, and balance our water and carbon cycles. Selected researchers and experts supplement with relevant information and reflections.
The film is filled with visions and valuable scientific information, but it is also beautiful and healing in its own way and can be watched by everyone. It invites us to feel how life-affirming agriculture can be. Thus, the director Isabelle Denaro hopes to create a longing that, ideally, will inspire us to push towards a new paradigm.
In “The Nature of Farming” we meet a number of Danish farmers and are introduced to different nature-friendly, regenerative farming methods that restore biodiversity above and below ground, remove CO2 from the atmosphere, build soil fertility, and balance our water and carbon cycles. Selected researchers and experts supplement with relevant information and reflections. The film is filled with visions and valuable scientific information, but it is also beautiful and healing in its own way and can be watched by everyone. It invites us to feel how life-affirming agriculture can be. Thus, the director Isabelle Denaro hopes to create a longing that, ideally, will inspire us to push towards a new paradigm.
Screenings
Screenings
The Nature of Farming is being shown in collaboration with selected organizations, universities, schools, festivals, companies and farms, as part of an impact strategy. Please reach out if you are interested in hosting a screening and Q&A with director Isabelle Denaro. Below is the screening calendar.
The Nature of Farming is being shown in collaboration with selected organizations, universities, schools, festivals, companies and farms, as part of an impact strategy. Please reach out if you are interested in hosting a screening and Q&A with director Isabelle Denaro. Below is the screening calendar.
Director
Director
“If every one of us served the planet, humanity and all living things, we would regenerate ourselves and Mother Earth.”
Isabelle Denaro is a Danish film director with a special interest in both human nature and the planet and the relationships within the more-than-human community. Everything she creates aims to expand our consciousness and push towards new existential paradigms. She naturally delves into issues that others tend to avoid, and she is a whistleblower in spirit.
Currently, she is drawn to utopian narratives as a response to the dystopian reality we live in, where nature is slowly dying while we as humans either ignore it or watch as if paralyzed. “If we all lived in service to the planet, humanity, and all living beings, we would regenerate ourselves and Mother Earth,” she says.
As a filmmaker, she has both a poetic and a documentary vein. A critic once wrote that there was a special elegance and rare attention to detail in her creations. The common denominator is undoubtedly beauty, for “it is the door to love, and love is the door to everything”.
Isabelle Denaro is a Danish film director with a special interest in both human nature and the planet and the relationships within the more-than-human community. Everything she creates aims to expand our consciousness and push towards new existential paradigms. She naturally delves into issues that others tend to avoid, and she is a whistleblower in spirit. Currently, she is drawn to utopian narratives as a response to the dystopian reality we live in, where nature is slowly dying while we as humans either ignore it or watch as if paralyzed. “If we all lived in service to the planet, humanity, and all living beings, we would regenerate ourselves and Mother Earth,” she says. As a filmmaker, she has both a poetic and a documentary vein. A critic once wrote that there was a special elegance and rare attention to detail in her creations. The common denominator is undoubtedly beauty, for “it is the door to love, and love is the door to everything”.
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“In May 2020, I set out to investigate how regenerative farming methods can be used to address the climate and nature crises. The learning process has been significant, encompassing soil, microorganisms, photosynthesis, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and ecosystems. However, the most transformative part of the journey has been the encounters with the people I have met along the way, all of which have dedicated their lives to creating a world where humanity lives in harmony with nature. I feel immense gratitude for what they have taught me. May their stories inspire you as well.”
Film Director, Isabelle Denaro
“In May 2020, I set out to investigate how regenerative farming methods can be used to address the climate and nature crises. The learning process has been significant, encompassing soil, microorganisms, photosynthesis, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and ecosystems. However, the most transformative part of the journey has been the encounters with the people I have met along the way, all of which have dedicated their lives to creating a world where humanity lives in harmony with nature. I feel immense gratitude for what they have taught me. May their stories inspire you as well.” Isabelle Denaro
Cast
Cast
“The film has strengthened the regenerative movement, bringing together farmers across different regenerative farming methods. They are all working for soil health on the basis of natural intelligence, each in their own way.”
“The film has strengthened the regenerative movement, bringing together farmers across different regenerative farming methods. They are all working for soil health on the basis of natural intelligence, each in their own way.”
“The film has strengthened the regenerative movement, bringing together farmers across different regenerative farming methods. They are all working for soil health on the basis of natural intelligence, each in their own way.”
