INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
FACING THE WIND
Asian Premiere


SCREEN INFO①
SCREEN INFO②
STORY
Mónica, a 47-year-old dancer, receives a call from Spain: her father is terminally ill. After 20 years, Mónica must return to the village where she was born. When she arrives, her father has already passed away and her mother decides to sell the family home asking Mónica to stay to help her. This is a story of a family unable to communicate and a thoughtful and loving portrait of a traditional rural lifestyle, which is beginning to disappear. But most of all, it is an inner journey to learn again how to live and love better.
CAST
CAST:Mónica García, Concha Canal, Ana Fernández, Elena Martín
WRITER: Meritxell Colell Aparicio / SCREENPLAY: Meritxell Colell Aparicio / PRODUCER: Carles Brugueras / CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aurélien Py, Julián Elizalde / SOUND: Verònica Font, Gaspar Scheuer / EDITOR: Ana Pfaff
DIRECTOR : Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Spain, Argentina, France / 2018 / 108min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.
ORIGIN TITLE : Con El Viento / LANGUAGE : Spanish / World premiered at Berlinale Forum 2018
DIRECTOR

Meritxell Colell Aparicio
“FACING THE WIND” is a fictional film created using a working process similar to documentary. It focuses on the return of a 47-year-old woman, a choreographer, to her hometown after 20 years of absence. Through her relationship with her mother, the film addresses issues of distance, reconciliation, and liberation. It is not a story based on real events, but it is based on real emotions, both mine and the protagonists (Monica Garcia and Concha Canal), two non-professional actors who have done a great job both during the working process and on screen!
As both a filmmaker and a spectator, I am interested in cinema that allows you to inhabit a reality, to live it. I am interested in honest, intimate stories that are simple and true. There is something about them that moves you deeply and transforms you. It makes you look for the right images, the essence of the story. That is what, in my opinion, makes cinema so complex and beautiful. When this happens, a movie can be infinite.
TRAILER
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Line-up

FACING THE WIND
DIRECTOR : Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Spain, Argentina, France / 2018 / 108min / COLOR / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.

A LITTLE WISDOM
DIRECTOR : Yuqi Kang
Canada, Nepal, China / 2017 / 92min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.

THE TASTE OF RICE FLOWER
DIRECTOR : Pengfei
China / 2017 / 95min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.

A HAUNTING HITCHHIKE
DIRECTOR : Heejae Jeong
South Korea / 2017 / 108min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.

HURRY SLOWLY
DIRECTOR : Anders Emblem
Norway / 2018 / 68min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.

STRAY
DIRECTOR : Dustin Feneley
New Zealand / 2018 / 104min / Color / DCP / JPN Sub.

THE CHAOTIC LIFE OF NADA KADIĆ
DIRECTOR : Marta Hernaiz Pidal
Mexico / 2018 / 85min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.

THE SNATCH THIEF
DIRECTOR : Agustín Toscano
Argentina, Uruguay, France / 2018 / 95min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.