Filmes ao molho - I
[Realmente um filme por post é uma ideia utópica, especialmente com a minha falta de organização. Por isso aqui fica tudo o que vi ultimamente]
Larissa Sansour
A Space Exodus (2008)
"The film follows the artist herself onto a phantasmagoric journey through the universe echoing Stanley Kubrick's thematic concerns for human evolution, progress and technology. However, in her film, Sansour posits the idea of a first Palestinian into space (...)"
Nation Estate (2012)
"With its glossy mixture of computer generated imagery, live actors and an arabesque electronica soundtrack, the Nation Estate film explores a vertical solution to Palestinian statehood. Palestinians have their state in the form of a single skyscraper: the Nation Estate."
(Sinopses tiradas daqui)
Nu te supara, Dar...
Adina Pintilie
2007
"In an institution for the mentally impaired in Romania, Nu te supara, dar follows the everyday existence of its residents (...) A self sufficient universe, with rules that escape the common logic, and, even though, perfectly valid. Days go by, between daily routine and endless conversations about life, death, God, weather forecast: what is divine and what is not? Who brings and who stops the rain?"
(Sinopse tirada daqui e daqui)
Macherie Ekwa Bahango
2019
"Survivors of sexual violence in the DRC [ Democratic Republic of the Congo] came together to write a screenplay based on their own real experiences: Sema (which means speak out in Swahili) follows the lives of two women from different backgrounds whose lives are changed forever by rape, and who must find the strength to survive and make a difference for themselves and their children."
(Sinopse tirada daqui)
Daphne Matziaraki
2016
"In the Oscar-nominated short film 4.1 Miles, Daphne Matziaraki follows a day in the life of Kyriakos Papadopoulos, a captain in the Greek coast guard who is caught in the middle of the refugee crisis in which Europe is embroiled. Despite limited resources, the captain and his crew attempt to save thousands of migrants from drowning in the Aegean Sea."
(Sinopse tirada daqui)