FILMS

White on White

Alb pe alb

8 films in 1 categories
Viera Čákanyová
Slovakia, Czech Republic
74'


2020
Photo Film

V.O.

Slovak, English

subtitles

Romanian, English

producer

MARINA FILMS


Original Title

Biela na bielej

CATEGORY

ONE WORLD ROMANIA IN TIMISOARA


synopsis

The film is a visual essay about the director’s experience of solitude during the shooting of her previous documentary (“Frem,” shot in 2017 and released in 2019) in Antarctica, the main character of which was an artificial neural network. In “White on White,” the dialogue with artificial intelligence continues, as it approaches themes pertaining to climate change, man’s relationship with nature, technology, art, and the meaning of life. Scenes from her daily routine at the research station are contrasted with lyrical images of the immaculate white of Antarctica and they are completed by the director’s commentary, thus creating an original vision and power of expression. Last but not least, it’s a film which transports you to a new place, in a new manner, which questions man’s relationship with the environment, as well as the hypocrisy of sending a ship with 300 tourists to Antarctica or consuming 300 litres of fuel every day in order to keep the research station going, to study precisely the way we destroy the planet. (Sorana Stănescu)


Q&A  after the screening with Cornel Coco Galescu, climber

awards and festivals

Montreal International Documentary Festival 2021
Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2021
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2020

distributor

MARINA FILMS

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