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Nicolás Fernández Pérez

Los dos lados de la tortuga
Two sides of the tortoise

Logline
An Islands' diary, told through the sombre but loving portrait of its oldest inhabitants. The Galapagos Islands and their majestic tortoises suffer the same fate of exploitation and disfigurement as the influence of humans on this once pristine and untouched corner of the world develops and devours. This film is the first 'chapter' of an ongoing adaptation of Herman Melville's 1849 novel about the islands, The Encantadas.

– Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss
Talent
Nicolás Fernández Pérez
Role of participant
Sound Designer
Director
Oscar X. Illingworth
Status
finished
Year of production
2024
Running time
12 min
Genre
Experimental
Country of Production
Ecuador
Production Company
Balboa Films
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Festivals and Awards

International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Short Film Competition (Netherlands)

IBAFF - Festival Internacional de Cine Murcia (Spain)

DOXA - Documentary Film Festival (Canada)

Guanajuato Film Festival (Mexico)

Mimesis Documentary Film Festival (USA)

Ultra Cinema (Mexico)

La Surreal (Berlin)

Minikino (Indonesia)