2024 – 11ª EDIÇÃO
🏆 PRÉMIO COMEÇAR A OLHAR COMEÇAR A OLHAR – SCHOOL FILMS AWARD
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MY MOTHER, THE SEA
Aspasia Kazeli
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MY MOTHER, THE SEA I MITERA MOU, I THALASSA
Aspasia Kazeli
Estónia, Grécia · Anim. · 2022 · 6’
O processo de luto de uma filha que perdeu a mãe. Uma viagem de três anos captada como uma tessitura de dois caminhos paralelos: a viagem da mãe para a vida após a morte e o processo de luto da sua filha. Enquanto a primeira passa pela sua transição, a segunda é transformada pessoal e emocionalmente para sempre.
The grieving process of a daughter who lost her mother. A three year journey captured as a weaving of two parallel paths: the mother’s journey to the afterlife, and the grieving process of her child. While the former goes through her transition, the latter is personally and emotionally transformed forever.
Argumento Screenplay Aspasia Kazeli
Produção Production Estonian Academy of Arts
Fotografia Cinematography Aspasia Kazeli
Montagem Editing Aspasia Kazeli
Música Music Bruno Quast
Direcção de Arte Art Director Aspasia Kazeli
Som Sound Bruno Quast
Distribuição Distribution Lyza Jarvis
Escola School Estonian Academy of Arts
Melhor Filme de Escola Estranho, T-Short Animated FF, Alemanha | Melhor Animação, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, EUA | Melhor Filme, Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Grécia | Menção Honrosa, Aigio Intl Short FF, Grécia
Director’s Note
Nothing can express how one feels in dealing with the death of their mother. Grief is a dream-like state, fluctuating between existing and dissolving. There is no logic. It is a dark journey of circular emotions and tears become the gateway to temporal relief. Baptised in these tears and purified. Water is inside the body and the body is surrounded by it. It is the source of life that symbolises circulation, transition and metamorphosis. As the water’s flow is unpredictable, so is a personal journey of grief. This film is an internal exploration and a way to externalise this experience. It is a therapeutic pathway to express the grieving process of my mother’s loss and create a continuity of her eternal existence within me. She was my bravest warrior and I will always carry her with me.
