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Title: Afloat: Monsters and Vineyards
Runtime: 9 min
Country: Portugal
Director: Cesar Alejandro Hernandez
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: June, 2024
Synopsis: Lola Escámez, a contemporary artist has dedicated her life to giving a second life to disused things through art, her latest project includes forgotten and almost extinct grape varieties from Alenquer, Portugal and Benkovac, Croatia. Through art and with the help of the Adega Cooperativa Labrugeira they have created a wine combining two varieties from these two countries. Art with wine, inspired by the second life of the forgotten castes and a representation of the artist’s personal life through the story of Cyclops, Ulysses and Polyphemus (The Odyssey). A documentary filmed in Alenquer, Portugal.