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Eastern Anthems
Matthew Wolkow, Jean-Jacques Martinod
Canada, United States, Ecuador | 2014 | 78´| Colour
SPANISH PREMIERE
Q&A with the filmmaker Jean-Jacques Martinod

An unfinished film is passed along from one friend to another. The dialog between them is a journey crossed by the swarming of the Great Eastern Brood X of periodical cicadas that prophetically emerge every 17 years in the United States, invoking a reflection of a post-pandemic present and our shared futures.

A road movie composed of a chorus of voices (both human and non-human), the warnings of history, the power of nature and rebirth.

11 DEC | 19:00h
Main Theater

Dirección / Direction

Matthew Wolkow (1992, Montreal). Filmmaker and Visual Artist. His works have been screened in important festivals and alternative settings across the globe, including Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire (RIDM), Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Antimatter Media Arts, among others. Eastern Anthems (2024) co-directed with Jean-Jacques Martinod, is his first feature. Jean-Jacques Martinod (1990, Guayaquil) is a media artist, film curator, abyssological researcher, and clandestine anarchivist. Martinod’s work has been showcased in leading festivals, museums and cinematheques, including IFFRotterdam, FIDMarseille, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Mar del Plata, PHI Centre Montreal, the Cinemateca del MAM (Rio de Janeiro), Cinemateca Nacional del Ecuador, among many others. Eastern Anthems (2024) co-directed with Matthew Wolkow is his first feature.

Guión / Script

Matthew Wolkow, Jean-Jacques Martinod

Fotografía / Photography

Jean-Jacques Martinod

Montaxe / Montaje / Edition

Matthew Wolkow

Son / Sonido / Sound

Alex Lane

Música / Music

David Rothenberg

Productores / Productores / Producers

Matthew Wolkow

Festivais / Festivales / Festivals

Camden IFF 2024 (United States). Cinematic Vision Award, RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival- 2024