GUANAPE SUR, a review

photo still from Guanape Sur

Guanape Sur (Italy, 2010. 24’) is a short documentary film about the small island of the same name off the coast of Peru. Humanly uninhabitable, the island is home to hundreds of thousands of birds, resembling something like a Hitchcock film come to life. Despite being an island comprised of rock and bird excrement, two guards live on the island and in the film, two of these guards usher in hundreds of workers to gather excrement in sacks and bring them back to the mainland.

GUANAPE SUR screened after the film A FUTURE WITHOUT OIL (France, 2010) and left audiences stunned and full of question. Beautifully filmed telling the real life story about a horribly inhuman situation, it is a genius work and painstakingly poignant. It leaves the viewer not only wanting more but wondering who the workers are and what the work they are doing exactly is and why.. A fantastic film.

Written by, Vanessa McMahon March 21, 2011

To see an interview with the director of the film that screened before Guanape Sur, A FUTURE WITHOUT OIL, click here:

http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/thessaloniki/a_future_without_oil_intervie...