Night Without Distance

Synopsis

An instant in the memory of landscape: the smuggling that for centuries crossed the line between Portugal and Galicia. The Gerês Mountains knows no borders, and rocks cross from one country to another with insolence. Smugglers also disobey this separation. The rocks, the river, the trees: silent witnesses, help them to hide. They just have to wait for the night to cross the distance that separates them.

Director Biography

Filmmaker and video artist born in Vigo, Spain, in 1983, Lois Patiño has deepened the study of film and art at the New York Film Academy and the Universität der Künste in Berlin, before moving to Barcelona for a master's degree in documentary film at the University Pompeu Fabra. He has directed several short films, exhibited in renowned museums and international festivals. With his first feature Costa da Morte, Lois won the Leopard at Locarno for the best emerging director.