Synopsis
The Azores islands are located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the meeting point between three colliding continental plates. Volcano: What Does a Lake Dream? draws its energy from this complex tectonic region. Volcanic activity is the central force of this work, both thematically and formally: what begins as a silent documentary on the islands and their inhabitants slowly transforms into an eruptive cinematic experience in which the film itself is in danger of being destroyed. What does a lake lying over a dormant volcano dream of? When we ask it this question, this lake of fire chooses in a compelling way to retreat into the mist and, instead of responding, offers its own prediction that reveals to us what may well be a ghostly image of ourselves.
Johan Härsten
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- Foreign production company : Walk&Talk Azores
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- Screenwriters : Diana Vidrascu, Johan Härnsten
- Director of photography : Diana Vidrascu
- Music Composer : Paul Régimbeau
- Editor : Diana Vidrascu
- Sound recordist : Diana Vidrascu
- Foreign producers : Jesse James, Sofia Carolina Botelho
- Producer : Diana Vidrascu
- Sound editor : Diana Vidrascu
- Visual effects : Diana Vidrascu
- Sound Mixer : Romain Poirier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Experimental, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Environment, Science and nature, Cinema
- Production language : Portuguese
- Coproducer countries : Portugal, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Portugal, France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 21 min
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)