SYNOPSIS
Eden's Ark is a film poem about memory and preservation. Through a permanent, if discrete, analogy between the conservation of botany and cinema, and by following the footsteps of an ever wandering traveller, the film links the past and future, both mythical, of our efforts to preserve.
Awards
Best Film, Festival Temps d’Images, Lisboa, Portugal, 2011
Best Film, Festival MoveCineArte, Brazil, 2012
Main Festivals and exhibitions
Rotterdam IFF, Netherlands, 2012
DocLisboa, 2011
Jihlava International Documentary Festival, Czech Republic, 2011
Festival Temps d´Images, Lisbon, 2011
Royal Belgian Film Archive Competition - Cinematek Âge d'Or/Cinédécouvertes, Belgium, 2012
Montreal Festival de Nouveau Cinema, Canada 2012
Move Cine Arte Festival, Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2012
Deconstruction of Cinematic Realities, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Russia, 2012
Mostra Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, 2012
Crew
Plot, Screenplay and Directed by Marcelo Felix
Cinematography: Miguel Amaral
Sound: Ricardo Sequeira
Adicional Image: Christine Reech e Isabel Machado
Editing: Marcelo Felix
Voice: Isabel Machado
Production: Christine Reech, Isabel Machado and Joana Ferreira (C.R.I.M.)
Co-produçction: Carolina Dias (Refinaria Filmes) and Alessando Carroli (Kiné)