in distribution
Essayfilm
Full HD (4:3), 5.1
19:52 min
DCP
2024
White sand, crystal blue water. Sounds, images and voices are woven into a beach that has been bleached by a chemical plant. For decades, it has been discharging its waste water into the sea, transforming the beach into a white paradise. Over the course of her life, a voice collects memories on the beach and records them on postcards. As the shadow of the factory grows longer and the traces no longer fade, she questions the linearity of her own horizon. Slowly, a toxic smell spreads and she realises that her image of paradise is contaminated. A whale becomes stranded.
Director
Image
Montage
Sounddesign
Voice over
Mentor
Line Producer
Production
Flavio Araujo
Manuel Seiler & Flavio Araujo
Nimue & Flavio Araujo
Emily Jourdan
Andrea Popović
Bernadette Kolonko
Filippo Bonacci
Zurich University of the Arts
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