For years, activists of the Equipe Media group have been the only ones who covertly film rallies, police brutality and human rights violations in Western Sahara and smuggle the material abroad.
Ever since her husband and son were dragged out of the car and kidnapped by strangers four years ago, Lulu has drifted through her life in Mexico like a ghost.
The letters on a departure board turn into grey figures with trolley suitcases hurrying through the high security airports of this world. A red wall abruptly puts an end to the journey of a restless man.
Emmy lays out Euro coins in a row: “That separates me from you, see?” There are actually more than a few coins between Emmy and André, two young adults from Alcoitão.
A look over the railings of the all-inclusive cruise industry. Book your trip here and you no longer need any contact with the outside world. Bread and games in a floating modern day coliseum.
Children perform a puppet theatre version of the fairytale “The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats” and identify strongly with their roles. The boundaries between acting and real life begin to blur.
The Iranian shepherd boy Asho wants to be in front of the camera. The only question is whether his cousin and future bride Pari will let him. Perhaps they should simply both become famous?
Statistics charts break out of their corset of illustration, take on a life of their own and embark on a sensual and orgiastic journey through brightly coloured landscapes.
After five years in exile in Europe the director returns to Iran to make a film. She asks her friends to act in it. What starts as a game during the shoot gradually turns into a brutal clash between those who stayed and the one who left.
Details emerge from a storm of images, reduced to black and white, silhouettes only: a Ferris wheel turning mechanically, children playing ball, one of whom standing a little way off, a knife suitable for slitting one’s wrist.
A corpulent woman skipping on the beach... five persons in five places in five different situations.
Many have perished from the deadly virus. But sometimes there is a life after life with death. Then a new vision becomes possible: of all the life surrounding us.
Fishermen on a beach in Ghana. A patient and respectful observation of work processes in fixed shots – a substantial work in the spirit of the inventors of cinematography.
The glowing sunset throws off its heavenly disguise and reveals itself as a hellish conflagration. The brutal beauty of a world out of joint, captured in an impressive composition.
