Hisham Bizri
USA
2015 / 0:14:00

The historical, religious, political, cosmic, and the everyday personal are intertwined to “write" a film psalm for passion and violence. The film imagines these aspects of life through film material itself as both documentary—brute reality, and fiction—drama, to create dream. I’ve always admired Pasolini and wanted to capture his essence as a poet of cinema through his film “Salo” by re-photographing it and additions of my own, in an attempt to restore reality as poetry, which was Pasolini's aim as well. Debussy’s “The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian” is scored in the film because it relates thematically to the passion, and because Debussy builds his tone scales into a dream, which inspired me to create the visual rhythm of the film.

Betzabé Garcia
Mexico
2015 | 1:23:00

Three families live in a village partially submerged by water in Northwestern Mexico: Pani and Paula do not want to close their tortilleria and spend their spare time rescuing the town from ruins; Miro and his parents dream of leaving but can’t; Yoya and Jaimito live in fear but have everything they need.