The dynamism and patterned flow of grasses are showcased in mesmerizing detail in this Scottish short, filmed in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park. Fields of graminoids are left to grow wild—tall and majestic, their upright uniformity interrupted only by changing winds. Sometimes it’s a slight breeze that bends and billows the grasses, creating a lazy, heavy lilt. At other times a fierce current whips across the meadow, seizing and contorting the stalks into frenzied, morphing torrents of chaos. With crisp black-and-white photography and a plangent score, Graminoids transforms an everyday landscape into something otherworldly. Amid the dramatic interplay of light and shadow, a symphony of sound and movement comes to beautiful fruition.  RM