RESERVE

SPAIN 27 MIN, 2020

RUSSIAN PREMIERE

ABOUT

The wolf no longer inhabits the land that once formed part of its territory, and only through its outlines can we get closer to it; remnants of wolf traps, predator urine imported from the US, a dung-hill used to feed scavenger birds and archers that shoot at replicas of animals. Reserve constructs a story about the fragile balance of a territory after the disappearance of the predator, where the complex co-existence between humans and non-humans presents a distinctly marked anthropogenic ecosystem.

DIRECTOR

GERARD ORTÍN CASTELLVÍ

Studied Fine Arts at University of Barcelona, completed an MFA at Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam) and recently finished the Artists’ Film and Moving Image MA at Goldsmiths University of London, where he is now doing a PhD. He has recently showed his work at LUX (London) and exhibited at Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona) as well as in Tabakalera (Donostia-San Sebastián), Stedelijk Museum Buro of Amsterdam (Amsterdam), Office for Contemporary Art (Oslo), Open (Reykjavík), Seager Gallery (London). His works have been screened in places like the Anthology Film Archives (NY), Zumzeig Cinecooperativa (BCN), Numax (Santiago de Compostela). He collaborates with the artists and filmmaker coop Tractora based in the Basque Country.

OTHER FESTIVALS

• Punto de Vista / Spain
• Cinéma du Réel / Frnce
• Savigliano Film Festival / Spain
• Open City Documentary Festival / UK
• Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival / Mexico
• La Plata International Independent FF FestiFreak / Argentina

SECTION

DOKer 2021 — Short Competition

SUPPORTED

The screening is supported by the Embassy of Spain in Russia, Moscow