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2018 / 74 minutes

Directed by
Mattijs van de Port
Country of production
Netherlands

A singular anthropological essay film that observes the various nets we find across different contexts in Bahia (from fishing nets to delicate nets of lace), and the emotions and sensations associated with them. It continues to ponder how these nets materialize principles of connection, of filtering and of patterning. As the scope widens to the nets of longitude and latitude that encircle the globe, and of virtual networks like Grindr, Van de Port wonders aloud how connection, filtering and patterning play themselves out in his own life – as a filmmaker, as an anthropologist, as a-gay-man-in-love.

Director Mattijs Van de Port will take part in a Q&A following this screening.

In the 2019 RAI Film Fest Special Interest
Language and subtitles
Brazilian Portuguese and English, with English subtitles
Location(s) depicted
Bahia, Brazil
Region
South America
Country
Brazil
Keywords
Essay film Reflexivity Love

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