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Friday, November 27, 2020 - 17:00
Written by:
Jorge Jácome, David Cabecinha
Cast:
André Andrade, Pedro Rosa, Gabriel Desplanque, Jorge Jácome
Cinematography:
Marta Simões
Editing:
Jorge Jácome
Sound:
Marco Leão
Music:
Terry Riley
Producer:
João Figueiras
Production:
Blackmaria
After dragging us into a haunted post-clubbing landscape with his 'Fiesta Forever' last year, JORGE JÁCOME returns to BIEFF with a different kind of -topia. The entire population of the Azores archipelago has been supposedly forced to take refuge on the continent because of an unmanageable outburst of the otherwise harmless hydrangeas. The camera follows the only two young soldiers posted on the island with exquisite shots set against the purple and blue backdrop of the floral invasion and explores their stories of nostalgia and sorrow of displacement. There is also talk about harvesting and export and flower treatment, meaning that the banished humans might have been the cause of the unhealthy proliferation after all. (Adina Marin, BIEFF 2018)
Director:
JORGE JÁCOME (b. 1988 in Portugal) completed his degree in cinema at Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in Lisbon and Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains France. His work seeks and investigates the relations between utopias, melancholy, disappearance and desire, and is based on a strongly intuitive and sensorial process resulting in films made of narrative drifts, unexpected relationships and unusual encounters. His short films have been shown at film festivals worldwide. Parallel to his work as a filmmaker he regularly collaborates in performing arts projects.
Contact:
Margarida Moz
Festivals, awards:
Main Award - Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival 2018 / Grand Prix - 25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival Croatia 2017 / Award of the International Competition - International Short Film Festival Winterthur Switzerland 2017 / Best Short Film Award - Verín International Short Film Festival Spain 2017 / CAMIRA Jury Award - Curtocircuíto International Film Festival Spain 2017 / Nova New Talent Award - IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival Portugal 2017 etc.
''In most cases, our actions result in detrimental impact on nature. FLORES posits the opposite, looking at a scenario where one species of flora is reclaiming territory from human encroachment. We can see this in the lavender tone of the visuals (shades of Joseph Cornell’s Rose Hobart), wherein even the atmosphere has been taken over by the hydrangeas. Considering our own, very real ecological errors, JÁCOME uses speculative fiction to ask us how we intend to survive the Purple Reign.'' (Michael Sicinski , Toronto International Film Festival)