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Partly the video diary of a 13-year-old boy, partly a mother’s recordings of her news broadcasts, this is a fully original, delirious and energetic snapshot of Ecuadorian identity.
A room, a Virgin Mary, toothpaste ads, bikinis, the Ecuador-Peru war, Venezuelan soap operas, late-night news, the devil and the sun — a child innocently discovers cinema. A feverish video mix reflects on Ecuadorian identity at the turn of the century. A mother and her son use the same video tapes to record themselves in parallel timelines, overlapping different impressions of the world. Images from the 1990s reveal to us a world still failing to solve the same old problems.
This film will screen as part of the programme Shorts: Where We Find Ourselves.
A room, a Virgin Mary, toothpaste ads, bikinis, the Ecuador-Peru war, Venezuelan soap operas, late-night news, the devil and the sun — a child innocently discovers cinema. A feverish video mix reflects on Ecuadorian identity at the turn of the century. A mother and her son use the same video tapes to record themselves in parallel timelines, overlapping different impressions of the world. Images from the 1990s reveal to us a world still failing to solve the same old problems.
This film will screen as part of the programme Shorts: Where We Find Ourselves.
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Premiere statusWorld premiere
Film details
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Director(s)Oscar X. Illingworth
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Country(s)Ecuador
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Year2025
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Duration18 mins
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Executive producer(s)Oscar X. Illingworth
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Producer(s)Oscar X. Illingworth
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CinematographyOscar X. Illingworth
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EditingOscar X. Illingworth
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SoundOscar X. Illingworth
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Language(s)Spanish
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Sales CompanyOscar X. Illingworth
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