cinelet Get Cinelet
Vimeo Staff Pick

CRYING GLACIER (2024)

el flamingo · Switzerland · Documentary · 14 min · 17K views

Directed by Lutz Stautner · 2023

Sound artist Ludwig Berger returns to the Morteratsch glacier in the Swiss Alps to record the creaks and cracks of melting ice before they fall silent forever.

You've seen glaciers melt; this film lets you hear it, hauntingly and up close.

The louder the glacier, the stronger the melt. The creaking, cracking and rippling is the voice of impermanence. Sound artist Ludwig Berger shows how important it is to listen to the world that surrounds us. The film fol

Plays in YouTube's player · Watch on YouTube

More like this