Mars, Oman

Belgium2018documentary21'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2019)

Bedouins, camels and sand – this is what a desert landscape usually looks like. It is similar in Oman, but next to nomads, there are astronauts in spacesuits walking on the sandy land. Scientists decided to take advantage of the similarity between the local landscape and Mars and located makeshift experimental stations in the middle of the vast desert. The presence of researchers started to influence the local community and space has become something within one’s reach, also for two young girls wearing hijabs.

directed by
Vanessa del Campo, portret reżysera
Vanessa del Campo

Spanish film director based in Belgium. For her, filmmaking is a way to understand and connect with the world and hence, with herself. She studied film at LUCA School of Arts (Brussels), EICTV (Cuba) and BÀP (Barcelona) and prior to "Mars, Oman", she had directed "Lollies" (2018) and "Pepita" (2019), which had been selected in different film festivals worldwide. Her background as an aerospace engineer links her in a very personal way to her latest film "Mars, Oman" (2019).

cinematography
Vanessa del Campo
script
Vanessa del Campo, Miquel Sureda
music
Rodrigo Martin Munuera
editing
Vanessa del Campo, Karel de Cock
production
Emmy Oost (Cassettes for Timescapes)
Photo
Kadr z filmu Mars, Oman
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