28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
The Birds Changed Names and the World Turned Into Ice
director: Mauricio Monterrubio
original title: Las Aves Cambiaron De Nombre Y El Mundo Se Convirtió De Hielo
year: 2022
running time: 10 min.
synopsis
The unconventional narrative, saturated with stories transported across the ocean and the experience of emigration to an unknown and hostile environment, is set in the space between Lebanon, Mexico, Vietnam and Norway and in the interval of one century. Narrative leaps, visual and sonic playfulness, and the use of split-screen techniques determine the brisk pace of the narrative, which mixes the comic with the mysterious.“Why do you want to tell everyone that story? To ask them if they understand what could have happened…”
biography
Mauricio Monterrubio (born 1989) is a Mexican cinematographer and director. As a cinematographer, he has worked on short and feature films, music videos and television series. He works for Contrabajos films. Since 2012, when he made his first short film Andwele/Zumbi, he has also been focusing on his own experimental work.more about film
| director: | Mauricio Monterrubio |
| cast: | My Anh Nguyen, Karim Tahir |
| producer: | Mauricio Monterrubio |
| script: | My Anh Nguyen, Mauricio Monterrubio |
| photography: | Mauricio Monterrubio |
| editing: | Mauricio Monterrubio |
| sound design: | Carlos Eligio San Juan Juanchi |
