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'The year of discovery', second feature film by Luis López Carrasco (El Futuro, 2013), will have its world premiere at the next edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival, where it will participate in the Tiger Award competition.
'The year of discovery', which won the Work In Progress by Abycine Lanza, is produced by La Cima Producciones with Alina Film and has the help of the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts ICAA and the City of Cartagena.
It will be released in Spain, in 2020, by the hand of Begin Again.
In the movie 'The year of discovery', López Carrasco visits Cartagena to resume the events that marked the recent history of the city, which today are conditions of the socio-political situation of this Region and also, are linked to various changes that are happening in Spanish and European cities.
SYNOPSIS
Neighbors, youth and unemployed chat inside a bar between cigarettes, breakfasts and snacks.
They remember unusual dreams, share work concerns and plan future plans.
The bar is located in the city of Cartagena, in the southeast of the country.
As the day progresses, the disturbances of the 1992 industrial crisis are heard more and more closely.
That year the Olympic Games of Barcelona and the Universal Exhibition of Seville were held in Spain, linked to the celebration of the V Centenary of the Discovery of America.
The country presented itself to the international community as a developed, modern and dynamic country.
Meanwhile, in Cartagena, protests about the crisis acquire a growing violence until it ends with a massive revolt that leads to the burning of the regional parliament.
"I was born and raised in the city of Murcia although I have lived in Madrid since I was 18 years old. I spent a lot of my childhood visiting my paternal grandparents, who, for work reasons, had ended up living in Cartagena, the military and industrial port that he treasures an ancient rivalry with the capital. I remember that when I was seven years old we dedicated a class to coloring a template of the newly released regional parliament, which would have its headquarters in Cartagena. Its eclectic architecture was very striking for the time and all the children we We entertained painting that sheet of bright colors It was something new and beautiful and represented the maturity of Murcia as a Community deserving of a Statute of Autonomy The effigy of the facade of that building was engraved while I colored it, so I especially remember the day that burned. Nobody remembers this event. That burning parliament is the other side of 1992 for me, "says López Carrasco.
ON THE FILM AND THE FESTIVAL
'The year of the discovery' is shot in Hi8, emulating the domestic registry of the early nineties, and also double-edited, focusing on different points of the bar where the entire film takes place, as if we were witnesses of anonymous conversations that take place around us.
The film is a choral portrait composed of forty-five characters, from the peripheral neighborhoods of Cartagena and La Unión.
The Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) is one of the largest film festivals driven by industry and the public, offering a high-quality selection of fiction and documentary films, short films and multimedia art, with a focus on work of new talents.
The Tiger Award section is the most prestigious of the festival.
He recognizes the work of the younger filmmakers, where names such as Christopher Nolan, Zhu Shengze, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dominga Sotomayor or Hong Sang-soo, among others, have participated.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Luis López Carrasco (Murcia, 1981) is a filmmaker and writer.
Co-founder of the audiovisual group Los Hijos, dedicated to experimental documentary cinema.
His work as a director has been screened at numerous international festivals such as Locarno, Rotterdam, New York, Toronto, BAFICI or Viennale and contemporary art centers such as Georges Pompidou, ICA London, Queen Sofia National Museum or Guggenheim Museum.
The International Festival of Mar del Plata (Argentina), District (Mexico), Independent Lima (Peru), 3XDOC, CGAI and Arteleku have dedicated retrospectives to the work of Los Hijos.
He has received the Underground Spirit Award for his career at the European Film Festival Paliç.
'El Futuro', his first solo film, was premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival 2013, selected at more than fifty international festivals and awarded at BAFICI 2014, Lima Independent 2014, Uruguay Winter Festival 2014 and IBAFF 2014.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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