Frans van Der Woude
FarmerFrans van Der Woude
“A tree in a farming field attracts insects, birds and other small animals that were not there before.”
Silja Nyboe Andersen
ActivistSilja Nyboe Andersen
“As humans, we have lost our grounding and our connection to the soil.”Sandra Villumsen
FarmerSandra Villumsen
“Unpredictability, gratitude and powerlessness is what communities consist of and biological systems confront you with all the time.”
Hanne Gundersen
AgronomistHanne Gundersen
“As farmers, we need to understand that bacteria and fungi in the soil are our partners.”
Tine Engedal
Researcher, University of CopenhagenTine Engedal
“Since we started practicing agriculture, we have lost up to 2/3 of the carbon that was previously stored in the soil.”
Mira Illeris
FarmerMira Illeris
“We need people to move to the countryside and regenerate farmlands.”
Esben schultz
FarmerEsben schultz
“There are many studies that show that small farms have a higher yield than large farms per unit area.”
Rasmus Willig
Researcher and authorRasmus Willig
“To solve the climate and biodiversity crises, we all need to become farm owners.”
Nanna Thomsen
FarmerNanna Thomsen
“Our dream is that being a farmer would be the coolest thing ever.”
Hester Calaghan
FarmerHester Calaghan
“It would be great if we had a decentralized food system where people were fed with locally grown food.”
Mickey Gjerris
Bioethicist, University of CopenhagenMickey Gjerris
“If you cannot see yourself in a pig, you have not looked hard enough.”
Nikolaj Thomsen
FarmerNikolaj Thomsen
“In nature, we rarely find anything that looks like a monoculture.”
Michael Meyer
FarmerMichael Meyer
“When you stop using glyphosate, fungicides, and biogas slurry, and start using more diversity in your cover crops you will see a change quickly. I did all of it.”
Martin Beck
AgronomistMartin Beck
“A plant is actually something that comes down from the sky rather than up from the soil.”
Katherine Richardson
Professor, University of CopenhagenKatherine Richardson
“It is estimated that 80% of the biodiversity decline we are seeing is due to agriculture.”
Karoline Nolsø Aaen
FarmerKaroline Nolsø Aaen
“There is nature, and there is agriculture. Let’s look at how we can intertwine these two landscapes.”
Tycho Holcomb
FarmerTycho Holcomb
“We have forgotten that we are part of the ecosystems. I want to play a positive role in them.”
Josipa Bicanic
FarmerJosipa Bicanic
“Our function as humans is to create more life, by spreading seeds and managing ecosystems.”
“Food and health have always interested me. Organic farming. Animal rights. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 18 and a vegan for 10 years. Now my focus has expanded to cover planetary health as well. Of course, all of these things are intrinsically connected. I dream of farms that are alive. Bountiful and biodiverse gardens, full of trees, perennials, annuals, wild flowers and an array of insects and birds. I dream of regenerating our soil and its life-sustaining microbiology.’’
Film Director, Isabelle Denaro
News
News
Screening and Q&A at SDU Odense
Isabelle met Dikte Reeh Andersen at Klimafolkemødet (The Climate Festival), where she and others from CUHRE (Centre for Understanding Human Relationships with the Environment) at SDU (University of Southern Denmark) had arranged a series of inspiring activities around regenerative farming and gardening. The two connected [...]
Screening and Q&A in Aabenraa
The screening in Aabenraa (south of Jutland/Denmark) was organized by Gerd Grau from Vandværkets Naturgrund (The Waterworks’ Natural Plot) with support from Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (The Danish Nature Conservation Association) in Aabenraa and Aabenraa Kommune (the municipality of Aabenraa). It was completely sold out and we [...]
Screening and Q&A in Rødding
The hospitality, openness and love that we are met with everywhere is touching. We arrived early for a screening in Rødding Bio (movie theatre) for 8th and 9th graders and students from Rødding Højskole (Rødding folk school). The Nature of Farming is long and information [...]
Screening and Q&A in Hornslet
January 11 2025 - We are very grateful to Kim Sørensen from DN Syddjurs (The Danish Society for Nature Conservation) for his commitment in arranging the screening in Hornslet, for his role as moderator of the Q&A session after the film and for encouraging others [...]
Screening and Q&A in Islands Brygge (Copenhagen)
December 11 2024 - Isabelle met Susan Vendelbo Caspersen at the screening in Grand on June 19th 2024. She reached out to Isabelle in the fall and was interested in arranging a local event in her neighborhood, Amager. Together with Mie Clemens from GNF Grønne Nabofællesskaber [...]
