{"id":644,"date":"2025-08-15T00:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T22:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/?page_id=644"},"modified":"2025-08-23T19:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T17:34:48","slug":"to-the-west-in-zapata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/en\/programm\/to-the-west-in-zapata\/","title":{"rendered":"To the West, in Zapata"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"644\" class=\"elementor elementor-644\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bcb58f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9bcb58f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-492efcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"492efcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2-1024x569.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-803\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2-1320x733.png 1320w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west2.png 1566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-623fe78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"623fe78\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-509d2ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"509d2ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Cuba, 2025, 74 min, David Bim, Spanish, NRW Premiere<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">T<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">o the West, in Zapata<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> is David Bim\u2019s unique contribution to slow cinema \u2013 a meditative, atmospheric film set in Cuba\u2019s remote Zapata swamp. At its center is Landy, who leaves his wife and child to hunt crocodiles and provide for his family. Through long, immersive shots, the film captures not just his journey but the swamp\u2019s textures and rhythms. Dialogue is minimal; instead, wind, water, and earth speak. A quiet, unsentimental portrait of survival and care on the margins, where time slows and silence carries weight.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Mit <strong>T<\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">o the West, in Zapata<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> leistet David Bim einen einzigartigen Beitrag zum Slow Cinema. 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