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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

José Cardoso

Filmmaker José CARDOSO (1984) studied graphic design and is a self-taught illustrator who has lived in Spain, Mexico, South Africa and Ecuador, developing short films, animation and documentaries around themes of surrealism, conscience and anti-colonialism. His films haves screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, FINCALI Colombia, Ícaro de Centroamérica, FICA Argentina and the China International New Media Short Film Festival, among others.

Filmography

(selection) Un maravilloso estado de mísera y morbosa no felicidad (2009, short), Ancestral Song (2010, short), Mr Hummingbird (2011, short), Guión (2014, short), The mysterious Masked Chilanga Woman (2014, short), ñaña (2018, short), Outspoken (2019, shot doc), Iwianch, el Diablo Venado (2020, doc), Conexión Débil (2021, short), What the Soil Remembers (2023, short)

José Cardoso at IFFR

  • What the Soil Remembers

    A compelling documentary examining the trauma of a community uprooted during the Apartheid regime.

    • Ammodo Tiger Short Competition