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XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
A camera glides over the vast expanse of Antarctica, with the odd scuttling sounds and distorted breathing suggesting less a human presence than an alien or inorganic one. This presence scans the landscape with mechanical precision, swooping up and down or jerking from side to side as it takes in white surfaces, bare rock, icebergs in black water, seals and penguins, a solitary human figure. But even this landscape is not purely natural, for palm trees and dinosaurs lurk here too. FREM: a nature documentary from the future, a farewell to a bionic world, a thrillingly singular experience. (JL)
Festivals
-Jihlava IDFF - 2019
-Berlinale - 2020
Biografía del director
Viera Čákanyová
Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (today Slovakia) in 1980. She studied Screenwriting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and received a bachelor’s degree in Documentary Film from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). Besides making her own films, she also works as script editor and editor for independent film productions.
Filmography
2006 Under Underground; 18 min.2007 Piraňa (Piranha); 26 min. Červi (Worms); 13 min. 2009 100 dní (100 Days); 22 min. Alda; 52 min. 2011 Olda; 80 min.Update; 45 min. 2014 Letiací kôň (Flying Horse); part of the film project Gottland, 30 min. Rupicapra; part of the film project Slovakia 2.0, 10 min.
Credits
Language
English - Subtitles in spanish
Director
Viera Čákanyová
Screenplay
Viera Čákanyová
Cinematography
Viera Čákanyová, Tomáš Klein
Editing
Viera Čákanyová
Sound
Dominik Dolejší, Stanislav Abraham, Miro Toth
Production
Nina Numankadić
International sales
Nina Numankadić
Contact
nina@dafilms.com
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