A subjective documentary film about the composer Cornelius Cardew (1936-81), one of the leading champions of contemporary music in Great Britain. Before his death under unclear circumstances, Cardew worked as an assistant to Karlheinz Stockhausen, left a lasting mark on the development of free improvisation as a member of the group AMM and founded the Scratch Orchestra. Cardew arranged numerous happening-like concerts with amateur musicians such as plumbers in surprising locations, like in the middle of a cricket field. Later, however, he denounced art music and wrote an essay entitled Stockhausen Serves Imperialism. After this, Cardew concentrated on composing working-class songs and was closely involved in other forms of political activism. Fowler's film Pilgrimage from Scattered Points explores not only an engaging subject, but works as an audiovisual collage that is full of originality and surprise.

A hand-processed portrait of Jake Williams – who lives alone within miles of forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Jake always has many jobs on at any one time, rarely throws anything away, is an expert mandolin player, and has compost heaps going back many years. He has a different sense of time to most people in the 21st Century, which is explicitly expressed in his idea for creating hedges by putting up bird feeders.

Richard T. Walker sits down in a breathtaking landscape – his back turned to the audience – and starts an intimate conversation with nature. When faced with nature’s lack to even acknowledge his presence, he senses not only a lack of warmth and comfort, but ultimately the absence of any kind of connection at all...