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Planet Soil

Joyce van den Berg, Alessandra Riccetti, Alex Pixley

Teaser Film 2023 and shorts of 50 soil organisms

The film Planet Soil (Onder het Maaiveld), from the makers of The New Wilderness and The Wild City, reveals the unseen world beneath our feet. With awe-inspiring visuals, the documentary gives insight into the world of soil in the Netherlands. You can watch the trailer below. Curious who lives in your garden soil or beneath the sidewalk on your morning commute? Meet 50 different soil organisms in the short clips provided below.

Have a look to the Onder Het Maaiveld website for more information.

 

The trailer of the film Onder het Maaiveld, available in cinemas and movie theaters in 2023.

 

 

Below is a series of short clips with footage of different soil organisms that can be found underground in the Netherlands (and beyond).

Geophilus 

 

 

Amoeba

 

 

Tardigrade

 

 

Rotund disc

 

 

Speckled wood

 

 

Common frog

 

 

Box tree moth

 

 

Colorado potato beetle

 

 

Dead organic matter (compost)

 

 

European hedgehog

 

 

Silver Y

 

 

Common toad

 

 

Cabbage butterfly

 

 

Scrambled egg slime

 

 

Western honey bee

 

 

Gastropoda

 

 

Smooth newt

 

 

Lady Bug

 

 

Ground beetle

 

 

Common blackbird

 

 

Mites

 

 

European mole

 

 

Mice

 

 

Slug

 

 

Moth

 

 

Nematodes

 

 

Earwig

 

 

Pill bugs

 

 

Mushroom

 

 

Plants

 

 

Potworm

 

 

Rotifer

 

 

Lumbricidae

 

 

Wireworm larva

 

 

Spotted snake millipede

 

 

Caterpillars

 

 

Common rough woodlouse

 

 

Fungi

 

 

Darwin wasps

 

 

Springtail

 

 

Stone centipede

 

 

Leopard slug

 

 

European mole cricket

 

 

Birds

 

 

Hemiptera

 

 

Black garden ant

 

 

Wasp spider

 

 

Wolf spiders

 

 

Root aphids

 

Credits videos: M&N Mediagroup, EMS FILMS

 

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Image credits

Header image: Integrale Ontwerpmethode Openbare Ruimte - banner

Icon image: BiodiverCITY cover onder het maaiveld

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