Screening and Q&A in Værløse
November 26 2024 The screening in Værløse was organized by Charlotte Søllner Hernø from Miljørådet (The Environmental Council) in Furesø. She brought together Furesø Municipality and two different local departments of Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (The Danish Society for Nature Conservation), DN Furesø and DN Egedal. This [...]
Screening and Q&A in Copenhagen
November 18 2024 - For the fourth time this year, we had a sold out screening in Grand Teatret (movie theatre). This time in collaboration with Miljøbevægelsen Noah (The Environmental Movement NOAH), Landsforeningen mod svinefabrikker (the National Association against Pig Factories) and Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (Action [...]
Screening and Q&A in Kolding
November 14 2024 - Isabelle met Martin Pedersen at the screening in Ry, and he introduced her to Nina Isabella Moeller from SDU Food Lab at Klimafolkemødet (The Climate Festival in Middelfart). Nina proposed a screening collab in Kolding, and her colleague Danielle Wilde accepted. [...]
Screening and Q&A in Aalborg
November 12 2024 - Lise Grevenkop-Castenskiold took the initiative and organized a screening in Aalborg. It took place on the 12th of November at Nordisk Film Biografer Aalborg Kennedy in collaboration with the Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (Danish Society for Nature Conservation Aalborg), BedsteForældrenes KlimaAktion - Aalborg, (the [...]
Screening and Q&A in Hillerød
November 11 2024 - The screening in Hillerød was sold-out. Before the screening, a beautiful farm-to-table dinner had been arranged by Louise Køster at Rabarbergarden at Frederiksborg Castle. The debate after the film was marked by the desire to initiate new regenerative projects in cross [...]
Screening and Q&A in Hundested
ovember 6 2024 - Nanna Høyrup Andersen made this screening happen. She gathered a series of local associations, and there was a lot of emailing and coordinating involved. This is an example of how a broad collaboration can be a solution to finding the necessary [...]
Screening and Q&A in Faaborg
November 4 2024 - The screening in Faaborg was arranged and sponsored by Økobo. Thank you Peder Villadsen for making it happen. Økobo is an innovative, visionary project, focusing on ecology, self-sufficiency, sustainability, nature and community on the island Bjørnø in the South of Funen. [...]
Ceres Film Festival in New York
October 17-25 2024 - The Nature of Farming was selected for Ceres Food Film Festival that took place in NYC between the 17th and the 25th of October. We were there! Ceres is the only international film festival focused on inspiring conversations, connections, and action around the [...]
Screening and Q&A in Bornholm
October 9 2024 - The island of Bornholm is dominated by industrial farming, especially meat producing farms. There was a big interest in the film from people who long for more nature-friendly and regenerative farming methods, and the screening was sold out. We talked about [...]
Screening and Q&A in Frederiksberg (Copenhagen)
October 1 2024 - This screening in Falkoner Bio (movie theatre) was completely sold out. Thank you Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (The Danish Nature Association) for supporting the screening and Dråben i Havet (Drop in the Ocean) for co-arranging it. Lone Loklindt, vice major in Frederiksberg, introduced the [...]
Screening and Q&A in Valby kino
September 30 2024 - Begitta Blauhat from Valby Miljøgruppe (Environmental Group), Karen Lumholdt from Grøn Kirke (Green Church) and Mads Kusk form Valby Bibliotek (Library) arranged and supported a sold out screening in Valby, in greater Copenhagen.
Screening and Q&A in Middelfart
Rasmus Skaar from Middelfart municipality supported this screening and Linda Froelund Hansen from Vilde (Wild) Middelfart arranged it. This time Isabelle tried something different for the subsequent Q&A session. She had people stay in the vision and share what feelings it evokes, what the main [...]
Screening and Q&A in Vejle
Vejle is Isabelle’s mother’s birth town, so this was a special screening for her. Isabelle’s grandparents and mother have planted a seed in her with their love for nature. Her mother talked about taking care of the planet 35 years ago, long before it became [...]
Screening and Q&A in Taastrup Nordisk Film Biografer
This screening took place in Taastrup in Nordisk Film Biografer (movie theatre) in collaboration with Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (The Danish Nature Association) and Alternativet (political party). The discussion afterwards was centered around whether we can actually feed the growing population with regenerative farming methods. The answer [...]
