Nothing but the Sun
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Spanish | Apenas el sol |
Directed by | Arami Ullón |
Written by | Arami Ullon |
Produced by | Pascal Trächslin Arami Ullón |
Starring | Mateo Sobode Chinqueno Apai Roman Dosape Chinqueno Ayoreo Community |
Edited by | Valeria Racioppi (SAE) |
Music by | Ayoreo Traditional Music |
Distributed by | Cineworx Arami Ullon Cine |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Countries | Paraguay Switzerland |
Languages | Ayoreo, Spanish |
Nothing but the Sun (Spanish: Apenas el Sol) is a documentary film created and directed by Arami Ullón. The film is about Mateo Sobode Chiqueno, an Ayoreo indigenous man from Paraguay who has been collecting Ayoreo voices for over 40 years by using a rudimentary tape recorder: stories, interviews, songs, and rituals.[1][2] It was selected as the Paraguayan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[3]
Mateo Sobode Chiqueno tells the story of the Ayoreo People who were uprooted and relocated in settlements, how their land has been taken violently and they were forced to convert to Christianity. He sees his culture disappearing as consequence, and made it his life work to capture and document the Ayoreo language, traditions, stories, religion, and way of life.[4]
Reception[]
In the mind of the public, indigenous displacement, culture annihilation, and forced conversion to Christianity are historical themes that remain in the past. However, for the Ayoreo people, is the reality, as recent as the early 2000s.[5] The film brings attention to a cruel and current affair, and started conversations that might raise awareness.[6][7][8][9]
Nothing but the Sun was awarded by Fipresci (2021),[10] Rencontres de Tolouse (2021).[11]
Reviews[]
This film has been received positively in documentary film festivals. It has been awarded Best Feature Documentary Award in the Lunenburg Doc Fest (Canada),[12] and BYDGOSZCZ ART.DOC. [13] Film Critics have expressed as follows:
- "Nothing But The Sun (Apenas El Sol) offers a moving requiem for uprooted communities with no possibility of reclaiming the life they once cherished." − Allan Hunter[2]
- "Through a gaze imbued with poetry and respect, Arami Ullón drills deep down inside of her protagonists in search of the truth which lies beyond their words and can be found... truths which have been inscribed in their bodies despite their uprooting." – Georgia del Don [14]
- "I hope our government gets to know this film, about the life of the Ayoreo people and that it will also be known in other countries. I am Mateo Sobode Chiqueno."[15]
- "Nothing But The Sun, the film deals with colonialism, the theft of land and the destruction of an ancient culture. ”It is tackling some of the most urgent questions of our era but this all comes through in an artistically ambitious style." – Orwa Nyrabia [16]
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Paraguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References[]
- ^ "Documentary". APENAS EL SOL.
- ^ a b Hunter, Allan (18 November 2020). "'Nothing But The Sun': IDFA Review (Opening Film)". Screen Daily.
- ^ ""Apenas el sol" representará a Paraguay en los premios Óscar". La Nacion. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Nothing but the Sun". www.idfa.nl.
- ^ Wise, Damon (18 November 18). "Director Arami Ullon Talks About IDFA Opener 'Nothing But the Sun': 'The Film Is About the Loss of Home'". Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ "Ayoreo, the last uncontacted people of the Chaco" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Ayoreo". Minority Rights Group.
- ^ "Ayoreo". www.survivalinternational.org.
- ^ "Disappearing world: Paraguay's Ayoreo people fight devastating land sales | Toby Stirling Hill". the Guardian. 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Movies".
- ^ "Palmarès des compétitions 2021 | Cinelatino". www.cinelatino.fr.
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE: September 30, 2021". Lunenburg Doc Fest.
- ^ "BYDGOSZCZ ART.DOC AWARD GOES TO "NOTHING BUT THE SUN"". BYDGOSZCZ ART.DOC AWARD.
- ^ "Review: Nothing but the Sun". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
- ^ "512 Hours with Marina Abramovic".
- ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (2020-11-17). "IDFA opening filmmaker Arami Ullón: "Parts of Paraguay don't react to any sort of art"". Screen Daily.
External links[]
- 2020 films
- 2020 documentary films
- Paraguayan films
- Spanish-language films