Masters of Dox

Walls Can Talk

Carlos Saura
Screening time  
28.03. / Tuesday, 17:30 - 19:30 Theatre 1  

Multi-awarded director Carlos Saura tries to answer questions that linger since humankind decided to express itself through pictorial art and how this relates to the modern world. When did the Human Being decide to transcend? What originated its passion to communicate? Is painting on walls a vital necessity to record the passage of men and women through this world? Who can be a creator? Going from the Cave of Lascaux (regarded by many as the master work of Human Creation) to Urban Art from artists that painted facades all over the world, this documentary will keep your head rumbling not only long after the lights are out but next time you walk by street art and start relating to it in ways you never did before.

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Carlos Saura

Acclaimed director Carlos Saura portrays the evolution and relationship of art with the wall as a creative canvas, travelling from the first graphic revolutions of the prehistoric caves to the most avant-garde urban expressions. A thrilling and personal journey in the company of figures including Miquel Barceló (the first contemporary artist still alive to expose his work at the Louvre) or Suso 33 (a reference within the Graffiti and Muralism worlds) among many.

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Las paredes hablan

Spain
2022, 75'

Directed by:
Carlos Saura

Screenplay by:
Carlos Saura, José Morillas

Cinematography:
Juana Jiménez AEC, Rita Noriega AEC

Edited by:
Vanessa Marimbert

Music:
Alfonso Aguilar

Producers:
María Del Puy Alvarado, Anna Saura

Produced by:
MALVALANDA

Festivals & Awards:

Cinelatino Minneapolis Saint Paul FF (2022), Tallinn Black Nights FF (2022), Festival Internacional De Cine De San Sebastian (2022), Mostra De Sao Paulo (2022), IFFOf India Goa (2022), Festival De Sevilla (2022), Master Of Art FF (2023), Festival De Cine De Punta Del Este (2023), Festival De Cine Global De Santo Domingo (2023)