Adriana Lestido

Between January 2019 and May 2020, Adriana Lestido undertook a journey, without company or assistance, through the Arctic Circle and the Svalbard Islands, a frigid and inhospitable region shared by Norway and Iceland. During those months, Argentine photography recorded, in all its splendor, a still unknown ecosystem.

In a small coastal town, a group of people isolated during the COVID quarantine seek solace and meaning in poetry in the face of death, while clinging to the fantasy of rebuilding their shattered lives. The film intertwines reality and dreams, exploring cinema as a refuge and reflecting on human nature and the power of art to transcend despair.

Adriana Lestido is an essential artist in Argentine photography, with a loving and committed gaze on captivity, motherhood and the most primitive impulses. This is her portrait, made from the intimacy of friendship, in her search for new paths and her desire for transformation and growth.