Vivan las Antipodas! (¡Vivan las Antipodas!)
Contemporary World Cinema
Victor Kossakovsky / Feature Documentary / Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Chile / 2011 / 108 min / Colour / HDCAM
In English, Russian, Setswana, Spanish / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Nature, Poetic Documentary
MENA Premiere
Synopsis
A breathtaking, original documentary which views the world upside down by visiting four pairs of locations diametrically opposite to each other on the earth’s surface. The pairs seem mystically connected, somehow united by their oppositeness: a peaceful sunset in Entre Rios and the bustling streets of Shanghai; fields of burning black lava in Hawaii and a village kiosk in Botswana – 8000 miles through the centre of the Earth.
About the Directors
Born in St. Petersburg in 1961, Victor Kossakovsky is strongly connected to the Russian documentary tradition. His debut film was “Losev” in 1989 and his breakthrough came in 1992 with “The Belovs”, a documentary about two mismatched Russian siblings, which won numerous awards. Further films include “Wednesday, 19.07.1961”, “Pavel and Lyalya”, “I Loved You”, “Hush!” and “Svyato”.
Credits
- Director
- Victor Kossakovsky
- Screenwriter
- Victor Kossakovsky
- Producer
- Heino Deckert
- Editor
- Victor Kossakovsky
- Co-Producer
- Leontine Petit, Marleen Slot, Joost de Vries, Gema Juarez Allen, Juan Manuel Egaña
- Music
- Alexander Popov
- Cinematographer
- Victor Kossakovsky
- Distributor
- Deckert Distribution GmbH