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SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER
France, Chile 2019
85 mins Subtitled
THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS
(LA CORDILLERA DE LOS SUEÑOS)
Patricio Guzmán
15:15 | TRISKEL DOCUMENTARY
Following Nostalgia for the Light (2010) and The Pearl Button (2015), Patricio Guzmán continues to explore and expose Chile’s troubled history, specifically the impact and legacy of the Pinochet era, while finding elegance and glory in the country’s geographical features. Footage of the country’s mountainous spine is presented beside interviews with artists and activists and invaluable salvaged archive of protests and resistance. The Cordillera of Dreams is a powerful, emotive and important film completing a hugely important trilogy,
as Guzmán has long proved himself one of the major non-fiction filmmakers working anywhere in the world today. MH
Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2019
WILCOX
Denis Côté
15:45 | GATE
ARTIST FILM
Canada 2019
66 mins
Denis Côté’s wordless, often dreamlike film follows Wilcox, a young man roaming through the wilderness, quietly searching for something. Is it the need for somewhere to settle down that drives him on, or the wish to be on his own, away from civilisation and all its distractions? Using naturalistic field recordings and reflective cinematography, Côté’s film offers no answers and shares no opinions, presenting a view of the loner which is rarely seen in cinema today, free from all the aggressive survivalist trappings, and offering instead the journey of a man simply seeking peace. SE
Official Selection, Locarno Film Festival, 2019
MY FRIEND FELA
Joel Zito Araújo
17:30 | TRISKEL
DOCUMENTARY
Brazil 2019
94 mins Subtitled
Joel Zito Araújo’s documentary presents an insight into the life and influences of Fela Kuti, Afrobeat pioneer and activist, through the eyes and conversations of his close friend and biographer, Carlos Moore. Following his early journeys to London and New York, and his life in Nigeria at the Kalakuta Republic, the film highlights how Fela first became introduced to his own African identity and discusses the forces close to him which shaped his views, often offering a different perspective from the more popularly prescribed ones which see Kuti emerging fully formed as a ghetto pop idol. SE
Official Selection, International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2019
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