OMI NOBU (THE NEW MAN)

Carlos Yuri Ceuninck
Cape Verde 2022 I Original Version with English subtitles I 64 min
In the presence of the director

SA 16 NOV
19:30 SINEMA TRANSTOPIA

For over 30 years, 77-year-old Quirino has been the only inhabitant of the ghost village of Ribeira Funda. He spends his days thinking of the sea and the majestic mountains that surround his house, and keeps his head above water by fishing and growing vegetables. His only company is a rooster, a few sparrows and a battery-powered portable radio that connects him to the outside world. In view of his advancing age and uncertain future, he begins to wonder whether it might not be time to leave the village…

CARLOS YURI CEUNINCK is from Santo Antão, Cape Verde. He studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba, specializing in documentary filmmaking. Ceuninck is an alumnus of the Hot Docs Blue Ice Group, the EFM DocSalon Toolbox program (Berlinale) and the SDI Connecting Stories program (Scottish Documentary Institute).