29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Birds Changed Names and the World Turned Into Iceplay
The Birds Changed Names and the World Turned Into Ice
The Birds Changed Names and the World Turned Into Ice
The Birds Changed Names and the World Turned Into Ice
The Birds Changed Names and the World Turned Into Ice

The Birds Changed Names and the World Turned Into Ice

Mauricio Monterrubio / Mexico, Norway / 2022 / International Premiere / 10 min.


synopsis

The unconventional narrative, saturated with stories transported across the ocean and the experience of emigration to an unknown and hostile environment, is set in the space between Lebanon, Mexico, Vietnam and Norway and in the interval of one century. Narrative leaps, visual and sonic playfulness, and the use of split-screen techniques determine the brisk pace of the narrative, which mixes the comic with the mysterious.

“Why do you want to tell everyone that story? To ask them if they understand what could have happened…”

biography

Mauricio Monterrubio (born 1989) is a Mexican cinematographer and director. As a cinematographer, he has worked on short and feature films, music videos and television series. He works for Contrabajos films. Since 2012, when he made his first short film Andwele/Zumbi, he has also been focusing on his own experimental work.

more about film

director: Mauricio Monterrubio
cast: My Anh Nguyen, Karim Tahir
producer: Mauricio Monterrubio
script: My Anh Nguyen, Mauricio Monterrubio
photography: Mauricio Monterrubio
editing: Mauricio Monterrubio
sound design: Carlos Eligio San Juan Juanchi

contact

Mauricio Monterrubio
immigrantsfilms@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2023
section:Fascinations
language:English, Vietnamese, Arabic
subtitles:English
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Mauricio Monterrubio
original title:Las Aves Cambiaron De Nombre Y El Mundo Se Convirtió De Hielo
country:Mexico, Norway
year:2022
running time:10 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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