FOCUS: IDEA PT. 2
The Fokus: Idea competition includes films that surprise with their form and approach to the subject. Their authors often use well-known conventions to tell in an unusual way about problems and phenomena seemingly incompatible with a comedy or a musical. They prove that cinema can still be surprising.
Censor of Dreams, dir. Leo Berne, Raphaël Rodriguez (France) 2021, 18’, 16+
Every night, The Censor and his team moderate Yoko’s dreams. Tonight nothing happens as planned. Film presented at e.g. SXSW and Warsaw Film Festival.
Tundra, dir. José Luis Aparicio (Cuba) 2021, 30’, 18+
Walfrido, a lonely electrical inspector, obsessively dreams of the Red Woman. Something tells him she is near. Over the course of a day, Walfrido follows her trail as he travels through the suburbs of an infested city. Film presented at e.g. IFF in Locarno and Sundance FF. Polish premiere.