Aqueronte

Synopsis

A group of ferry passengers cross a river from one bank to the other. Some wrap themselves in silence and observe their unfamiliar companions or contemplate the scenery, while others chat to pass the time. Fog, laughter, whispers and faces inhabit a floating, suspended space. And then the journey itself seems to expand, the other shore is postponed, the magnitude of space is blurred. Motion itself is perhaps the only certainty.

Biography and Films

Manuel Muñoz Rivas (Seville, 1978) is a filmmaker based in Spain. When not directing his own films, he works as a screenwriter and editor on other people’s, including Dead Slow Ahead, Blanco en blanco o Eles transportan a morte, among others. His first feature film El mar nos mira de lejos was premiered in 2017 at Berlinale, in the Forum Section, and was shown at several international film festivals, including l’Alternativa, where it won the Critics Award. His short film Con el viento (2009) also played at l'Alternativa. In 2021 he was invited to the festival to programme films in the parallel section _{Satellites: Manuel Muñoz Rivas} and to give the masterclass _{Two-Way Transformations: Filming as an Urge, Editing as an Exercise in Active Listening}.