ALGERIA, OUT OF PLACE
Countries of production: France, Algeria
Original Title: L’arrachement
Directing: Dorothée-Myriam Kellou
Production: Eugénie Michel-Villette (Les films du Bilboquet) and Mariem Hamidat (HKE Production Algérie)
Status: Final edit
Synopsis: I set out with my father, an Algerian filmmaker exiled in France, on a journey to the village where he grew up as a child. There, we gather the silent memory of those who bore witness to France’s colonial policy of forcibly resettling Algeria’s rural population.
KONGO
Country of production: France
Original Title: Kongo
Directing: Hadrien La Vapeur and Corto Vaclav
Production: Hadrien La Vapeur and Corto Vaclav (Expédition Invisible)
Status: Rough cut
Synopsis: In Brazzaville, apostle Médard’s mission is to heal victims of witchcraft. When one d ay we publicly accuse him to be a witchdoctor as well.
PERCEPTS
Country of production: France
Original Title: Percepts
Directing: Olivier Zabat
Production: Camille Laemlé and Serge Lalou (Les Films d’Ici)
Status : Rough cut
Synopsis: Many people are experiencing on a daily basis perceptions, voices or sensations of presences, which are inaudible or invisible to the rest of us. Percepts is a sensitive exploration which maps out the perceptions of “voice hearers”.
VERTICAL TIME (working title)
Country of production: Spain
Original Title: Tempo Vertical
Directing: Lois Patiño
Production: Felipe Lage (Zeitun Films) and Iván Patiño (Amanita Films)
Status: Rough cut
Synopsis: A village in the Galician coast. Time seems to stand still. Everybody is paralysed in a reflexive posture while nature and animals move freely. However, we can still hear people talking and moving, as if they were in a parallel dimension. The feeling is like being in a limbo full of spectres. Three women show up, they seem to be able to move between those two dimensions. Those women are trying to do something we are not able to understand yet.
A WILD STREAM
Country of production: Mexico
Original Title: Una corriente salvaje
Directing: Nuria Ibáñez
Production: Tatiana Graullera
Status: Post-production
Synopsis: Chilo and Omar seem to be the only two men on earth. They live on a solitary beach in Baja California, Mexico, and their constant activity is fishing to survive. Their friendship, surrounded by sensuality, reminds of a love story. Through their conversations and their relationship, the film explores and portraits human condition.
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