Latin Shorts
An unusual mix of moving folk tales from Mexico and Chile, but also from the lesser-known film nations Paraguay and Bolivia.
In this combined programme
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El hombre muerto
Magic-realistic black-and-white short about a plantation worker who falls on his own knife and hallucinates. Strange mood sketch of loneliness and
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Entrevista con la tierra
Short gripping documentary about how people in a Mexican Indian village cope with death.
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Corredores de verano
Original short film without words about three adolescents who roam the streets at night and hang around together. How far does the friendship go?
Chi si ferma é perduto
Beautiful mystical film with an alienating effect about a shoeshine who goes looking for his chopped off foot in the mountains of Bolivia.
I Hear Your Scream
Observing short film from Paraguay in which a procession in twilight is shown as a shadow play against the dusk. Powerful in its simplicity.
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Murche (persisch: Ameisen)
Dreamy, poetic fiction about childhood memories of two immigrants in Germany.
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Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry
A performance set in a community that stands at the gates of hell. Winnipeg-based artist Barrow animates his drawings in an overhead projector.
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I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head
The artist reads a text while her vocal cords are being filmed. Based on a performance on the occasion of the Venice 2007 biennial.