Programming

21st Ficdh

Un año sin luz

A Year in the Dark
Argentina / 2024 / 8 min. / Experimental
Rated: Suitable for over 16 years
Language: Spanish
Thematic: Prisons
Section: Panorama
Director: Lautaro Arias Camacho
Contact: lautaroariascamacho@gmail.com

Dates, times and locations:

Saturday June 14 / 4 pm / El Cultural San Martín

Synopsis:

An experimental documentary short that reconstructs the experiences of prisoners subjected to long periods of solitary confinement in Argentina. Born as the director’s Master’s thesis in Human Rights, and the seed of a future feature film, it explores the physical and psychological effects of extreme loneliness.

Trailer

Curatorial note:

The short film explores—through a sensory proposal—a not-so-often argued issue: human rights violation in the penitentiary system; and it makes us reflect on the consequences of punishment methods applied to people. This piece recreates a prisoner’s own subjectivity, conveys their physical-emotional sensation, and—through daydreaming—it takes us, at times, to the longed-for feeling of freedom. Mario Manríquez
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