PRESS
EARTH SYMPHONY
“Seven Questions for Independent Filmmaker BJA Samuel”
An interview with BJA Samuel discussing the making of Earth Symphony, its visual language, montage, music and ideas.
"Contemplating the place of our species in the universe right now? This will be the film for you. A beautiful film with a divine score. It's almost as if drone cameras have given up on humans and gone in search of beauty."
— Ewan Morrison, author of Close Your Eyes and Nina X.
"Earth Symphony holds its own amongst previous city symphony and environmental films by using drone cinematography not just to present stunning images but to also provide an elevated perspective that reveals the world's awe-inspiring symmetries."
— Tico Romao Independent film scholar.
Selected Responses
“Gorgeously shot, this really recalls the early city symphony films that fans of silents will recognize... Poetry without words.”
— Kai White, Letterboxd.
“The musical compositions really fit the mood with the flyovers and voyeuristic approach.”
— Garrett DeNardo, Letterboxd.
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JG BALLARD:
DREAMS, VIOLENCE & DESIRE
Festival Screening — Embryogallery Film Festival, Sydney
13 February 2026
JG Ballard: Dreams, Violence & Desire (2025), directed by BJA Samuel, was screened at the Embryogallery Film Festival in Sydney.
“By far; no exaggeration… your film was the one everyone was obsessed with. A new generation learned.”
— Edward Quist, Embryoroom programmer.
Exhibition — LACDA, Los Angeles
June 2026
The film was included in EMBRYOROOM: THE ANCIENT FEAR, a joint exhibition presented by LACDA and New York multidisciplinary artist Edward Paul Quist / Embryoroom.
The exhibition's experimental film programme included a dedicated J.G. Ballard segment curated and screened by Quist.
LACDA
Selected Responses
“This is really great. Thank you very much. James Ballard talking as you show the slow motion cars crashing really is just like the feverous prose of the novel. Fantastic.”
— @manfromnocky, YouTube
“This is excellent stuff; brilliantly put together. I’m sure the great man would approve.”
— @AGITPROP65, YouTube