WE MUST BE DREAMING
Trilogy
(BE/BR, 2016, 60’35”, non-fiction, VO PT ST ENG/ESP)
(BE/BR, 2019, 53’39”, non-fiction, VO PT ST ENG/ESP)

Abstract: “One World, One Dream”. “For The Game, For The World”. “All in One Rhythm.” The World Cup and the Olympic Games usually announce themselves in terms of dreams and opportunities for the people of the host country. This film trilogy takes three different points of departure to go in search of what the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games have brought to the lives of the people of Rio de Janeiro and to what degree the biggest sport events of our planet have brought the dreams and opportunities they promise.

A film trilogy by David Bert Joris Dhert
With the support of Pascal Decroos Fund and Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)

TRAILER 1 / TRAILER 2

“A lo-fi cinema masterpiece that presents the sport event industry’s promise for change as a groteque farse.”
(The Exile Room – Athens, Greece)

“Percutant. Voilà la première pensée qui nous vient à l’esprit lorsque nous écoutons ce film qui nous emmène derrière les coulisses des Jeux Olympiques et la Coupe du Monde de la FIFA à Rio.” (Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Québec – Montréal, Canada)

SCREENINGS
(film I. We Must Be Dreaming)
25.03.’17 – Ancestral land, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
21.04.’17 – Sphinx cinema, Gent, Belgium. (info)
24.04.’17 – Festival de Cine Fútbolero film tour, Bogotá-Medellin-Calí-Caracas, Venezuela/Colombia.
18.05.’17 – Cinema Nova, Brussels, Belgium.
28.05.’17 – Southend-on-Sea Film Festival, UK.
19.06.’17 – IVSA 2017 International Visual Sociology Conference, Montréal, Canada.
12.10.’17 – Native Spirit Film Festival, London, UK.
26.10.’17 – Viscult International Documentary and Ethnographic Film Festival, Finland.
27.10.’17 – Afghanistan International Human Rights Film Festival (*****semi-finalist), Kabul, Afghanistan.
22.11.’17 – Athens International Ethnographic Film Festival (*****opening film), Greece.
29.11.’17 – Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, Washington DC, US. (info)
31.11.’17 – Mediterranean Film Festival, Siracusa, Italy.
27.01.’18 – Antropofest, Prague, Czech Republic. (info)
06.04.’18 – Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Québec, Montréal, Canada.
07.05.’18 – Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival, Vienna, Austria.
17.05.’18 – Ecocine Film Festival, Zaragoza, Spain.
19.05.’18 – Ecocine at Cine Golem, Pamplona/Iruña, Spain.
30.05.’18 – Encuentro Multidiciplinar de los Pueblos Indígenas 2018, Middelburg, Netherlands.
05.06.’18 – Cinema Westend, Evergem, Belgium.
07.06.’18 – Mostra Internacional de Cinema Etnográfico, Santiago, Spain.
19.06.’18 – Ciclo de Cine Documental Brasileño, Castilla y León, Spain.
25.06.’18 – DOK / MEER#1, Gent, Belgium.
17.07.’18 – 18th International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences World Congress, Florianópolis, Brazil.
23.08.’18 – 12° Muestra de Cine Indígena, Santiago, Chile.
25.09.’18 – Days of Ethnographic Cinema, Moscow, Russia.
04.11.’18 – Film Series – Weltmuseum, Vienna, Austria. (info)
(film II. The Village Resists)
05.12.’19 – 11th Athens International Ethnographic Film Festival, Greece. (info)
06.03.’20 – Ancestral land, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
09.06.’20 – 5th International Environmental Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (info)
01.12.’20 – Festival Internacional de Cinema con Medios Alternativos, Mexico City, Mexico.
25.02.’21 – Kultura Con Festival, Luanda, Angola.
19.06.’21 – 15th SIEF ’21 Congress (‘Breaking the rules: power, participation and transgression’), Helsinki, Finland.
07.07.’21 – Sole Luna International Documentary Film Festival (*****audience award), Palermo, Italy. (info)
15.09.’21 – Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival, Algonquin territory, Ottawa, Canada. (info)
17.09.’21 – OKO Film Fest, Krynychne, Ukriane (*****jury award) (info)
05.10.’21 – TIEFF 2021, 11th Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, series of 5 screenings: Taipei, Taitung, Taoyu, Taichung, Taipei; Taiwan. (info)
17.10.’21 – XIII Festival de Cinema Indígena de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. (info)
28.11.’21 – 11th Matera Sport Film Festival (*****award best film), Matera, Italy.
17.12.’21 – 2021 DOCA International Documentary Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
28.07.’22 – XV Festival Internacional de Cinema Polo Sur Latinoamericano, Punta Arenas, Chile. (info)
20.10.’22 – IV Festival Internacional do Filme Etnográfico do Pará (Prêmio Jean Rouch), Belém do Pará, Brasil. (info)
12.03.’23 – Quetzalcoatl International Indigenous Film Festival (*****honorable mention), Mexico.