Documentary · 2023 · 24 mins
The Last Pencil
An artisanal tribute to memory, cedar, and graphite
A portrait of one of Europe’s last hand-carved cedar pencil workshops as it prepares its final batch of graphite leads.
Filmed over three seasons in a quiet atelier, The Last Pencil documents the tactile rhythm of raw wood, cedar shavings, and graphite powder. The film captures an elder artisan whose hands carry generations of unwritten stories, offering a meditative contemplation on craft, time, and digital obsolescence.
Available for educational and cultural screenings upon inquiry.
“In documentary filmmaking, patience is our chief tool. We chose 16mm stock to honor the physical grain of the workshop. Every creak of the wooden floorboards, every drag of graphite across paper was treated as a musical movement.”
Maria Lückerath, Brussels Studio
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