The World Seen and Dreamt: A Collection of Films from Esprito Santo

[Judi Lynn]

The World Seen and Dreamt: A Collection of Films from Espirito Santo presents a historical panorama of the cinema produced in this southeastern state of Brazil from the perspective of preservation initiatives. The nine programmed films draw a pioneering trajectory where some highlights stand out, such as the initiatives of Ludovico Persici, in the 1920s, and the generation of the amateur cinema cycle in the 1960s. From this cycle of short films we present the only ones currently accessible. One of These films, the documentary Heart Surgery in the Holy Spirit ( Heart Surgery in Holy Spirit ) (1967) is being shown for the first time in digital format.
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Only discovered in the 2000s but filmed almost one hundred years ago, Persici's images Were Given the title Family Scenes ( Family Scenes)' after the restoration was complete. However, the film more specifically presents a variety of situations, landscapes, and characters throughout a train trip through the interior of Espírito Santo. Its people, landscapes, and social and political formation would become the subject for a series of documentaries directed by Orlando Bomfim Netto, of whom we are presenting two productions that were filmed in the 1970s and restored in 2017. Relying on public incentives, a generation of young filmmakers would emerge in the 1980s who would help spark new styles of cinematographic language, create new modes of production, and build an authorial filmography in 16mm and 35mm. These filmmakers would forge careers for themselves with the participation of their films in short film festivals in the 1990s and 2000s. This 80s generation will arrive at feature filmmaking together with another emerging generation of the 2010s, whose careers began during the emergence of digital filmmaking technology. This program will feature three iconic films from this late generation of filmmakers, works that stood out in three different decades and that reaffirmed the position of Espírito Santo in the largest trajectory of Brazilian cinema.

The World Seen and Dreamed: A collection of films from Espírito Santo presents a historical overview of the cinema produced in this state in the southeastern region of Brazil, from the perspective of preservation initiatives. The nine selected films draw a path of pioneering spirit in which some essential points stand out, such as the initiatives of Ludovico Persici in the 1920s and the generation of the Amateur Cinema Movement in the 1960s. From this cycle of short films, we provide the only films that are currently accessible. One of them being the documentary: Heart Surgery in Espírito Santo (1967), which is being shown for the first time in digital format.
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Discovered only in the 2000s but filmed almost a hundred years ago, after being restored, Persici's images received the title of Family Scenes. However, the film presents a variety of situations, landscapes and characters, along a train journey through the interior of Espírito Santo. The people, the landscape and the political and social formation of the Espírito Santo society would become the subject of a series of documentaries directed by Orlando Bomfim Netto, from whom we will show two productions, filmed in the 1970s and restored in 2017. Leaning on public incentives, a generation of young filmmakers would emerge in the 1980s, so that they helped to unleash new styles of cinematographic language, thus creating new modes of production and the construction of an authorial filmography in 16 mm and 35 mm. These filmmakers created their own careers through the participation of their films in short film festivals in the 90s and 2000s. This eighteenth generation achieved the achievement of feature films with another emerging generation in the years 2010, whose careers began during the emergence of digital film production technology. In our current schedule, we will showcase three iconic films from this generation of filmmakers. Works that have been present in three different decades and that reaffirm the position of Espírito Santo in the trajectory of Brazilian cinema.

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