Santos de la Torre und Graciela Santiago González in Eco de la Montaña von Nicolás Echevarría
Foto: © Cuadro Negro
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GERMANY - The
Berlinale special series on Indigenous cinema is continuing its journey: Latin
America is the focus of this year’s film programme, with 18 fictional and
documentary films made between 1986 and 2014.
The
series will open with the stunning documentary
Eco de la Montaña (
Echo of the Mountain, 2014) by Mexican
director and cinematographer
Nicholás Echevarría
at
the CineStarIMAX® on February 6, 2015. This multifaceted portrait of
artist Santos de la Torre also gives profound insight into the life and rituals
of the Huichol people in the mountainous landscape of the Sierra Madre
Occidental.
In
exploring film as a medium, Indigenous filmmakers are beginning to reclaim their
own image by questioning the stereotypic depiction and appropriation of
themselves by others. “Over the past decades they have begun to question, and to
break away from the colonial gaze, often utilising film-in-film to turn the
camera on themselves and their environments to develop unique cinematic
imagery,” Maryanne Redpath,
NATIVe
curator, remarks on the film programme.
Once
again a number of side events will supplement the screenings of
NATIVe films. At
Berlinale Open House, happening in the
Audi Berlinale Lounge on Marlene-Dietrich-Platz,
NATIVe guests will participate in two
storytelling slams - sharing their stories with the audience, who will also be
encouraged to spontaneously contribute to the event.
Furthermore,
a moderated discussion on how oral tradition finds its way to the big screen
will be held together with the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer
Kulturbersitz.
Teaming
up with international partners,
NATIVe will for the first time have a stand at the
European Film Market (
EFM)
.
NATIVe
- feature films
Bankilal
(
Eldest
Brother)
By
María Dolores Arias Martínez, Mexico 2014
Documentary
Eco
de la Montaña
(
Echo
of the Mountain)
By
Nicolás Echevarría, Mexico 2014
Documentary
Gerónima
By
Raúl Tosso, Argentina 1986/2015
With
Luisa Calcumil, Patricio Contreras, Mario Luciani
World
premiere of the restored and digitised version
Hamaca
Paraguaya
(
Paraguayan
Hammock)
By
Paz Encina, Argentina / France / Netherlands / Paraguay / Spain
2006
With
Ramón Del Río, Georgina Genes
As
Hiper Mulheres (Itão Kuẽgü)
(
The
Hyperwomen)
By
Carlos Fausto, Leonardo Sette, Takumã Kuikuro, Brazil 2011
Documentary
Lo
que lleva el río
(
Gone
with the River)
By
Mario Crespo, Venezuela, 2014
With
Yordana Medrano, Eddie Gómez, Diego Armando Salazar
World
premiere
Madeinusa
By
Claudia Llosa, Peru / Spain 2006
With
Magaly Solier, Carlos de la Torre
O
mestre e o Divino
(
The master and
Divino)
By
Tiago Campos Tôrres, Brazil 2013
Documentary
Las
Niñas Quispe
(
The
Quispe Girls)
By
Sebastián Sepúlveda, Chile / France / Argentina 2013
With
Digna Quispe, Catalina Saavedra, Francisca Gavilán
Silvestre
Pantaleón
By
Roberto Olivares, Jonathan Amith, Mexico 2011
Documentary
Sip’ohi
– El lugar del Manduré
(
Sip’ohi
– Manduré Place)
By
Sebastián Lingiardi, Argentina 2011
Documentary
Yvy
Maraey
(
Land
without Evil)
By
Juan Carlos Valdivia, Bolivia / Mexico / Norway 2013
With
Juan Carlos Valdivia, Elio Ortiz
NATIVe
-
short films
En
espera
(
On
Hold)
By
Gabriela Calvache, Ecuador 2011
With
María Sol Barragán
The
Fighting Cholitas
By
Mariam Jobrani, USA 2006
Documentary
Hepari
Idub’rada, Obrigado Irmão
(
Hepari
Idub’rada, Thank you Brother
)
By
Divino Tserewahú, Brazil 1998
Documentary
Karai
Norte
(
Man
of the North)
By
Marcelo Martinessi, Paraguay 2009
With
Lidia Vda. de Cuevas, Arturo Fleitas
Koltavanej
By
Concepción Suárez Aguilar, Mexico 2013
Documentary
Ma
Ê Dami Xina -Já me transformei em imagem (Ma Ê Dami Xina - I’ve already
become an Image)
By
Zezinho Yube, Brazil 2008
Documentary
