Heart in the Wrong Place / Tener el corazon en el lugar equvocado
A short film which takes us into the world and creative process of Jose Antonio Sistiaga, an artist who paints his films by hand, frame by frame, as if each frame were a canvas. In the artist's home in Ciboure, in his small studio, we discover a world of colour on a table underneath plastic sheets. This is the beginning of some remarkable work. Unique. A magic universe that impregnates roll on roll of celluloid. The film follows carefully his path from the most intimate and private facets of his work to the screenings at La Geode Omnimax Theatre in Paris.

Director: Josu Venero
Country: Spain
Year: 2009
Run Time: 17min

The World According to Ion B / Lumea Vazuta de Ion B
The film starts in 2008. Ion B is a 62 years old homeless man living in Bucharest. When he was young, Ion dreamed of becoming a film director. In the 70’s he started creating collages that he refers to as “my films”. In 2008, a young gallery owner hears by chance about Ion and his works. The homeless man shows him a few old suitcases filled with almost 1000 collages he had made between the 70’s and the 90’s. Only one year later, in 2009, Ion lives in a decent place and has become one of the most important contemporary Romanian artists.

This is a real life story of a genuine artist living at the border of the society and creating art in the real and true sense of it. For himself.

Director: Alexander Nanau
Country: Romania
Year: 2009
Run Time: 61min

In association with the Romanian Cultural Institute

+ Q&A with the director