Country: Germany
Year: 2008
Duration: 3'
From a window, a man and a women film an old woman who “Diálogo sobre una Imágen was filmed ‘by accident’ last year
is holding a torn plastic bag as she leans against a lamppost.
The sight of the old woman sparks a discussion about the subject
of the documentary. When does someone or something become an
image, crossing the borderline between reality and fiction? When does
the act of filming turn from simply looking into intruding?
in Warsaw. The video is both wretched and beautiful – are they
mocking her? Is it cruel or tender?”
Biography
film director
Joaquin del Paso
Joaquín del Paso (Mexico City, 1986) worked as assistant producer and assistant director for many TV and cinema productions. In 2006 he directed his first short movie, Día Uno, and he participated in a directing workshop at the TV and Cinema School San Antonio de Baños in Cuba. In 2007 he entered the Polish Film School in Łódz and the following year he presented his short Diálogo sobre una Imágen at the Torino Film Festival. His next films have been screened at the major international festivals, including FIDMarseille, the Krakow Film Festival, the Gdynia Film Festival in Poland and the Berlin Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Día Uno (cm, 2006), Diálogo sobre una Imágen (coregia/codirector Martyna Starosta, cm, doc., 2008), Czarna Góra (cm, 2009), Amekska (cm, 2010), Waterdrop (cm, 2011), The Absolute Truth of Thomas Schviefel (coregia/codirector Lucy Pawlak, 2010), Dream of San Juan (doc., 2012), Syjamski (cm, 2013), Maquinaria Panamericana (2016).
Martyna Starosta
Martyna Starosta (Poland, 1983) studied Fine Arts in Berlin. In 2007 her visit to a funeral home to plan her own funeral became the basis for the audio collage Vorsorgen and three documentaries. During a workshop in Iran she made another audio document,
Flirting with Tehran. In 2008 she finished the documentary Magdas Lesson.
FILMOGRAFIA
It’s Today but Not Yet (cm, doc., 2007), How Do You Prepare for Dying? (cm, doc., 2007), Show Me a Trick (cm, doc., 2007), Images of God (cm, doc., 2008), Magdas Lessons (cm, doc., 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia, montaggio, suono, produttori/
directors, screenplay, cinematography, film editing, sound, producers
Joaquín del Paso, Martyna Starosta
directors, screenplay, cinematography, film editing, sound, producers
Joaquín del Paso, Martyna Starosta
