Once I Was a Dragonfly

Once I Was a Dragonfly

7.2/10
1h3min
2017Documentary

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A young filmmaker's lifelong fascination with dragonflies leads him on remarkable expeditions and personal growth.

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Dragonfly is a film that follows a 24-year-old Miikka Friman who has grown up with dragonflies. He was inspired already at the age of six by a dragonfly that landed on his shoulder and his inspiration gradually turned into a way of living which still almost two decades later drives Miikka onto his expeditions. Miikka has been living his whole life with a camera on his hand, researching dragonflies and documenting the important milestones of his live. The film will show in parallel Miikka's development from a young enthusiastic filmmaker into a grown man while revealing the trajectory of a dragonfly.