12-18 November 2018

Optimism

Deborah Stratman

Optimism (Deborah Stratman)

Synopsis

The urge to relieve a winter valley of permanent shadow and find fortune in alluvial gravel are part of a long history of desire and extraction in the Canadian far north.

 

Bio/Filmo

Deborah Stratman (Washington, DC, 1967) is a filmmaker and teacher at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois. Her work was first screened in Spain in 2002, when In Order Not to Be Here competed in the Official Section at l’Alternativa, and she has been a festival regular ever since: in 2009 she won the Best Documentary Feature Award for O’er the Land, and in 2016 she was awarded a Special Mention for her feature The Illinois Parables. She was at l'Alternative in person last year to present a retrospective of her work and to give a masterclass.

Info

  • Country United States, Canada
  • Year 2018
  • Format Digital
  • Running time 15 min
  • Image BW/Colour
  • Language English
  • Subtitles Catalan
  • Production company Pythagoras Film
  • Producer Deborah Stratman
  • Screenplay Deborah Stratman
  • Photography Deborah Stratman
  • Animation Deborah Stratman
  • Editor Deborah Stratman
  • Music Charlie Chaplin
  • Sound Deborah Stratman, Steve Badgett
  • Actors John Steins, Eldo Enns, Simon Mason-Wood, Lance Blomgren, Steve Badgett
  • Contact [email protected]

Festivals

L'Alternativa - Premio Mejor Cortometraje Berlinale Art of the Real Festival NYC Punto de Vista Festival - Mejor Cortometraje

Programme

Tuesday 13, 21.00 h — Auditori CCCB Thursday 15, 17.30 h — Auditori CCCB
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