CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE (3D)

“If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?” Cathedrals of Culture offers six responses. This 3D film project allows six iconic and very different buildings to speak for themselves, examining human life from the perspective of a manmade structure. Six filmmakers bring their own visual style and artistic approach to the project. Buildings, they show us, are material manifestations of human thought and action: the Berlin Philharmonic, an icon of modernity; the National Library of Russia, a kingdom of thoughts; Halden Prison, the world’s most humane prison; the Salk Institute, an institute for breakthrough science; the Oslo Opera House, a futuristic symbiosis of art and life; and the Centre Pompidou, a modern culture machine. The movie explores how each of these landmarks reflects our culture and guards our collective memory.

Born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, in 1966. He graduated in architecture and urbanism from the Brasilia University and has a master in theory and history of cinema from the New York University. In the 2000’s, he collaborated with the scripts of movies like Shredded April (2001), by Walter Salles, Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005, 30th Mostra), by Marcelo Gomes, and Lower City (2005, 29th Mostra), by Sérgio Machado. Aïnouz made his debut in feature films direction in 2002 with Madame Satã, screened at the 26th Mostra. He also directed Suely in the Sky (2006, 30th Mostra), I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009), in partnership with Marcelo Gomes, The Silver Cliff (2011), Futuro Beach (2014), Central Airport: THF (2018, 42nd Mostra) and The Invisible Life (2019, 43rd Mostra), winner of Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Film Festival.

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1945. Wenders studied at the Munich College of Film and Television. He is one of the exponents of the New German Cinema of the 1970’s. He directed the features The American Friend (1977, 3 rd Mostra), Hammett (1982, 8 th Mostra), The State of Things (1982, 8 th Mostra), winner of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Tokyo-Ga (1985, 10 th Mostra) and Paris, Texas (1984, 13 rd Mostra), Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival. He also directed Until the End of the World (1991, 16 th Mostra), Nick’s Movie (1980, 15 th Mostra), Ode to Cologne (2000, 26 th Mostra), Land of Plenty (2004, opening film of the 28 th Mostra) and Don’t Come Knocking (2005, 29 th Mostra). In 2010, he designed the poster art for the 34 th Mostra, that screened a retrospective of his filmography, and came back to São Paulo for the opening of an exhibition of his photographs at Masp. He also directed a segment of the film Invisible World (2012, 35 th and 36 th Mostras), produced by Mostra. The Salt of the Earth (2014), co-directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) and Submergence (2017) are some of his recent films.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA