SPONSOR
The Bell Tower
EDUCATION PARTNER
U-M Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
DONOR
Francyne Stacey
Dor (Longing)
Jannes Callens
Bistrita, Romania | 2021 | 53 | DCP
A cinematic and existential encounter between Belgian-Romanian Stefan Gota and a group of young shepherds. Gota returns to his native Romania to make a fresh start as a shepherd. Jannes Callens’s film moves at the same pace as a pasture crossing, between expedition, pause, and contemplation. Striking images of this profession merge with existential considerations. How can you guide a flock when you’re a little lost yourself?
Presented with short in competition
Half Wet
Carlos Irijalba
Oaxaca, Mexico | 2022| 18 | DCP
Our character Wuicho, a swimming pool cleaner, lives in Oaxaca, Mexico, in a dystopian future where the seas have acidified and swimming in them is no longer suitable for humans. Tourists have left and only indigenous Chatino is spoken.