What I’m doing in this visual world?
Manuel Embalse
Arg. 2020. 64′
What is it like to produce images in 2020 being blind? Zezé Fassmor is a Peruvian multidisciplinary artist who lives in Buenos Aires. He lost his sight at 25 and today, at 32 with the idea of seeing again believing in science and technology, he shoots and takes photos creating his own footage to see those images in the future. We travel to Iguazú Falls, exploring the geography of the senses to film another scene from his imagination.
Performer and camera: Zezé Fassmor
Direction, script, editing and sound design: Manuel Embalse
Producer: Esteban Vijnovich
Director of photography and camera: Joaquín Maito
Assistant director: Nacho Losada
Direct sound and postproduction: Esteban Bellotto
Graphic design and editing assistant: Tatiana Mazú
Color: Daniela Belén Medina Silva
Sound Mixing: Hernán Higa and Alan Fridman
Music: Grupx Perdidx (Juan Crelier, Franco Calluso, Gustavo Obligado, Alan Serué, Manuel Embalse, Pablo Reche)
Animations: Rodrigo Noya
Production and distribution company: Antes Muerto Cine
Project completed with the support of the Biennial of Young Art and the National Endowment for the Arts in 2019.
Festivals
Argentine Feature Film Competition – Festifreak 2020 (Argentina)
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Latexos – Novos Cinemas 2020 (Spain)
Peripheral Alterities – Corrientes no ficción 2020 (Peru)
Ports – Cámara Lúcida 2020 (Ecuador)
Argentine Competition – FICCBA 2020 (Colombia-Argentina)
Argentine Competition – FICE 2020 (Argentina) / SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY /
Latin Panorama (closing film) – 3 Márgens 2020 (Brazil-Paraguay-Argentina)
Non-Fiction Cycle – Ciclo sin mar 2020 (Paraguay)
Feature Films Show – AricaDoc 2021 (Chile)
Documentary feature films – Bannabá Fest 2021 (Panama)
Daylight Neon Nights – Black Canvas 2021 (Mexico)
Feature Film Showcase – MUTA 2021 (Peru)
Argentine Competition – FICCSO 2021 (Argentina)
Feature Film Showcase – BYTE FOOTAGE 2021 (Argentina)
International Competition – PERSO 2021 (Italy) / SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY /
International Competition – THIS HUMAN WORLD 2021 (Austria) / SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE JURY /
Documentary Competition – FAVEPP 2021 (Argentina) / SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE JURY /
Feature Film Festival – RABIA 2021 (Argentina)
Feature Film Showcase – EPA 2021 (Argentina)
In-person screening in Arica – AricaDoc 2022 (Chile)
Behind the fence – Documentary Cycle – CCK 2022 (Argentina)
Argentine Competition – Doc Bahía Blanca 2022 (Argentina) / SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY /
