The new ruins
Manuel Embalse
ARG. 2024. 89’
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?
Written and directed by Manuel Embalse
Produced by Joaquín Maito
Edited by Tatiana Mazú González and Manuel Embalse
Sound design and direction of photography by Manuel Embalse
Direct sound: Esteban Bellotto Kuzminzky, Alan Serué y Manuel Embalse
Sound postproduction: Diego Martínez (A.S.A)
Color postproduction: Daniela Medina Silva
VFX: Stefano Storchi
Graphic design: Tatiana Mazú González and Joaquín Maito
Assistant producer: Esteban Vijnovich, Alejandro Schonfeld and Florencia Azorín
Script mentorship: Nacho Losada
Voice over mentorship: Francisco Bouzas
Music: Lost Group (Alan Serué, Julián Galay, Gustavo Obligado, Franco Calluso, Pablo Reche, Manuel Embalse)
Production and distribution company: Antes Muerto Cine
With support of INCAA, Buenos Aires Youth Art Biennial, Berlinale Talents Latinoamerica, LABEX Argentina, TransLab – Transcinema, FIDOCS Docs In Progress, National Endowment for the Arts, Cultural Patronage of BsAs, Informatics Museum of Buenos Aires and Recycling Cooperative “Dignity and Work”.
Festivals
MoMA’s Festival of International Nonfiction Film and Media – Doc Fortnight – United States – 2024
