Dreaming Arizona

Denmark, Estonia, Norway2022documentary76'Międzynarodowy konkurs dokumentalny (2023)

‘A documentary fantasy played out by real people,’ – is how the director described his film bordering on observation and creation, cinema and theatre. The protagonists are five secondary school students from a town in Arizona and the main theme involves feelings, traumas and dreams of these young people revealed before the camera and on stage. The result is a unique film hybrid, deeply rooted in the place where growing up is marked by insufficiency, violence, environmental degradation and the memory of native residents. At the same time, the picture is a visual masterwork saturated with poetic imagery.