Manuel Coelho Baptista de Lima Military History Branch
FLORES BY JORGE JÁCOME
Faced with a natural crisis in the Azores caused by an uncontrollable plague of hydrangeas, the Azorean population is forced to leave the islands. Two young soldiers, seized by the landscape’s beauty, guide us through the narratives of those who have left and the inherent desire to resist, and so stay. Through wandering, the film takes on a nostalgic and political reflection on territory and identity, as well as on the role we assume in the places to which we belong.
Fiction / Super 16 mm / 26 min / 2017
Screenplay: Jorge Jácome, David Cabecinha
Photography: Marta Simões
Music: Terry Riley
Sound staging: Marco Leão
Editing: Jorge Jácome
Starring: André Andrade, Pedro Rosa, Gabriel Desplanque, Jorge Jácome
Producer: João Figueiras
Production: Blackmaria
Funding by the Programa de Residências Artísticas
Artes Visuais 2016
BECOME OCEAN
by Miguel C. Tavares
The title comes from the composition by Luther Adams (Become Ocean, 2013) which, in turn, was inspired by a quote by John Cage: “Life on Earth first emerged from the ocean. As the polar ice melts and the sea level rises, we Humans find ourselves facing the prospect that once again we may literally become ocean.”
Become Ocean (2017) is about a memory of a space and a time. It’s about an idea of isolation and the omnipresence of the sea. An exploratory journey between the temporary and the permanent that takes us to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, on a trip around the Azores and a specific project on the island of São Miguel: Two Manifolds by Nuno Pimenta.
Cinematography and editing: Miguel C. Tavares
Music/Sound staging: José Alberto Gomes
Screenplay: Raquel S.
Voice: Joana Carvalho
Colour correction: Rui Manuel Vieira
Graphics: Marta Ramos
TWO MANIFOLDS
Project by Nuno Pimenta
Commissioned by Walk&Talk
2016 Azores