THROUGH ROCKS ANd CLOUDS (Raiz)
Date: Friday July 18
Screening Time: 6 pm
Directed by Franco García Becerra
Production Countries: Peru, Chile
Production year: 2024
Duration: 83 minutes
Genre: Drama
Languages: Quechua, Spanish with English subtitles
Cast: Nely Huayta, Richard Taipe, José Merma, Rubén Huillca
Synopsis
Feliciano is an 8-year-old boy, an alpaca herder and he feels euphoric because Peru has a chance to qualify for the World Cup. While he lives this excitement, the film reveals the situation of his community which is at risk of disappearing due to contamination of the pastures and pressure from a mining company, which threaten Feliciano’s world and dreams.
TRAILER: THROUGH ROCKS ANS CLOUDS
Festivals & awards
Berlinale - Generation Kplus - Special Mention - 2024
Seattle International Film Festival - Official Competition - Grand Jury Prize - 2024
Filmfest Munchen 2024-Cinekindl competition
Rio de Janeior Int’l Film Festival 2024
Zlín Film Festival - International Film Festival for Children and Youth - International Competition - Special Mention Karel Zeman Award - 2024
Lima Film Festival - Latin American Fiction Competition - Jury prize for Best Direction - 2024
Locarno Film Festival - 2024
Cartagena International Film Festival - Cine Indígena - 2024
Cine Latino Vienna - 2024
Santiago FIC - Chilean Competition - Special Mention - 2024
AFI Latin American Film Festival - 2024
Bosphorus Film Festival - Jury special prize for Alberth Merma - 2024
Hainan Island International Film Festival - Golden Coconut Award for Best Actor for Alberth Merma - 2024
Indie Lisboa - Junior Section - 2024
Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival - Mountain Film Competition - ECO PRIZE - 2024
Cinema at Sea - Best Film Award - 2025
“The film sheds light on an entire existence of people, places and ways of life suddenly in danger of disappearing, coated under the stark beauty of the natural landscape they are enveloped in and its feignedly apparent peacefulness.”
–Journey Into Cinema
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The Outpost (L’avamposto)
Date: Saturday, July 19
Screening Time: 6 pm
Directed by Edvardo Morabito
Production Countries: Brazil, Italy
Production year: 2023
Duration: 84 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Languages: languages: English, Italian, Portuguese with English subtitles
Cast: Christopher Clark
Original score: Vincenzo Gangi & Masmas
Synopsis
Christopher Clark, an eco-warrior, has established his unique Outpost of Progress in the heart of the Amazon rainforest — a utopian society based on the perfect balance between nature and technology, run and safeguarded by the forest's dwellers. Unfortunately, the situation is getting worse every year, and a new wildfire now threatens to destroy the Outpost.
To urge the Brazilian government to create a protective reserve, Chris decides to take a bold gamble. After all, in the mind of a dreamer, the realm of possibilities knows no bounds.
TRAILER: THE OUTPOST
FESTIVALs AND AWARDS
80th Venice Film Festival’s Giornate Degli Autori 2023-Special events section
Sao Paulo International FF 2023-Official selection
Rio De Janeiro IFF 2023-Official selection
Madrid Italian FF 2023 -Competition-Best documentary award
Hot Docs Festival 2024-The changing face of Europe
"Who really is Chris Clark? A madman or a prophet? From a portrait of an out-of-the-ordinary character, the film turns into a reflection on the concept of salvation, on everyone's need to escape from their frightening reality..”
-Cineuropa
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