Dennis Da Silva / DIRECTOR
— Synopsis
In an age where everyone carries a camera, strange encounters are no longer confined to grainy archives or distant folklore.
The Experiencers is an atmospheric documentary exploring the lives of people who claim to have witnessed unexplained aerial phenomena — from ordinary civilians and consciousness researchers to former military personnel and Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
Filmed across the United Kingdom and the United States using smartphones, night-vision devices and observational footage, the film avoids sensationalism in favour of something more intimate: testimony, uncertainty, perception and the emotional cost of telling one’s story.
Along desolate Texas roads, beneath London skies and within meditation groups attempting contact through consciousness practices, filmmaker Dennis Da Silva documents a growing cultural shift unfolding at the edge of science, spirituality and human experience.
Rather than attempting to provide definitive answers, The Experiencers invites audiences into a contemplative space where mystery remains intact — and where the act of observing may itself become part of the phenomenon.
Runtime: 45 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Dennis Da Silva / ArtHertz — Bio
Dennis Da Silva is a British filmmaker, multimedia artist and musician whose work explores consciousness, perception, sound, memory and anomalous human experience.
Working across film, experimental audio, immersive environments and documentary storytelling, his projects often blur the boundaries between art installation, psychological inquiry and cinematic narrative. His background spans fine art, music production, deejaying, directing, live multimedia performance, art and culture placemaking and experimental filmmaking.
His early experimental work includes Sonus (2009), an atmospheric art-film inspired by resonance and altered states, developed using analogue recording systems and immersive sound techniques. The project drew upon themes of repetition, memory and human perception, reflecting an ongoing fascination with the relationship between sound, consciousness and physical space.
As founder of ArtHertz, Da Silva has continued developing interdisciplinary projects that merge documentary realism with experiential and philosophical inquiry. His recent work increasingly explores the intersection of consciousness studies, contact phenomena, sound design, meditation practice and emerging cultural attitudes toward unexplained experiences.
His forthcoming feature documentary, The Experiencers, examines firsthand encounters with anomalous aerial phenomena through an intentionally understated and human-centred lens. Combining intimate testimony, observational filmmaking and experimental sound design, the film moves away from sensationalism in favour of ambiguity, atmosphere and emotional authenticity.
The film features contributors including Avi Loeb alongside experiencers, researchers and consciousness practitioners from both the UK and the United States.
Alongside filmmaking, Da Silva continues to develop guided meditation works, consciousness-based audio projects and immersive multimedia experiences exploring resonance, perception and human connection. www.arthertz.com