Screening and Q&A in Vig
September 1 2024 - We had the most wonderful screening in Vig! The audience was fantastic! Despite the warm beach weather on a Sunday afternoon, 120 people showed up to watch a film about agriculture. That says a lot about how much longing there is [...]
Screening and Q&A in Faxe
September 6 2024 - Sold Out! Once again, a full house. This time in Faxe, where the film was screened in Biografen Kanten at the official opening of the JORD - Art and Nature Festival. Thank you, Ingeborg Fangel Mo and Signe Glahn, for choosing [...]
Screening in Svenborg at Svend Film Festival
August 25 2024 - Thank you to Svendborg Film Festival, Resonans Festival and Scala Svendborg for the collaboration on screening The Nature of Farming! Thank you to everyone who attended and for the truly meaningful conversation we had about agriculture and the future! I believe it's [...]
Screening and Q&A in Mols Bjerge
A very special screening was hosted by Earthwise Residency and Secret Hotel in the beautiful national park Mols Bjerge. Trine Rytter Andersen and Christine Fentz had arranged a lovely dinner with produce from their regenerative garden before showing the film. We were invited to stay [...]
Screening and Q&A in Grand Theatre (Copenhagen)
With support from The Danish Society for Nature Conservation (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening) and The Danish Climate Movement (Klimabevægelsen i Danmark) the film was screened in Grand Theatre in Copenhagen for the third time and once again before a full audience. Special thanks to Lisbeth Signe Nielsen and Stine Bardeleben Helles.
Screening and Q&A in Øst for Paradis
Professor and Anthropologist Susanne Højlund from Aarhus University reached out to us in May 2024 with an interest in showing our film internally at the university. This quickly evolved to becoming a screening with Q&A at the cinema Øst for Paradis where a group of [...]
Screening and Q&A in Duemosegaard
Ross Jackson, founder of Gaia Trust, and his wife Heather Jackson hosted a screening on their 20 hectare farm, Duemosegaard, which has been run organically for the past 14 years. Much in the spirit of The Nature of Farming, they have also created a small community around [...]
Screening and Q&A in Biografen Samsø
This was such a successful screening and Q&A. It was hosted by Økologisk Samsø, Yduns Have and DN Samsø. The theatre was full and there was still a line of people hoping to get tickets. We are overwhelmed by everyone’s interest and will have to [...]
Screening and Q&A in Grafen Bio Farum
Various delegations of the political party Enhedslisten got together and organized a screening in Furesø. Ludwig Goldschmidt, EP candidate for the upcoming election joined Director Isabelle Denaro in the subsequent debate. Thank you Jette Lyhne for organizing.
Screening and Q&A in Byens hus Roskilde
SF Roskilde, Grønt Omstillingsforbund Roskilde and DN Roskilde teamed up around a screening and subsequent debate which was really lively! Thank you Sarah Emily Wenzel-Arnberg for organizing the event.
Earth Day – in collab with Grand Theatre
The film premiered in its definitive version on Earth Day in collaboration with Grand Theatre. 140 people came and the event was sold out. Having gathered so many people on a Monday night for a film about farming really gives me hope. We are beyond [...]
Screening and Q&A in Andelsgaarde (Copenhagen)
There was a full house at the screening hosted by Andelsgaarde in Copenhagen in Demokratigaragen in Copenhagen. Kristine Gaardhus did a great job at interviewing me about the film. We talked about our reasons for making it, my vision of a new farming paradigm and [...]
CPH DOX_on the front page of “Information”
Isabelle participated in the INTRO:DOX program for new documentarists at CPH:DOX. During the film festival and much to her delight she discovered that an article about “The Nature of Farming” was on the front page of the national newspaper “Information”. That was a big milestone!
Grand Theatre in Copenhagen
The film was shown in a Director’s cut version before an audience of 300 people. It is now being re-edited and will premiere on April 22nd 2024
Donations
Donations
If you would like to support our work, we accept donations. Your help guarantees that we can keep telling stories that will create awareness and a shift towards new paradigms, where the planet and its life, including all human beings, are respected and taken care of. If you prefer making a bank transfer, please contact Isabelle by e-mail: isabelle@makeimpactfilms.com. Thank you so much in advance!
Marco & Isabelle
If you would like to support our work, we accept donations. Your help guarantees that we can keep telling stories that will create awareness and a shift towards new paradigms, where the planet and its life, including all human beings, are respected and taken care of. If you prefer making a bank transfer, please contact Isabelle by e-mail: isabelle@makeimpactfilms.com. Thank you so much in advance!
Marco & Isabelle
