The new ruins

Synopsis
An amateur archaeologist obsessed with e-waste records images and sounds over ten years. His research takes the form of a personal, playful and musical diary, crossing borders and archives. One day, he arrives at an electronic recycling workshop where the ghost of a working poet manifests itself. The search takes an unexpected turn and he sets out, in the company of his cat Pendrive, to explore the links between technology and memory. In times of environmental crisis, overproduction, and acceleration of consumption, he wonders: how will history be written in the future?
Schedule
21 November 2025, 13:00 WIB
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Credits

Manuel Embalse
Buenos Aires, 1991. Member of Antes Muerto Cine Collective, where he’s director, producer, assistant director, editor, sound designer and musician. His first feature film, What I’m doing in this visual world? (2020) was premiered in Festifreak 2020. The new ruins (2024) is his second feature as director, premiered at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight 2024.
Details
2024 Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse | Documentary Feature Competition
2024 DMZ Docs | Frontier Competition
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