Festival ECRÃ
of Experimental and Art and Cinema
THE SHAPE OF WHAT IS TO COME
A SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
J.P Sniadecki and Lisa Marie Malloy
United States
2020
Film
Long
Sundog lives in the Sonoran Desert, on the Mexican border. He is an elderly gentleman who lives off whatever the brutal nature gives him, be it a wild boar or a psychedelic poison frog. But Border Patrol agents are threatening the peace in Sundog's desert kingdom, and the armed recluse is prepared to defend it. The film shows the relationship between humanity and nature at a critical moment, when civil disobedience is a provocative answer to the most important questions. CPH Dox 2020 selection.
general information
edition
4th ECRÃ Festival
venues
online less in the United States and Canada / not in United States and Canada
duration in min
77
date and time
20-30 August
premiere
Latin Premiere
indicative classification
12 years
conversation/chat
tags
trailer/teaser/excerpt
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J.P Sniadecki and Lisa Marie Malloy
John Paul (J.P) Sniadecki is a filmmaker and anthropologist whose films have received numerous awards, including the 2009 Joris Ivens Prize for Demolition and two Leopards at the 2010 Locarno Film Festival for Foreign Parts (co-directed with Verena Paravel). He works between China and the United States and is the founder and co-curator of Emergent Visions, a film series that showcases independent cinema from China. He directed El Mar La Mar, which screened at 2° ECRÃ.
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Lisa Marie Malloy is an artist dedicated to engaged modes of filmmaking. Her first film, A Shape of Things to Come, premiered at CPH:DOX in 2020. In addition to her artistic endeavors, Lisa is involved in building community centers dedicated to reclaiming “third landscapes” in urban and rural spaces as potential sources of sustainable food security, responsible resource use, and community building.
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