Aphorisms of the Lake "Aforismos del Lago" (2021)

A film by Humberto González Bustillo; 25 min. Venezuela, Argentina / Creative Documentary

"I had to return home after almost two years of being away as another migrant in the Venezuelan diaspora. My ill mother awaits so we can embrace one last time. With my cellphone I shoot everything I see of the city where I lived my whole life -or what is left of it due to the country's crisis- but all these places are just reminiscences of a longed past. Surrounded by family, I feel like I never left. But my home is not there anymore. The images feel adrift, but I insist on finding a new firmament".

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SCREENING / AWARDS

28° Sheffield Doc/Fest (World Premiere) + Best Short Documentary / Best Camera / Best Editing 17° Venezuelan Film Festival + 3° Istanbul Experimental Film Festival + 8° Caracas Doc Festival Internacional de Cine Documental + 41° Minneapolis International Film Festival + 11° Philadelphia Latino Film Festival + Third Horizon International Film Festival 202 + LASA International Film Festival 2022 + Honorable Mention 2° Diego Rísquez Auteur Cinema Awards + 77° Locarno Film Festival - Open Doors Screenings