# animate! › Films › Ferment by Tim Macmillan › background material

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, time-slice photography, urban life, mortality, time, experimental short film, filmmaker, artist

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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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**Ferment** a film by Tim Macmillan

1999, 5 min

**Ferment** film, stills and other materials © Tim Macmillan 1999