The triple frontier is a montage operation between three countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. In the next year, all three will go through very unique electoral processes. Security cameras, military, and exotic birds; neo-facism is spilling into the south.
Francisco Bouzas
Francisco Bouzas (1989, Argentina/Brazil) completed the Master in Creation coordinated by EQZE, UPV, San Sebastian IFF, and Tabakalera CICC. He has a major in editing from the National University of Arts and has participated as director of the Berlinale Talents BA.
Cinema as Memorial
Reminiscence? What is reminiscence? What is the difference between them and memories? What can constitute a reminiscence and memory? How does reminiscence work? Whose reminiscence? What reminiscence? What memory? Whose memory? When should we reminisce and when should we remember? How do we remember and how do we reminisce?
The films in this year’s Spektrum explore these questions through a variety of approaches, both experimental and traditional in documentary film production.
Instead of contestation, this year’s Spektrum tries to present a range of diverse scores on memory and how we remember. From the very personal to/or at the same time the collective, as well as from the hegemonic to the alternative. Memories and ways of remembering coexist; they can be equally important for us to know or learn. It’s not about finding answers in an instant, but rather as a reminder that we can retain as a critical aid to navigate life now and then.
–Wimo Ambala Bayang
Programmer
Auspicio (2023) addresses the current electoral ecosystem in three South American countries, namely Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. This piece by Francisco Bouzas basks in subtlety, presenting a form of political commentary that feels personal. Political trouble surrounding the three countries which meet in the “Triple Frontier” form the immediate and pressing context–yet Bouzas presents it…
