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On the Sea
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On the Sea

Apr 27, 2026
0h 8m
★ 0.0

Overview

A film essay that approaches cinema as a water current, revisiting a body of previous essay films through the recurring image of water—rivers, seas, tides, and flows—to explore cinema as a fluid space of memory, movement, and transformation.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Bolandeira Art&Films

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