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The Mountain Man
Seven years after a stroke, Jameson returns to the mountains. Qigong, determination and the landscape help him recover more than movement: they help him recover a relationship with life.
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Small films about big, quiet things
Going nowhere
in particular.
Short, human films about people who move differently, listen closely and find uncommon ways through ordinary life.
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Independent film · Devon, UK
Est. without a business plan
01 / The intention
Not heroes.
Not gurus.
People paying attention.
teapotmonk films look for the overlap between movement, landscape, recovery and the stubborn art of carrying on. No lectures. No mystical fog. Just lived experience, told with curiosity, humour and a camera that knows when to be quiet.
Featured film / 01
The Man,
the Sea & the
Breadboard
Steve does not conquer the sea. He listens to it — then body-surfs the waves with a breadboard made from recycled plastic. A film about patience, timing and the wisdom of not trying to win.
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Going Nowhere in Particular
Future encounters with makers, wanderers, swimmers, foragers and other unofficial experts in being alive. Each film asks the same question: what can a life teach us when we stop hurrying past it?
More stories being found03 / Aims & objectives
Notice
Find overlooked people and the quiet knowledge hidden in what they do.
Connect
Explore how movement, nature and attention can change a human life.
Encourage
Make films that leave people curious, hopeful and ready to try something.
Stay small
Work lightly, independently and close enough to hear the real story.
04 / Behind the camera
Made by Paul Read, otherwise known as the irreverent teapotmonk.
A Tai Chi teacher, writer and accidental filmmaker with a weakness for black-and-white images, eccentric people and stories that refuse to march in a straight line.
These films are an extension of thirty years asking how we move — through space, through difficulty and through life.