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FISH (IF YOU LIVE IN THE WAY OF THE OCEAN, YOU HAVE TO EAT THE OCEAN)

Laura Pop
Romania, 2023
7 min.

The ocean. As seen from the perspective of Taiwanese fishermen and fisherwomen, and, also, from the perspective of the fish.

There’s much wisdom contained within the fishing aphorisms Laura Pop has searched for in Taiwan and then anthologized in this film. The superstitious spectator will call them ecological epiphanies. The wary one will see in them irrational and poetic ways of resisting the urban alienation of the 21st century. All will recognize their beauty. And no matter how spiritual, the film is based on a fact: the underwater has remained, to a great extent, an image forbidden to culture by nature. Thus, the “surface” documentary sequences from the Taiwanese ports and boats, themselves blurred as document-images, dimmed on the lyrical Super 8mm, allow themselves to be completed by the speculative animation of the below. (Călin Boto)

DATE & LOCATION

Friday, 29th of September | 21:00

Cinemateca Eforie, Strada Eforie 2
Cumpără bilet

Laura Pop

Laura Pop is an award-winning animated film director from Sibiu, Romania. Laura has studied in Romania, France, Belgium and the United States, having obtained a BA in set design, an MA in animated film and currently finishing a PhD in film studies. She is interested in poetic cinema and her films offer philosophical perspectives on the self, the cycle of life and death. Her films have been screened around the world at festivals such as Ji.hlava, Anifilm, AnimaSyros and Animation Nights New York. Laura founded the studio Libelopia in 2020 and is currently working on a new short film.

  • Technical sheet
  • Production and distribution
  • SCRIPT, DIRECTION, ANIMATION: Laura Pop
  • SOUND DESIGN & MUSIC: Ann Kuznetzova
  • EDITING: Diana Rădulescu
  • CINEMATOGRAPHER: Laura Pop
  • LIAISON: Etta Lee
  • VO RECORDING: Ioan Bain
  • SUPER 8 PROCESSING: Ming Wei Lee
  • FISHERMEN: Wang-Shi Chen, Shui-Cheng Hsu, Shih-Kai Chien, Yao-Hsiang Chien, Ching-Te Huang
  • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Laura Pop
  • PRODUCER: Diana Șutea

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