In 1916, Geoffrey Malins recorded one of the most gruelling battles of World War I, the Battle of the Somme. In the film, he captured the brutality of war as never portrayed before, where enemies never confronted each other face to face. How I filmed the War speaks of Malins’ experience on the front, juxtaposing images from his film with excerpts of his autobiography.

An experimental documentary that unravels fascinating secrets and manipulations of one of the bloodiest episodes of human history.