SALVAXE, SALVAXE
SYNOPSIS
Salvaxe, salvaxe tracks the Iberian wolf’s presence and absence. A history loaded with mythology, subjugation and extermination made up of images of the natural wild. This film is an anti-documentary about nature: it features scared wolves staring back at the camera and humans who know how to howl. All creatures leave traces in this dance of tracked trackers.
Opera prima, Balearic Premiere.
With the presence of the director.
Why must you see it?
A researcher studies wolf tracks while avoiding detection by humans. With a distinct soundtrack and visuals from cameras set in nature, the film transports the viewer on a sensory journey to decode these tracks, putting them in the shoes of “the others” and bringing them closer to circumstances that no one else sees. A unique contemplation on the imprints we leave behind, with a powerful and informative message. A film to see, listen to, understand, and spread awareness.
Andrea Guzmán
Emilio Fonseca Martín
The filmmaker explores the relationships between humans and non-humans through the pursuit of interspecies justice, the similarities, and encounters between communities of different species that cohabit the planet. Emilio Fonseca is a screenwriter, director, illustrator, animator, and educator in the field of visual arts, who co-founded Walkie Talkie Films in 2008, working with documentary and experimental languages. He is the author of essays on the Anthropocene, simulacrum and deliriums, titled "We Are Plague" and "I Am Wall" (for the series "I Am Camera" of CCCB). He is also the author of the book "Images: A Public Domain" (Various Authors, CCCB, 2020), as well as director of the TV works "Burning the Wildlands" and "Tallers Sonors." He has participated in the art and international cooperation project "Chaco Ra'anga" (AECID), creating “Invisible Green” (AECID, 2016) a documentary comic on eco-social conflicts.
Year: 2024
Country: Spain
Length: 86 min
Language: Spanish, Portuguese
Subtitles: English and Spanish subtitles
Writer & Director: Emilio Fonseca Martín
Production: Xiana do Teixeiro, Sabela Mendoza Fernández
Editing: Emilio Fonseca
