JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

23rd

Expanded Cinema

Sycorax

Director_ Lois PATIÑO, Matías PIÑEIRO

Spain, Portugal 2021 20min DCP Color shorts Fiction

Review

Through cinematization of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the directors study the character of Sycorax and search for an actor who can play the role. Through the process, the two directors come across a new way of filming by combining their talents. [Sung MOON]

CREDIT

DirectorLois PATIÑO, Matías PIÑEIRO
ProducerBeli MARTÍNEZ, Rodrigo AREIAS
ScreenplayLois PATIÑO, Matías PIÑEIRO
CinematographyMauro HERCE
GafferMauro HERCE

Production DesignDiana DIEGUES
MusicHenry PURCEL
EditorJorge JÁCOME
SoundPedro MARINHO, Vasco CARVALHO

CastAgustina MUÑOZ, Diana DIEGUES, Susana ABREU

DIRECTOR

Lois PATIÑO

Born in 1983, Galicia, Spain. His films were screened at major film festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, and Viennale. His most recent works Sycorax (2021) and The Sower of Stars (2022) premiered at Cannes Quinzaine and Berlinale Shorts, and his two features Costa da Morte (2013) and Red Moon Tide (2020) premiered at Locarno and Berlinale Forum. His latest feature, Samsara, premiered in the Encounters section and won the Special Jury Prize at the Berlinale 2023.

Matías PIÑEIRO

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1982. Based in New York, USA since 2011. He is a film director who teaches cinema at Pratt Institute and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola. His latest film you burn me (2023) premiered in Berlinale 2024. He also has worked in film programming. He is currently adapting Francesco Petrarca's Remedies for Fortunes.

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