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"An Island, a poem, a dream. Disappearance and reappearance of a whistled language, the Silbo. Silabario recounts the history and transmission of this miraculous patrimony from the island of La Gomera.

Filmmaker and editor who trained at ECAM (Madrid School of Cinema and Audiovisual), Marine de Contes works both in documentary and in fiction, her films and video installations address both ecological and social themes. Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts, after having been selected for an artist’s residence at Casa de Velázquez in 2019-2020 where she made the short film “Silabario” in the Spanish whistled language and developed her project for a feature film. In 2018 her previous film, “Les Proies” was awarded the Louis Macorelles prize at the Cinéma du Réel festival in Paris and received a special mention at the Linea d’Ombra festival in Salerne. The film has been shown in various cinemas, art centres and festivals (ICA, Lincoln Center, Viennale, Sheffield...)