Marta Hernaiz Pidal and her producer Rosa Galguera Ortega participated in the latest Torino Meeting Event wither their new film in development, AL FONDO A LA DERECHA, and won several Production Prizes at their award ceremony- CONGRATULATIONS and we cannot wait to see the film go into production soon!
This is what they were granted:
EWA Network Female Voices Award, the Sub-ti Award, the Sub-ti Access Award and the The GREEN FILMING AWARD.
Congratulations to Marta Hernaiz Pidal for being selected to attend the Cannes Cinefondation Residence in Paris from March 2021, to work on her new feature screenplay. We look forward to seeing how the film develops during her time there!
https://www.cinefondation.com/en/residence/
For its 42nd session #LaRésidence will welcome from March 1st to July 15th directors:
- Lucía Aleñar Iglesias (Spain )
- Behzad Azadi (Iran )
- Marta Hernaiz Pidal (Mexico / Spain )
- Inbar Horesch (Israel )
- Sameh Morsy (Egypt )
- David Vicente (Portugal )
Ágora de la Ciudad, an initiative in collaboration with Ex Convento Betlehemita Centro Cultural in Vera Cruz, Mexico, has been creating an exciting and diverse online screening series, complete with filmmaker interviews, throughout this summer. Many Bistrik7 Films have screened thus far (curated by Gustavo Vega) and there are many more to come throughout the rest of 2020! Other esteemed BIstrik7 colleagues from Film.Factory Sarajevo have also screened.
Keep up to date with the programme here: https://www.facebook.com/AgoraXalapa/
and via @AgoraXalapa
Next up is Gonzalo Escobar Mora’s 2019 Colombian short film, ‘Economia Social’, screening on Friday 14th August, 2020 (details here)
Fresh from her International Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Kaori Oda interview with Kaori Oda on her new film Cenote via MUBI Notebook
Read the full interview HERE:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/toward-a-common-tenderness-an-interview-with-kaori-oda
Next week in the Bright Futures main program, our Kaori Oda’s Mexican documentary premieres at Rotterdam. The film was also co-produced by our Marta Hernaiz-Pidal.
Synopsis:
In Northern Yucatan, Mexico, natural sinkholes called 'cenotes' constituted the sole water source for Mayans not living near a river or lake. Some cenotes were used for ritual sacrifices, and the Mayans believed that these holy springs connected this world to the afterlife.
The past and present of those living around the cenotes coalesce in this mysterious place. Long-lost memories echo in hallucinatory turquoise underwater footage, an entrancing game of light and dark. Swimming in these sinkholes, director Oda Kaori encounters intriguing shapes and beams of light, the water heaves, drops fall like razor blades.
Oda, who studied under Béla Tarr in Sarajevo, previously made Aragane, which was shot in a Bosnian coal mine. For Cenote, she used Super-8 film and a bubbling water soundscape. A captivating form for her impressions of a place where, as a ghostly voiceover explains, nothing is forgotten.
Original title Ts'onot
Filmmaker Oda Kaori
Premiere International premiere
Country Japan, Mexico
Year2019
Length 75’
LanguageSpanish
Producer Oda Kaori, Echigoya Takashi, Jorge Bolado, Marta Hernaiz
Production Company FieldRain, Aichi Arts Center, cinevendaval
Sales Article Films
Writer
Oda Kaori
Cinematography Oda Kaori
Editor Oda Kaori, Takeshi Hata
Production Design Marta Hernaiz
Sound Design Oda Kaori
Cast
voices of: Araceli del Rosario Chulim Tun, Juan de la Rosa Mibmay
Website https://fieldrain.net
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<セノーテプロジェクト>
メキシコユカタン半島北部に点在するセノーテと呼ばれる泉。
樹の根が這う水中洞窟、その縦穴の上から太陽の光が水の中に降る。
生贄として捧げられた者たち。
脈絡のない断片的な記憶の連なり。
それ自体がもつ直感と予見性。
現地リサーチ(撮影)からインスピレーションをえて制作される映画、映像インスタレーション、ペインティングを横断するプロジェクト
-第1回目リサーチ撮影 2017年5月〜6月 実施
-第2回目リサーチ撮影 2018年5月〜6月 実施
-第3回目リサーチ撮影 2018年11月 実施
-2019年1月~3月 長編映画作品『セノーテ』編集
-2019年4月 長編映画作品『セノーテ』完成
2019年6月16日 愛知県美術館・愛知芸術文化センターにて『セノーテ』初上映
Kaori’s Oda’s intriguing documentary set in Mexico has been selected to screen in the Bright Future Main Programme.
Synopsis:
In Northern Yucatan, Mexico, natural sinkholes called 'cenotes' constituted the sole water source for Mayans not living near a river or lake. Some cenotes were used for ritual sacrifices, and the Mayans believed that these holy springs connected this world to the afterlife.
The past and present of those living around the cenotes coalesce in this mysterious place. Long-lost memories echo in hallucinatory turquoise underwater footage, an entrancing game of light and dark. Swimming in these sinkholes, director Oda Kaori encounters intriguing shapes and beams of light, the water heaves, drops fall like razor blades.
Oda, who studied under Béla Tarr in Sarajevo, previously made Aragane, which was shot in a Bosnian coal mine. For Cenote, she used Super-8 film and a bubbling water soundscape. A captivating form for her impressions of a place where, as a ghostly voiceover explains, nothing is forgotten.
Link to Film Listing in Rotterdam: https://iffr.com/en/2020/films/cenote
The Chaotic Life of Nada Kadić (Writer/Director Marta Hernaiz Pidal) has won the Jury Prize at the @Festival International de Films de Femmes, one of the oldest and most important festivals for women filmmakers!
Here were the comments from the jury:
« Comme des chasseurs d’éclairs, on attend un moment où l’on peut se retrouver à contempler le spectacle que peut nous donner à voir une tornade, à se passionner pour des objets pris à l’intérieur, se dire qu’on ne les avait jamais vus comme ce...
" like lightning hunters, we're waiting for a moment where we can find ourselves to contemplate the show that can give us to see a tornado, to is for objects taken inside, to say that we've never seen them Like this before. This is what we offer the chaotic life of nada kadic, by a whole singular look... " - Fiction Jury
Congratulations Marta and the team!
Congratulations to our Bistrik7 colleagues Marta Hernaiz Pidal and André Gil Mata ! Both are premiering feature films at Berlinale this year, along with our teacher Guy Maddin. Viva la família de Sarajevo and Bistrik7!
Here is the Press Release from The Berlinale:
https://www.berlinale.de/…/pres…/alle/Alle-Detail_41108.html
DOBRO, Marta Hernaiz-Pidal's short film will be shown on the 24 and 25 of October at Morelia Film Festival, one of the most recognized film festivals in México.
Marta will also present a preview 'work in progress' of her debut feature film, 'The Chaotic life of Nada', as part of Impulso Morelia, which aims to find completion funds for projects in post-production: http://moreliafilmfest.com/resultados-de-impulso-morelia-2…/
Marta Hernaiz Pidal wins Best Mexican Short Film for her short DOBRO at Guanajuato Film Fest