10.11.2022, 16:00, Maxx 3
EN UT + Q&A
11.11.2022, 16:30, Kino Cameo
EN UT + Q&A
Agriculture and mining are among the main economic sectors in Latin America, which is one of the earth’s most biodiverse regions. Working (with) the land is vital for the inhabitants of the Andean nations. They live and survive off and with the earth. From the mines in the highlands to the Pacific coast: the programme Tierra vital showcases the breathtaking beauty and mysticism of the Andean nature, which is barren as well as opulent – and often acutely threatened by outside influences.
Summits and Ashes
Fernando Criollo / Peru 2020 / 17'25" / DCP / colour/black & white / Quechua/Spanish / Exp/Doc
We walk towards the highest our legs and our thoughts allow. Here, where the oxygen is diluted with each step, our breaths intermingle with the music and are lost among the explosions, screams, and infinite mountains. The wind carries all the living weight on its shoulders and sings in the language of the chosen ones. The vestiges of a clash between two worlds await us. Will we meet again?
Tomorrow/Before
Alejandra Andino / Chile 2021 / 14'1" / DCP / colour / Spanish/Aymara / Fic
Guillermina (70) is an Aymara shepherdess who faces loneliness and the annihilation of her environment as a result of mining exploitation in the vicinity of her town. Her only companion is the puma that stalks her.
Tierra Mojada
Juan Sebastián Mesa / Colombia 2017 / 17' / DCP / colour / Spanish / Fic
In a jungle canyon, Oscar (13) finishes making two shallow graves. His house is located in the midst of a large hydroelectric project, and it is the last day before they are expelled. A chainsaw is heard in the distance. An exhausted Oscar enters his home for the last time. His elderly grandparents are patiently waiting in the kitchen.
Earth's Children
Diego Sarmiento / Peru 2014 / 14'51" / DCP / colour / Spanish/Quechua / Doc
Early every morning, young Jorge harvests bananas with his machete. Back in his village after breakfast, he wanders in the lush wilderness around the Amazon headwaters with his friends. Childhood could hardly be more carefree or peaceful.
Pacifico Oscuro
Camila Beltrán / France/Colombia 2020 / 10'13" / DCP / colour / Spanish / Fic
Cali, 2019. A large fire on the hill of Cristo Rey unleashes a series of strange events in the east of the city. Young black girls between 11 and 14 disappear. The Caleños are far from understanding the power of the Pacific that came to the city to take back its own.