(OPEN AIR) Bacurau

Previous to the screening of Bacurau:
Castillo y el Armado
Pedro Harres, Brazil,  2014, 14 Min., Spanish with English subs, digital

The fictional town of Bacurau is hit by a series of extraordinary events that threaten its existence and the lives of its inhabitants. UFO’s, the disappearance from geolocation systems, the loss of access to water due to corrupt infrastructure projects, and a group of armed hunters from the US intent on exterminating everyone in the town. Through self-organization and determination, the impoverished inhabitants of rural Bacurau unite to resist all threats by collectively confronting their adversaries. Bacurau depicts this anti-colonial struggle using the aesthetics and narrative techniques of classic US westerns, resulting in a gripping film, with strong socio-political commentary, that has caused more than one cheer during its screenings. (GR)

Castillo y el Armado tells the story of Castillo, a young dockworker who lives in the coast between Brazil and Uruguay. He divides his time between the carpets he has to carry, his family and a fishing rod at the pier. On a windy night, he faces his own brutality on the line of the fishhook. A short animated film produced by Otto Desenhos Animados in 2014. Pedro Harres is the scriptwriter, director and editor of the project . The story is based on facts of the life of Ruben Castillo, the art director of the film.