2007 | Color | 6min In a small factory in the middle of the desert, thousands of slave robots work processing information. They are being watched all the time by another robot. One of the slave robots, identified as ?R4?, stops working for a moment and notices that all his fellow robots are in a frenzy of work. He immediately receives an electric shock by an overseer robot, who forces him to return to work. Under strict surveillance R4 experiences a sudden hallucination in which he flies into an open space between floating numbers. When he returns from his vision, he decides to fight for his freedom. Country: México Direction: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Script: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Production: Boy Animation; Blue Photography: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Sound: Zendejas; Carlos Music: Zendejas; Carlos Art direction: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Participation year at FICM: 2008
2007 | Color | 6min In a small factory in the middle of the desert, thousands of slave robots work processing information. They are being watched all the time by another robot. One of the slave robots, identified as ?R4?, stops working for a moment and notices that all his fellow robots are in a frenzy of work. He immediately receives an electric shock by an overseer robot, who forces him to return to work. Under strict surveillance R4 experiences a sudden hallucination in which he flies into an open space between floating numbers. When he returns from his vision, he decides to fight for his freedom. Country: México Direction: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Script: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Production: Boy Animation; Blue Photography: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Sound: Zendejas; Carlos Music: Zendejas; Carlos Art direction: Mar Mancilla; Alberto Gabriel Participation year at FICM: 2008
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Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
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