18 - 23 September 2007 Amsterdam
De Balie | Melkweg | Studio-K | UvA
Short films block Fantasy: "El ojo fantástico"
Sunday 23 September
18.00 hrs, Studio K, total running time: 91'

This theme block presents a visual dialogue where the imaginary gives rise to fantastic reinterpretation of the Mexican universe with the use of different film techniques.

La invención de morel
The Invention
Andrés García Franco, 2006, 27'
In a fantastic jungle, a fugitive falls in love with a projection of Morel´s cinematographic invention. In order to get her, the fugitive must understand cinema mechanical quintessence.

Quimera
Chimera
José Luis Valle, 2006, 20'
A man about to be executed asks for a miracle: he wants time to stop. The miracle occurs. Then he writes a story where he tries to elude death, but death catches up with him in real life and in fiction.
Proyecto Panorama
The Panorama Project
Silvia Lucero, 2006, 18'
Nico is driving her car with difficulty, with her sister´s cadaver next to her. Then an accident happens and she goes into a state of coma. Twenty years later, Nico awakens and starts to walk through her own labyrinth.

NIA
Francisco Rivera, 2006, 27'
NIA´s raises a series of questions on the reality through the eyes of the protagonist, a humandroid that dramatically discovers it has created life and her capacity to alter the reality.