1976 – LUGAR SAGRADO (1976 – Sacred
Place, directed by Carlosmagno Rodrigues & Alonso Pafyeze, Brazil, 2009, 6
min.)
Three living beings are kept in the
bottom of a pool. Video of physical and emotional immersion, where there’s no
metaphysics, no feelings of
spirituality, no mysticism- just the torpor of the condition of being alive and
reluctant.
DROP IN THE DARKNESS. Directed by
Carlosmagno Rodrigues & Cris Ventura, Brazil, 2011, 7 min.)
A movie about the Christian conversion
based on the Letters to the Seven Churches, Chapter 2, Verse 19 of the biblical
Book of Revelation, which talks about the speeches used for people’s
conversion. The movie is filmed with vertical tracking shots that refer to the
Hell archetype.
Permanencias (Ricardo Alves Jr, Brazil,
2011, 34min)
From the inside the air is heavier.
AHENDU NDE SAPUKAI (I Hear Your Scream,
directed by Pablo Lamar, Paraguay/Argentina, 2008, 11 min.)
At dawn, a man watches the horizon as he
stands near his wooden house that dominates the landscape. After a few moments,
he returns to his simple dwelling and a short while later a small funeral
procession emerges. The man does not take part in it and remains alone, staring
into the emptiness before him.
NOCHE ADENTRO ( Pablo Lamar, 2009,
Paraguay/Argentina, 18 min)
The newlyweds have already left the party
where the guests are still dancing. The bride has bled to death and the groom
carries the body. He drags her down the stairs and along a long corridor until
they fall down. At the shore the groom gives her away to the river, floating in
a boat.
MARTES DE CH’ALLA (Tuesday Ch’alla,
directed by Carlos Piñeiro, Bolivia, 2009, 12 min.)
Images and situations linked to a kept belief
among construction workers who know a way to invoke some kind of blessing
through a secret ancient ritual.
