Violence after a violent act has ended. There’s fire in a clay oven; a pair of sunglasses is broken. Peasants from the Isla Alta village are near the ranch, observing, while a wealthy family searches for the missing Paraguayan rancher. High Island is set in the current atmosphere of life in Paraguay.
Also in this combined programme
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Inquire Within
In this work, Rosenblatt bombards viewers – in their most vulnerable state – with paradoxes that make them doubt essential moral issues. -
Thicker Than Paint Thinner
Sober reconstruction of Hossein’s motives for killing a large number of people for the sake of the Iranian Revolution. Exceptionally intriguing portra -
Traces of Other
An ordinary scene – a coffee break – brought to life using a simple, but very labour-intensive form of hand-drawn animation. -
Historia del mal
A dark episode from Argentinian history, the conquest of Patagonia and its inhabitants from various perspectives.
Film details
- Country of production
- Paraguay
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
