Documentary / Video Art - Installation
Spain
O arrais do mar offers a nocturnal radiography of a territory where several simultaneous actions weave a complex relationship between the sea and the coast. The film follows the night journey of the last fishing community practicing Arte de Xávega, a traditional Portuguese technique now close to extinction that has hardly evolved over the centuries. Meanwhile, beneath the immense cliff just meters from the ocean, other bodies wander the terrain in search of casual sexual encounters. The work portrays a space without a center and with little surveillance, where displaced actions find their place.
Director & Writer: Elisa Celda
Cinematographer: Alana Mejía González
Producer: Julieta Juncadella – Una Presencia
Co-production: The Pool ™
Editing: Oscar Vincentelli, Elisa Celda
Sound: Miguel Moraes Cabral
Sound Design: Miguel Moraes Cabral, Oscar Vincentelli
Narrators: Marcelo Tavares, Caio Mahin
Awards and Festivals
International Premiere at IDFA 2020 – International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam
Generación 2020 Award – La Casa Encendida, Fundación Montemadrid
Arché Award – Porto/Post/Doc Film Festival 2019
Part of the exhibition Generación at La Casa Encendida
Shot in Fonte da Telha, Lisbon, Portugal