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Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Yulene Olaizola’s Fogo

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Fogo – Yulene Olaizola

Buzz: Here’s a look at an under-30 filmmaker quietly working her way up in the world. Yulene Olaizola was born in Mexico who just last year produced and directed Paraísos artificiales, a fiction feature that premiered in Rotterdam and went on to win a Best Cinematography award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Having recently finished an Artist in Residency program at the Fogo Island Arts Corporation, it’s clear that she was inspired by this place enough to use it as the subject for her next feature.

The Gist: The deterioration of a small community in Fogo Island is forcing its inhabitants to leave and resettle. Places once occupied by humans are now becoming part of the tundra landscape. In spite of a condemn future, there are some residents who decide to remain, holding on to their memories and grieving for the past, when life in Fogo was different.

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Blake Williams is an avant-garde filmmaker born in Houston, currently living and working in Toronto. He recently entered the PhD program at University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, and has screened his video work at TIFF (2011 & '12), Tribeca (2013), Images Festival (2012), Jihlava (2012), and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Blake has contributed to IONCINEMA.com's coverage for film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and Hot Docs. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Talk to Her), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardennes (Rosetta), Haneke (Code Unknown), Hsiao-Hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Kar-wai (Happy Together), Kiarostami (Where is the Friend's Home?), Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE), Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Van Sant (Last Days), Von Trier (The Idiots)

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