lessons on flight
A hummingbird in flight rendered beautifully on 16mm film using hand colouring and processing.
5'
Chile
IFFR 2024
Minas Gerais in Southeastern Brazil, is a place whose identity, history and even topography has been greatly influenced by the mining industry. Taking a very personal approach, the filmmaker explores this legacy within the region she calls home. Weaving in and out of narrative, archival footage and documentation, The Silence of Iron challenges the way we look and think about landscape.
– Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss
IFFR 2024
- 15'
- Brazil
- 2024
- Director
- Mariana de Melo
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2024
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 15'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- O silêncio elementar
- Languages
- Portuguese, English
- Producers
- Mariana de Melo, Daniela Cambraia, Yasmin Guimarães
- Production Company
- Piranha Filmes
- Sales
- Piranha Filmes
- Screenplay
- Yasmin Guimarães, Mariana de Melo
- Cinematography
- Rick Mello, João Victor Borges, Henrique Mello
- Editor
- Mariana de Melo, Yasmin Guimarães
- Production Design
- Manoele Scortegagna
- Sound Design
- Gustavo Fioravante
- Music
- Felipe D'ângelo, Bernardo Bauer
- Cast
- Giovana Gundim da Silva, Raul Sandim, Rafael Torga, Izabela Bandeira de Melo
Also in this combined programme
Schlafsand
Schlafsand uses pictorial beauty to address the political and social blindness surrounding climate change.
14'
Switzerland
IFFR 2024
Silent Panorama
Meticulous animation about a search through the Ardennes, drawn on a single piece of paper.
5'
Belgium
IFFR 2024
The Wool Aliens
A masterful ethnographic essay on the influence of the wool industry in spreading invasive plants.
28'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2024
- Director
- Mariana de Melo
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2024
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 15'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- O silêncio elementar
- Languages
- Portuguese, English
- Producers
- Mariana de Melo, Daniela Cambraia, Yasmin Guimarães
- Production Company
- Piranha Filmes
- Sales
- Piranha Filmes
- Screenplay
- Yasmin Guimarães, Mariana de Melo
- Cinematography
- Rick Mello, João Victor Borges, Henrique Mello
- Editor
- Mariana de Melo, Yasmin Guimarães
- Production Design
- Manoele Scortegagna
- Sound Design
- Gustavo Fioravante
- Music
- Felipe D'ângelo, Bernardo Bauer
- Cast
- Giovana Gundim da Silva, Raul Sandim, Rafael Torga, Izabela Bandeira de Melo
Programme IFFR 2024
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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Deborah S. Philips' touching analogue collage is a tribute to her deceased mother.
9'
Germany
IFFR 2024
102 Narra
Daily life from a filmmaker's family home in Manila tenderly oscillates between personal and political.
22'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Ade (on a Sunday)
Two young boys follow their curiosity as they skip Sunday school.
17'
India
IFFR 2024