Direcciones (Addresses)
Published via The New Yorker Documentary
2023, Single-channel HD Video, Super 8MM Film, 16mm Film, GIS Maps14”22’
Directed and written by Maria Luisa Santos and Carlo Nasisse | Produced by Natalia Quesada | Music by William Maxwell | Sound Design by Carlo E. Aguilar Herrera | Editing by Maria Luisa Santos | Cinematography by Carlo Nasisse | Sound Editing by Alejandro Cabezas | Poster Design by Natalia Ruiz
In Costa Rica there are no street addresses. Or they may exist in some government office, but the people have steadily resisted any effort to develop a centralized system. Instead, an address contains a series of directions in reference to various landmarks. In this film, a Costa Rican woman who has always felt a pressing anxiety by this lack of order tries to understand its origins. In doing so she discovers a larger story about human memory and place.
Awards
San Francisco Film Festival- Winner, Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary Short
New Orleans Film Festival- Best Short Documentary- Special Mention
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival- Nominated, Best Mini Doc
Athens International Film and Video Festival- Winner, Research Award
Mountain Film Festival- Honorable Mention, Best Documentary Short
Guanajuato International Film Festival- Nominated, Best Documentary Short
Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival- Honorable Mention, Best Short Film
Screenings