Beyond the Mountains
Yama no anata
A lyrical ode to what lies beyond, given texture from inky letters and the pixels of home video but sung by goats and crows, Aya Koretzky’s extraordinary debut, submerges us in the Mondego River, invoking spirits and interrogating memories to ask pertinent questions about coming and going and home.
Also in this combined programme
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O nosso homem
A heartening return to Pedro Costa’s painterly cinema of hope and hopelessness – we go rabbit hunting with Ventura, thinking of Cape Verde.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 59"
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
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