ULTIMA TRANSHUMANȚĂ / THE LAST TRANSHUMANCE & FRACTURES (SHORT)
ULTIMA TRANSHUMANȚĂ / THE LAST TRANSHUMANCE & FRACTURES (SHORT)
BUCHAREST PHOTOFEST, the 8th edition
DIRECTOR: Dragoș Lumpan
2023 / 91 min / Romania / Documentary
Audio & Sub: RO/EN
Filmed in six countries during fifteen years, "The Last Transhumance" takes us into the world of shepherds who walk with their animals very long distances in search for food: an ancient way of life not compatible with the modern world.
Some 10.000 years ago, in the Middle East, man first domesticated sheep, and took them ‘on the road.’ That's what shepherds call transhumance. Their journey measures time and space with tools we have forgotten. People and herds swing between plains and mountains, setting in motion a mechanism that has ticked for thousands of years yet is about to stand still. The transhumance clock stops each time a family of shepherds choose to no longer take to the road. Nevertheless, it keeps ticking through the stubbornness of those who continue to sleep among their sheep under the clear sky – the remaining few who still live under the stars. "The Last Transhumance" film is their story.
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FRACTURES
DIRECTORS: María Kjartans & Vala Ómarsdóttir
SHORT FILM, ICELAND, 2022, FICTION
Fractures / Sprungur is a multimedia piece (a poetic short film and photography installation) written and directed by María Kjartans & Vala Ómarsdóttir. The project was made in Rauðfeldsgjá gorge and its surroundings on Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland, at the beginning of June 2021. The project aims to inform the public about the prejudices, isolation and loneliness many individuals with mental health problems face after illness and how difficult it can be for them to get back into life.
With the project, we hope to bring a new artistic angle to the discussion about mental health and to give people with mental health problems a voice in the fight for equality and the possibility of everyday life without prejudices after recovery.
The character's ideas and voices are based on interviews with these individuals and their families.
Fractures was made in Iceland in 2021 and previewed in the gallery of The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. The film premiered at RIFF - Reykjavik International Film Festival in 2022.
