Story of Flowers

A short film to discover with children the magic of flora, the cycle of life and the biological process of flower development. Do you want to illustrate botany lessons with your kindergarten students? Let yourself be carried away by the wind and discover the stages of the life of flowers, the secrets of flowering. A seed germinates, a plant is born, develops and flowers. Pollinating insects, the miracle of fertilization. From the meeting of pollen from male stamens and female pistils, a fruit is born... which contains a seed. Germination, development, growth of roots, stems and leaves, flowering, pollination, fruiting but also the death of the plant, all stages of the life of a flowering plant wonderfully explained to children in this poetic documentary, a rare and very original cinematic genre. Serving information but also poetry, the richness of the drawings and the beauty of the animation will captivate and enchant children who love nature. Discovering the heroes of pollination!

Azuma Makoto is a Japanese floral artist. Close to botanical sculpture but also to contemporary art such as land art, his very varied work is often accompanied by the photos of Shunsuke Shiinoki. In July 2014, Azuma Makoto sent a pine bonsai and a floral arrangement hung from helium balloons into space. Discover the Exobiotanica project in more detail and more than 1,300 photographs that tell the story of the sculptures' journey from takeoff in Nevada to the stratosphere at an altitude of more than 30,000 meters.