Juan Manuel SEPÚLVEDA
A grandma and a grandpa walk into a small field. The children are apparently their granddaughters. The fence is loosely woven with twigs and the field is infested with weeds. The old couple talks about the government massacre in the 80¡¯s while plowing and weeding. The solders entered the village and took potshots at the people. They had no choice but to run away to save themselves; all they could do was just pray. After many years, that government has disappeared but now corporations are polluting their lifeline – the river. Life is full of hard knocks but the only thing that keeps them going is this little piece of land. While the granny is talking, a young child barely 10 years old starts to plow. This one-take movie is a short essay on memory and hope. (KANG Seokpil)
Juan Manuel SEPÚLVEDA
A specialist in documentary filmmaking and cinematography, his debut film, La Frontera Infinita, was selected to participate in the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, and also won awards at several other film festivals. He was cinematographer on the film Año bisiesto, which won the Caméra d¡¯Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently in the editing process of his second feature documentary, Lessons for a War. Since 2006, he has been running the documentary production company Fragua Cinematograf ía. Lessons for a War (2011) The Infinite Border (2008) Bajo La Tierra (2006)
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