PROJECT: THE SEE STARES AT US FROM AFAR
PARTICIPATION: Co-Produced by 59 en Conserva.
TEAM:
In co-production with Azhar Media, El Viaje Films and CTM Productions.
Director: Manuel Muñoz Rivas
Cinematography: Mauro Herce
Editing: Cristóbal Fernández, Manuel Muñoz Rivas, Pablo Gil Rituerto
Sound: Joaquín Pachón, Jeroen Goeijers, Manuel Muñoz Rivas
DCP Dolby 5.1. Spain-Netherlands. 2017. 93 minutes
Documentary / Fiction (Hybrid)
Shooting location: Andalusia, Spain
Language: Spanish
Funding: MEDIA Development Fund | ICAA Spanish Film Institute | Netherlands Film Fund | Andalusian Film Fund | Canal Sur | Abycine Lanza Post-production Award
Trailer available here
Abycine Lanza Award - Work-in-Progress
World Premiere: Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale Forum
Awards: Best Documentary Film - Cinespaña Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Toulouse
Deluxe Award - Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla SEFF
Critics's Award for Best Feature Film - L'Alternativa
Night Awad - Festival International Signes de Nuit
6 ASECAN Awards Nominations:
Best Documentary Film
Best New Director
Best Production
Best Sound
Best Script
ASECAN Award - Best Documentary Film
Ricard Leacock Award - LPA International Film Festival
Jury's Special Mention - MiradasDoc
Festivals: Berlinale | Hong Kong International Film Festival | Festival Lima Independiente | Cinespaña | Pravo Ljudski Film Festival | Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla SEFF | FIDOCS | L'Alternativa | Cineuropa | Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote | Festival International Signes de Nuit | MiradasDoc | Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM | Las Palmas International Film Festival | Fajr International Film Festival | Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Realizadores FIJR Granda | LA OLA
Others: Theatrically released in Spain by Noucinemart | Acquired by Mubi USA | Acquired by Cinemateca Uruguaya
Synopsis: The legend of an ancient and forgotten civilization lies buried under a large expanse of dunes. For more than a century, several travelers have reached this remote and desolate territory looking for traces of ancient inhabitants, ruins of a city, or perhaps a sort of lost utopia. Unaware of these myths and the romantic delusions of archaeologists and adventurers, a few men, barely visible among the dunes, inhabit today in solitude that place facing the sea.
