The Sea Ice

synopsis

The unsuccessful attempt of polar explorer Roald Amundsen to reach the North Pole by air in 1925 is the subject of a unique archival documentary. The footage, shot in the icy wasteland on a 16mm camera, is supplemented by artificial post-synchros imitating the crunching of snow, the rumbling of wind, and other sounds from the end of the world.

“How to represent the conquest of a place that is an absolutely empty geographical abstraction?”

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biography

Sergio H. Martín (* 1983) is a Spanish director and editor based in Mexico City. He makes use of his skills not only in the production of Mexican series, but also as a documentary filmmaker. His short film Los Seis Grados de Libertad (Six Degrees of Freedom, 2019) enjoyed success at festivals in France, Belgium, Poland, and the United States.

more about film

director:	Sergio H. Martín
producer:	Patricia Ordaz, Sergio H. Martín

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