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Vivan las antipodas
  • Director
    Victor Kossakovsky
  • Producer
    Heino Deckert
  • Production company
    Deckert Distribution GmbH
  • Director of photography
    Victor Kossakovsky
  • Editor
    Victor Kossakovsky

Vivan Las Antipodas!

Ať žijí protinožci, Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands, 2012, 108 min, Society
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What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center of the earth, since the two places are antipodes: they are located diametrically opposite to each other on the earth's surface. During his visits to four such antipodal pairs, the award-winning documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky captured images that turn our view of the world upside down. A beautiful, peaceful sunset in Entre Rios is contrasted with the bustling streets in rainy Shanghai. People who live in a wasteland are connected to people dwelling next to a volcano. Landscapes whose splendor touches the soul are juxtaposed with the clamor of a vast city. These antipodes seem mythically connected, somehow united by their oppositeness. Kossakovsky's movie is a feast for the senses, a fascinating kaleidoscope of our planet. VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! - Long Live The Antipodes! What is happening on the point of the earth diametrically opposite to where we are now, what awaits us there? Fascinated by this question, Victor Kossakovsky conducted an experiment, and in the course of his unique project visited four coupled antipodes - in Argentina and China, Spain and New Zealand, Chile and Russia, Botswana and Hawaii. Thanks to a keen sense of the magic of his eight locations, Kossakovsky captures unforgettable images. He follows the menacing glow of a volcano's lava, contemplates the majestic flight of a condor, documents human attempts to rescue a stranded whale. A sunset in Argentina's Entre Rios is juxtaposed with rush hour in Shanghai. Tranquil silence and amber light contrast with noisy industriousness and metallic hues. The movie approaches its subject playfully, and Kossakovsky's deployment of the camera is innovative: the earth's surface bends right in front of our eyes, images upside down.
Director:
Victor Kossakovsky
Producer:
Heino Deckert
Editor:
Victor Kossakovsky
Director of photography:
Victor Kossakovsky
Screenplay:
Victor Kossakovsky
Languages:
English, Russian, Spanish
Subtitles:
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Mayahuel Award - Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival 2012, Mexico
European Film Awards 2011, Germany
One World 2012, Czech Republic
Doha Tribeca Film Festival 2011,Qatar
Venice IFF 2011, Italy
Best Full-Length Documentary - Message to Man IDF St. Petersburg 2011, Russia
DOK Leipzig 2011, Germany
Bergen IFF 2011, Norway
Mar del Plata IFF 2011, Argentina
Docpoint IDF Helsinki 2012, Finland
DocsBarcelona 2012, Spain
Documentary Fortnight Museum of Modern Art New York 2012, USA
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias 2012, Colombia
ZagrebDox 2012, Croatia
True Vision Award - True / False FF 2012
SXSW IFF Austin 2012, USA
WWF Award for the Best Film in the Habitat Section - Thessaloniki IDF 2012, Greece
Sofia IFF 2012, Bulgaria
Vilnius IFF 2012, Lithuania
Play-Doc IFF Tui 2012, Spain
Eurodok IDF Oslo 2012, Norsko
Ljubljana Doc FF 2012, Slovenia
It's All True IDF Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro 2012, Brasil
San Francisco IFF 2012, USA
Visions du Réel Nyon 2012, France
Houston Latin Wave FF 2012, Switzerland
IndieLisboa IFF 2012, Portugal
Hot Docs Toronto 2012, Canada
Trento IFF 2012, Italy
DOXA Vancouver 2012, Canada
Planete Doc Review Warsaw 2012, Poland

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