It Happened Here

Theatrum orbis terrarum

26 min. | Experimental | Pegi 13

A woman is walking around the archeological museum, listening to the story of the burial traditions. Then one's eye meets an endless dark sea, submerges itself for an underwater travel and, lastly, finds itself in a session of magic and incantations.

Salomé Lamas

Salomé Lamas

Salomé Lamas has studied cinema in Lisbon and Prague, visual arts (MFA) in Amsterdam and is a Ph.D candidate in film studies in Coimbra. Her works challenge the apparent boundary between documentary and fiction in the moving image. The director analyses the relation between the narrative, memory and history, she also tries to give an insight of the traumatic experiences, invisible history and colonial violence, always focusing on the human being. The length of her films vary, and her work has been showcased both in art venues and film festivals such as the Netherlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, BAFICI, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Rome Film Festival, Documenta Madrid, Guggenheim Bilbao, Harvard Film Archive, Cinéma du Réel, etc. Lamas was awarded fellowships at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Bogliasco Foundation, MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm, etc.
Languages
Portuguese
Subtitles
English
Original title
Theatrum orbis terrarum
Produced
2013: Portugal

Film information

Director
Salomé Lamas
Producers
Joana Gusmão