Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
Pepe
Film Screening and Q&A
Format
Film Screening and Q&A
Event information
In cooperation with Metropolis Kino Hamburg, we will show the film Pepe (2024) by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, followed by a short Q&A with the documentary and feature film director Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias.
Three hippos are taken from South West Africa to Colombia, then abandoned after their master’s death. They survive, and Pepe is born. His brother kills the father and becomes the patriarch. Pepe confronts him, loses and is banished. In the Magdalena River, he discovers the “two-legged”. He has strange encounters with them — a shadow, a drifting log, an entity from beyond. His ghost tells the story, serious and playful, of beings who died without ever knowing where they were.
The admission fee for the film screening is 9 EUR for regular tickets and 6 EUR for discounted tickets.
Short biography
Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias is a Dominican Filmmaker. He studied cinema at Universidad del cine in Buenos Aires, Edinburgh College of Art, and received his MFA Film & Video at CalArts. His first short film SheSaid HeWalks was awarded a 2009 Scottish BAFTA. His first documentary, The carriage, was included in the major Latin America art exhibition in the US at the Guggenheim Museum. His thesis from Calarts, Santa Teresa y Otras Historias, premiered at FidMarseille winning the Prix Georges De Beauregard. His latest film Cocote was released at Locarno winning the Golden Leopard in the Signs of Life category. He was a beneficiary of the DAAD where he started to develop his new film PEPE, premiered in the 74th Edition of the Berlin International Festival, winning the Silver Bear Best Director.
Location
Metropolis Kino, Kleine Theaterstraße 10, 20354 Hamburg
Language
English
Film: Original sound (Spanish, German, Afrikaans, Mbukushu language) with German and English subtitles.
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Information for participants
This offering is not included in the regular program of the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL. Therefore, a participation fee is required. Further information on payment and registration procedures can be found in the "Event Information" section.