Carlos Tapia González
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Biography
He is a Mexican film director and cinematographer born in Guadalajara. He graduated from the School of Art & Design of Lausanne (ECAL/Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne). Carlos Tapia González is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. His short film, SATAN, competed at numerous international film festivals around the world. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Semaine de la Critique official program in 2019. As a cinematographer, he has worked on numerous short films, including Nora Longatti’s CHUTE, which was awarded the Pardino d’Oro at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival.
Known For
In an anonymous city, a person collapses, appearing to have lost consciousness. Some strangers pass by, others embrace her. In a solitary quest for intimacy, blinded by a world of indifference, her gaze, her body are staggering.
Strangers
How does it feel to be alive? Bloc B is the setting for nine encounters, somewhere in the satellite city “la Bourdonnette”, in the outskirts of Lausanne. The film was written for some of their residents and their neighborhood. In order to know what it feels like to be alive.
Block B
She scrolls through profiles on a dating app. After meticulously preparing the meeting place, a man arrives.
Tinderboys
Every day, Tiago goes into his garden to feed the crocodile that killed his brother.
Satán
Vakıf, a 60-year-old Kurdish man who grew up in a nomadic tribe in the mountains of southeast Turkey, recalls moments from his youth that have shaped his life. He takes us back to his idyllic childhood with his mother, his first love found in a cotton field and lost in the woods, and the mistreatment suffered at the hands of the police, in a cold and dark place.
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying
The power plant has been closed down for a while, but one of the turbines is still running. A solitary worker, who’s most likely dedicated all of his life to this big dying monster, is finally forced to face reality. He’s got only one friend − his big black and white canine companion. Almost with no words and with a great irruption of archive material, Julietta Korbel portrays this man and the Chavalon power plant with the gentleness of who’s shooting a real-life documentary subject.