W E L C O M E T O C L I M A X ’S V E X H I B I T I O N
W H E R E A R T A N D C I N E M A C O L L I D E
W H E R E A R T A N D C I N E M A C O L L I D E
"CINEMA IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FRAUD IN THE WORLD"
JEAN-LUC GODARD
WELCOME TO C L I M A X 2024'S VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL ART GALLERY VEXHIBITION! IN A YEAR WHERE ART, CINEMA, AND VIRTUAL SPACES INTERTWINE TO OFFER A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, THIS FESTIVAL ENDEAVORS TO NOT JUST SHOWCASE FILMS BUT ALSO TO NAVIGATE THE INTRICATE TAPESTRIES OF THE STORIES THEY CONVEY. WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PROFOUND INSIGHTS INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE, SEEKING TO ENGAGE WITH CONTEMPORARY SOCIETAL ISSUES, OR SIMPLY WISH TO BE IMMERSED IN CAPTIVATING NARRATIVES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE, OUR CURATED FILM BLOCKS PROMISE TO CATER TO EVERY CINEPHILE'S PALATE. DIVE DEEP INTO THE VAST OCEAN OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA AND EXPLORE ITS MYRIAD CURRENTS, RIPPLES, AND WAVES, EACH LEADING TO UNCHARTED TERRITORIES OF THOUGHT, FEELING, AND INTROSPECTION.
HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THE FILM BLOCKS YOU CAN EXPLORE AND IMMERSE YOURSELF IN:
JEAN-LUC GODARD
WELCOME TO C L I M A X 2024'S VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL ART GALLERY VEXHIBITION! IN A YEAR WHERE ART, CINEMA, AND VIRTUAL SPACES INTERTWINE TO OFFER A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, THIS FESTIVAL ENDEAVORS TO NOT JUST SHOWCASE FILMS BUT ALSO TO NAVIGATE THE INTRICATE TAPESTRIES OF THE STORIES THEY CONVEY. WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PROFOUND INSIGHTS INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE, SEEKING TO ENGAGE WITH CONTEMPORARY SOCIETAL ISSUES, OR SIMPLY WISH TO BE IMMERSED IN CAPTIVATING NARRATIVES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE, OUR CURATED FILM BLOCKS PROMISE TO CATER TO EVERY CINEPHILE'S PALATE. DIVE DEEP INTO THE VAST OCEAN OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA AND EXPLORE ITS MYRIAD CURRENTS, RIPPLES, AND WAVES, EACH LEADING TO UNCHARTED TERRITORIES OF THOUGHT, FEELING, AND INTROSPECTION.
HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THE FILM BLOCKS YOU CAN EXPLORE AND IMMERSE YOURSELF IN:
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MADRID VOICES: REVISITING LAST YEAR'S INTROSPECTIVE SOJOURN INTO THE SPANISH FILMIC ZEITGEIST, ELUCIDATING THE INTRICACIES OF THE 2023 MADRID FILM FESTIVAL LAUREATES' AUTEURIAL INSIGHTS.
ALMODOVAR'S GLASSES: INTERNAL WARS, SOCIETAL CHAINS, AND THE RELENTLESS SEARCH FOR SELF AMIDST MODERN CHAOS. SEMANTICS OF AUTEUR CINEMA: TRAVERSING TRAUMAS, DYSTOPIAN DEPTHS, AUTEUR ACHROMATICS, AND FILM'S FREUDIAN FABRIC IN MODERN CINEMA. |
THEY ARE WINDMILLS, NOT GIANTS!: DIALECTICS OF THE UNHEIMLICH AND THE HAUNTING INTERPLAY OF IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL HORROR.
AN ANDALUSIAN DOG: OEDIPAL TENSIONS, FRANKENSTEINIAN REPERCUSSIONS, AND TECHNOLOGICAL REBIRTH SHAPING TODAY'S FILM PHILOSOPHIES. ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: METAMORPHOSIS, MELANCHOLIA, AND MEMORY - THE PSYCHOANALYTIC EXPLORATION OF ANIMATED EXISTENCES. |
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THE BLOOMSBURY CIRCLE: DERRIDEAN DECONSTRUCTIONS AND POST-STRUCTURALIST INTERPRETATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CINEMA.
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IN THIS VEXHIBITION, THE VIRTUAL MEETS THE VISCERAL, INVITING YOU TO EXPERIENCE CINEMA AS AN EVOLVING ART FORM, RICH IN DEPTH, DIVERSITY, AND DISCOVERY. ENGAGE, ENJOY, AND EMBARK ON THIS EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF FILMS.
