Description
Synopsis:
A film observing the free life of the children of the indigenous Achuar community in the Amazon, who live in the rainforest along the border between Peru and Ecuador. Cutting a path for themselves through the wilds of the jungle with the help of a machete, harvesting the very sweetest fruit, catching an enormous fish – there is always something for them to do on the banks of the Pastaza River. And the smartphones in their hands can hardly compete with the world around them.
* Two prizes, IndieLisboa; Best Experiment in Film – Teen Jury Award, Kaliningrad IFF; Special Mention, “L’Europe autour de l’Europe” IFF
About the director:
Inês T. Alves. Studied Cultural Narratives at the Nova University of Lisbon (FCSH), Santiago de Compostela University (Spain) and Bergamo University (Italy). She also studied Documentary Film at the University of the Arts London, with a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’ Scholarship. Apart from her filmmaker career, she develops film workshops with different communities and all ages. Her short films were exhibited in several film festivals in Portugal and abroad. Waters of Pastaza is her first feature film.