Over three years, José Luis Guerín recorded with obsessive rigor the demolition of an entire section of the Barrio Chino, a crumbling working-class neighborhood in Barcelona, and the construction of a modern residential complex for the new Catalan middle-class. But as the construction of the city of the future proceeds, the past reasserts itself over and over again: as much in the eerie discovery of an ancient Roman cemetery below the foundations of the new building as in the rich cultural lore revealed in a casual conversation between two old neighbors.
Dominicu is a vision of the post. Post-purchase, post-sale, post-bargaining… It’s the mirror of countless markets which traditionally inhabit many places all over Portugal and it’s inevitably a mirror of those who transit on them. A short documentary film which transfuses the common knowledge that one has of the Relógio Market in Chelas, and that ends up by showing the way in which many humans face their environment.
We the pleb, we the barbarians!)
“Seat 26D” takes us through the graphical reenactment of a plane crash. Its strange calmness seems to echo in the separation of an old couple in “Off the Highway”, while “Seven times a day…” places our new beginnings and ending in the realm of dreams and nightmares. “The Pimp and His Trophies” is a recollection of a family brothel by a young child, while “Totally Lies” faces the conflict between male and female archetypes in social media and contemporary discourse. )
Although cinema is a young centenary art, the light and shadows that gave birth to it have been living since the beginning of human existence. João Botelho’s new film follows their trace in the Côa Valley, one of the largest prehistoric rock-art sites in the world.)
“She Comes Back on Thursday” is a personal and playful look on the director’s parents true separation and its fictional games, pursuing the work started in “About a Month” (presented in Indielisboa 2014’s International Competition”).)
He wanted to be the branch, swaying in the treetops, and the wind that made it sway. He wanted to be the deep forest and the blue ocean. He wanted to be the waves, washing in upon the beaches, and the sand being washed to and fro.
In 1973 Roberto Saldivar was arrested and imprisoned in an old saltpeter mine in northern Chile. The mine was used as concentration camp for political prisoners. 20 years later he returned to confront his memories. He has now lived there since. Alone.
At first glance everything seems motionless. A street, passers-by, a sunset, all accompanied by electronic humming: Current Shot 01 consists of a single 15-minute shot. The picture is framed by the upper bodies of two people looking into the light of the setting sun. But the apparent stillness of the shot turns out to be deceptive. The detail oscillates between animated photography film still and tableau vivant. “
A small being is born from the hand of its creator. Very quickly, it is confronted with the harsh reality that surrounds it, namely that it is not alone… There are thus suddenly two protagonists, who will fight and fight again with great zeal for their right.
“The golden legend” takes us through the mind of a psychiatric patient and his fascination for certain historical figures.)
A poem by Jacques Prévert tells us about what happens in forests.)
“The Great Museum” looks into the background work of Viena’s Museum of National History. Through the eyes of board meetings and mere co-workers, Johannes Holzhausen reveals the common goal inside a museum: a visual and human education through its collection.)
“Tempête sur anorak” is an animated adventure in an evacuated town by sea.)
The primal impulse, the moment of light, is the trigger for a view searching for this situation in space. In intervals of dawn our gaze searches for a motion that cannot be located within the image. Due to unpredictable shifts of the images length, we self produce the motion in between the frames. The labyrinth of connections between the motion images traps the gaze, and no longer lets it free.
It happened by accident. We started to collect footage for Conjunto Ngonguenha’s videoclip and ended up with 13 tapes of material. So we’ve decided to illustrate the whole album. This kind of documentary is a tribute to an Angolan hip hop group called Conjunto Ngonguenha and all the other artists from Angola who were able to find inspiration out of the adversities of everyday life and contribute to the creation of a new Angolan identity. “
The Silence Before Bach is an approach to music and the trades and subjects that surround it through Bach’s works. A look at the profound dramaturgic relationship between image and music where the latter is not merely conceived as subsidiary to the image but as a subject of the narration in its own right. The film springs from a previously defined musical structure. The soundtrack feeds on works by J.S Bach and two of Felix Mendelssohn’s sonatas to create an architectural vault beneath which the story of the film unfolds ; a promenade through the XVIIIth, XIXth and XXIth centuries led by the hand of J.S. Bach.
A famous old man has died and everyone is gathered for his funeral. But they don’t seem to be too affected. The old man’s nephew seems to be the only one who cares and attends horrified by the general indifference.