M A D R I D V O I C E S
I N T E R V I E W S W I T H T H E L A U R E A T E S A N D
J U R Y ' S D I S T I N C T I V E S E L E C T I O N S
F R O M M A D R I D ' S 2 0 2 3 C O N V O C A T I O N
J U R Y ' S D I S T I N C T I V E S E L E C T I O N S
F R O M M A D R I D ' S 2 0 2 3 C O N V O C A T I O N
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| 100m | SPANISH-SPEAKING | | AUTOMATIC SUBTITLES ONLY | DIVE INTO THE WINNERS AND JURY SELECTIONS OF MADRID 2023. "MADRID VOICES" REVEALS THE INSPIRATIONS AND TALES OF THE CREATORS BEHIND NOTABLE FILMS. EXPLORE WORKS LIKE SERZO'S "ARCHIMÉTRICA” AND LAGO'S "A TU VERA”. MEET THE FILMMAKERS DEFINING SPANISH CINEMA. JOIN US TO UNVEIL THE DEEPER NARRATIVES OF MODERN SPANISH FILM. |
DAVID PEÑARANDA
| 12m | Spain | La Casa Del Río | |
PABLO PORCUNA
| 10m | Spain | Sobras | |
LUCA CRISCUOLO
| 8m | Spain | Once Upon A Time Love | |
BERDI LAGO
| 12m | Spain | A Tu Vera | |
ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ OTERO
| 8m | Spain | Amores En Serie | |
JAVIER DAMPIERRE
| 10m | Spain | Pongamos Que Hablo De Ti | |
ANA SERZO
| 8m | Spain | Archimétrica | |
JOSE LUIS SERZO
| 10m | Spain | Archimétrica | |
FERNANDO BONELLI
| 12m | Spain | La Tierra Llamando A Ana | |
VANESSA DORREI
| 10m | Spain | Pongamos Que Hablo De Ti | |
ALMODÓVAR's glasses
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WITH AN ALTERNATIVE VISION, WE DELVE INTO AN ALMODOVARIAN WORLD, WHERE AESTHETICS, THE FEMALE FIGURE, OR SEXUALITY PREDOMINATE IN THIS SECTION OF MORE DARING CINEMA. HERE WE WILL FIND A JUXTAPOSITION OF THE MOST PREDOMINANT FEATURES OF THE SPANISH DIRECTOR, EMBRACING QUEER ICONOGRAPHY, SEXUALITY, AND THE TRANSGRESSION OF SPANISH CUSTOMS, THROUGH THE COHESION OF HUMOR AND TRAGEDY. |
YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT)
| 10m | USA | Zach Siegel | |
PHÉLIA
| 100m | Netherlands | Ella Kalogianni | |
MY FREEDOM
| 106m | Latvia | Ilze Kunga-Melgaile | |
THE LATENT IMAGE
| 82m | UK | Alexander McGregor Birrell | |
YOU, ME & HER
| 89m | USA | Dan Levy Dagerman | |
ELISABETH
| 29m | France | Caroline Tillette | |
semantics of auteur cinema
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DIRECTORS WHOSE VISION REPRESENTS A CINEMATIC MOVEMENT OF THEIR OWN, USING THE VOCABULARY THAT THE SEVENTH ART OFFERS THEM TO CREATE PICTORIAL CANVASES ENDOWED WITH A LIFE OF THEIR OWN THROUGH AN AUTEUR STYLE THAT RIVALS ESTABLISHED ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY SUCH AS VICTOR ERICE, JONATHAN GLAZER, OR JULIA DUCOURNAU. OUR EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE SEVERAL OF THE GREAT PROMISES OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA WHOSE NAMES WILL SOON BE AMONG THE GREAT FAVORITES TO BECOME THE NEXT FASHIONABLE DIRECTORS. |
INTO TEMPTATION
| 20m | USA | Quinn Da Matta | |
CAFE CICATRIZ
| 13m | Chile | Jordan Bahat | |
SOBRAS "LEFTOVERS"
| 11m | Spain | Pablo Porcuna | |
VICTIM OF LOVE
| 94m | Denmark | Jasper Isaksen | |
they are windmills, not giants!
