Experimental Documentary Film
DCP 4K / 2:39:1 / colour / 72’ / 2017
‘Longing is the agony
of the nearness of the distant.’
– Martin Heidegger
After more than two months relentlessly fishing shark in the South Atlantic open waters, the ILHA BRAVA docks in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, fulfilling its cyclical routine. Senegalese, Indonesian and Galician crew-members follow the chore and wait inside this small vessel until they are called upon the rough dark chasms of the sea again. All an endless story of shadows and ghosts unable to reach and caress a haunting dream of home that comes back to life every time they step foot on solid land, a land not their own.
CREDITS
Written & Directed Álvaro F. Pulpeiro
Produced A Cuarta Parede Films, Laura C. Solano, Víctor Paz
Cinematography Mauricio Reyes Serrano
Editing Gael Carvallo Seará, Rafa P. Fidalgo
Sound Design & Final Mix Tomas Blazukas
With the support of AGADIC, NFTS
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
– Development LAB ARCHÉ DocLisboa 2016
– WIP Screening NYU Tisch Department of Cinema Studies, sponsored by Cinema Tropical & Encrucijadas, 2017
– Wolrd Premiere FICX Gijón International Film Festival, Llendes Competitive Selection, 2017
– International Premiere EIFF Edinburgh International Film Festival, Official Documentary Selection, 2018
– Screening Nite Owl Cinema, Miami, FL 2018
– Screening Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, MX 2019
– Screening Cines Zumzeig, Barcelona, SP 2019
– Screening CINETECA, Madrid, SP 2019
– Screening Cinemas NUMAX, Santiago de Compostela, SP 2019
TRAILER
PRESS
– MUBI
– EyeForFilm by Andrew Robertson (English Review)
– Cine Maldito by Ramón Rey (Interview Spanish)
– La Voz de Galicia by María Cuadrado (Spanish)
– La Voz de Galicia by Lucía Rey (Spanish)
– Faro de Vigo (Spanish)
– Faro de Vigo (Interview Spanish)
– Cinergía by Mireia Iniesta (Spanish Review)
– La Opinión by Laura Fernández (Interview Spanish)
– NYU Tisch Department of Cinema Studies, sponsored by Cinema Tropical & Encrucijadas