The camera stalks the Brazilian sertão like a hunter, but who or what exactly is the prey? Inspired by Oswald de Andrade’s Cannibal Manifesto (1928), Há terra! is a pamphlet and cinematic poem about a country with a history of cultural assimilation and displacement where, for some, nothing ever changes.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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The Sea Is History
A poem, a materialist and animist critique of European colonial history. It proposes a new way of bringing the past into the present. -
Toutes directions
The ultimate road movie is a hypnotising audiovisual trip by Billy Roisz and Dieter Kovacic, scored by Radian. -
Blue Sky from Pain
A man has been locked up without knowing why. Where is he? And for how long? The camera studies the empty spaces whilst he talks.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Brazil, France
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