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BECAUSE, AS THE GREAT CHARLES CHAPLIN SAID, "A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED," WE HAVE GATHERED THE BEST DISCIPLES OF THE BRITISH DIRECTOR, MERGING IT WITH THE CHIVALRIC NARRATIVE OF DON MIGUEL DE CERVANTES. IN THIS POT, YOU WILL FIND FILMS WITH A WORLD OF THEIR OWN, HILARIOUS CHARACTERS, AND BIZARRE SITUATIONS THAT WILL RESULT IN A FILM COCKTAIL WITH SLIGHT TRACES OF THE PYTHON UNIVERSE. WHERE I ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL DISCOVER NEW WAYS OF LAUGHING THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED. |
LIFE EXPECTANCY
| 7m | France | Léanne Pfeiffer, Samuel Desert, Maxime Liquard, Enola Durand, Olivier Radola, Maëlys Poulet, Clément Estrade, Quentin Wallaert | |
LOOK TWICE
| 8m | USA | Kyle Wilson | |
AT THE CIRCUIT
| 14m | Belgium | Olivier Van Malderghem | |
TWIN TURBO
| 31m | Estonia | Romet Esko, Raul Esko | |
an andalusian dog
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THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF A FIGURE LIKE LUIS BUÑUEL IS WELL KNOWN, NOT ONLY FOR SPANISH CINEMA BUT ALSO FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE. WITH A KINKY AESTHETIC, DARK HUMOR, AND TINGES OF THE MOST SURREAL CINEMA, THIS POT WILL FEATURE THE MOST REBELLIOUS ARTISTS OF OUR FESTIVAL, DIRECTORS WHO GO AGAINST THE CURRENT TO GIVE THEIR FILMS THEIR OWN SOUL. WITH A DARK ATMOSPHERE, THEY WILL BREAK EACH OF YOUR SCHEMAS TO STAND OUT FROM THE EARTHLY AND ASCEND TO NEW HORIZONS. ARTISTS INCREASINGLY NECESSARY WHOSE EXPLORATION IN A WORLD DOMINATED BY BLOCKBUSTERS IS INCREASINGLY NEEDED. |
THE KNOWING
| 16m | USA | Erin Lovett | |
NO. 8 REPORTING
| 18m | Canada | Aljosha Kilmov, Matthew Lyon | |
THE HOUSE OF LOSS
| 9m | Japan | Jinkyu Jeon | |
MAN WITH SHADOW
| 100m | Slovenia | Ema Kugler | |
CATISFACTION
| 6m | Portugal | André Marques Almeida | |
ARchaeology of the contemporary world
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CINEMA SHOULD PARTLY BE A REFLECTION OF OUR WORLD, A MEANS OF TRANSPORT TO SHOW WHAT WORRIES US, WHAT SCARES US, OR SIMPLY WHAT MUST BE TOLD. IN THIS POT, WE WILL SHOW THE RAWEST CINEMA, WHICH, DUE TO ITS HARDNESS, HITS US WITH EACH IMAGE. WE WILL HAVE THE LUCK TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE, FILMMAKERS COMMITTED TO THE TRUTH AND READY TO GIVE THEIR ALL TO SHOW THE DARKEST CORNERS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. |
IN THE SHADOW OF PALMS
| 12m | USA | Mischa Meyer | |
WHITE WOLVES: GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
| 55m | Germany | Oliver Goetzl | |
EVERY DAY AFTER
| 35m | USA | Elisa Gambino | |
NAKED WOMAN
| 12m | UK | Ross Casswell | |
VISIONS IN THE DARK
| 85m | USA | Flavia Moraes | |
UNDER THE ASHES OF MEKONG
| 20m | France | Emeline Courcier | |
OBJECTIF 2050
| 53m | France | Emeline Courcier | |
the BLOOMSBURY circle AND THE GENERATION OF '27
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JUST AS IN THE BLOOMSBURY CIRCLE, THIS POT COUNTS ON THE MOST AVANT-GARDE AND INTELLECTUAL DIRECTORS OF THE CIRCUIT. THROUGH TRANSGRESSIVE AND INNOVATIVE CINEMA, THEY SEEK TO DESTROY THE HEGEMONY OF THE MOST SIMPLISTIC AND SUPERFICIAL CINEMA OF THE CURRENT FILM SCENE. WITH AUDIOVISUAL WORKS THAT REQUIRE, IN A WAY, BOTH THEORETICAL AND SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO DISMANTLE THE SOURCE OF ORIGIN OF NARRATIVE PLOTS THAT HOUSE WITHIN THEM A SUBTEXT WORTHY OF BEING DEBATED BY LORCA, SALINAS, AND COMPANY. |
IDEM
| 91m | UK | Philip Hamilton | |
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
| 92m | Japan | Haruo Inoue | |
ISOLATED PEOPLE
| 106m | Germany | Mirek Balonis, Jutta Riedel | |
THE ONE WHO SLEEPS ON HIS BREATH
| 109m | Italy | Tommaso Dolcetta | |
A BIRD FLEW IN
| 91m | USA | Matthew J. Palmer, Michelle Marrion, Ben Rekhi, John Rosario, Kaitlyn Schwalje | |
