Inspiration: Storytelling with Timelapse

Some stories have the power to challenge the way we look at the world and our place in it.

This award-winning short documentary, by Jan van Ijken from the Netherlands, is one of those experiences. So simple in concept, yet incredibly complex in execution, we are confident you have never seen anything like this mind-bending, 6-minute time-lapse of a single cell becoming a complete organism .

Jan van IJken (1965) is a documentary photographer and filmmaker from the Netherlands. He is self-taught and is working mainly autonomously on long-term projects. As a photographer, he developed a strong eye for natural light, composition and detail. Lately he has become more and more interested in human/animal relationships and nature. He is developing himself as a microscopist.

Becoming has been screened at more than 20 international film festivals and received  the Award for best short documentary at the Innsbruck nature film festival 2018.

You can view Jan’s other film projects here.