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Instituto Cervantes -
Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 20:30
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului -
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 17:30
Cinematography:
Ryan McKenna
Editing:
Ryan McKenna
Sound:
Tyler Fitzmaurice
Producer:
Ryan McKenna, Rebecca Blackwood
For twenty years, the program Voces del Secuestro has allowed family members to send radio messages that they hope will reach their loved ones kidnapped in the Amazon jungle. This is an experimental documentary that pairs these radio messages with abstract portraits of the Colombian landscape. (Ryan McKenna)
Director:
Ryan McKenna is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker. He was born in Saint Boniface (Manitoba), but has been based out of Montreal since 2008. McKenna completed his first feature film in 2012 – THE FIRST WINTER, which premiered at Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema, and went on to play at Raindance and IndieLisboa, among others. His short experimental documentary CONTROVERSIES is making its rounds on the festival circuit having played as an official selection at Hot Docs, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Montreal International Documentary Festival, and the Doc Fortnight MoMA, among many others.
Festivals, awards:
Doc Jury Award - Vienna Shorts, 2018/ Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK, 2018/ Best Experimental Short - Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, 2018
Curatorial comment:
E ceva în pădure. Cadrele lui MCKENNA cu jungla columbiană întunecată și încețoșată, parcă desprinsă dintr-un horror, sunt acompaniate de tulburătoarele mesaje radio care au fost difuzate pe canalul Voces del Secuestro. Ce îi poți spune în mai puțin de câteva minute unui apropiat care a dispărut? Ceva intim care va fi auzit de mii de oameni. MCKENNA a ales subiectul potrivit pentru a proba dinamicile dintre intimitate și expunere, iar utilizarea cadrelor generice-dar-specifice ilustrează ingenios poveștile genererice-dar specifice care alcătuiesc o lecție istorică despre doliu și speranță. (Călin Boto, BIEFF 2019)