I AM HERE — short film, 2020
I AM HERE is a visual poem that has the value of a manifesto, a declaration of love composed out of messages spoken in a plurality of voices and languages, out of casual human gestures that briefly appear on screen, of the gentle breeze that we can feel even if it cannot reach us.
OANA GHERA, BIEFF
Alina Manolache’s mesmerising ‘I Am Here’, features relationships by their absence: the social vacuum on display in CCTV footage from the Trevi Fountain, Chinese pharmacies, a British golf course and other depopulated locations around the world.
THE GUARDIAN
This is the work of an artist attuned to the rhythms of both technology and society in searching for the “here” referenced in the title that is in a constant state of relocation.
greg de cuir jr.
Festivals and exhibitions
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania, International Competition
European Film Festival, Romania, Cinem@casa, curated by Andrei Tanasescu
Alternative Film / Video, Serbia, South by Southeast, curated by Greg de Cuir Jr.
Balkan can Kino / Zoetrope Gallery, Athens, Greece – Female Waves: Romanian Experimental, curated by Flavia Dima
In Short Europe, London, Loving Encounters, curated by Shira McLeod
Short Waves, Poznan, Poland, Focus Romania, curated by Oana Ghera
BIEFF Timisoara, Romania, Best of BIEFF
Premiile Sofia Nadejde, Sibiu and Bucharest, Romania, Special Screening
Ma gandesc la ea Gallery, Sibiu, Romania, group exhibition curated by George Rosu
Moldova Film Festival, Iasi, Romania, Official Selection
Silence is Golden, Belgrade, Serbia, Special Screening with live soundtrack
Romanian Creative Week, Special Screening
The film is also part of the omnibus ‘Journey Around the Home in 60 Days’, premiered at Jihlava IFF Czech Republic, nominated for the best film in Between the Seas Competition.
Cast & Crew
Director / Editor: Alina Manolache
Producers: Alina Manolache, Andrei Tănăsescu, Anca Hrab
Director of photography / additional footage: Laurențiu Răducanu
Music: Bob Chilcott