Manuel Vlastelica

Nieves runs a swimming pool with her son Martin. One summer, a biker falls for her. Things between them don’t seem to work out, until a filming crew arrives at the pool while scouting for locations and the director decides to put Natacha and the biker in her film.

Presente is a reinterpretation of space, an evocative memory where connections and chance establish a flow between the urban and the familiar landscape.

It's summer, school is over and what should be the beginning of a time of fun and enjoyment, for a group of friends seems to be the beginning of some kind of sunset because of the serious illness of one of them.

Amid the neighborhood’s apparent stillness, 10 reflections emerge on absence, distance, and progress. Everyday images, silences, and the subtle movements of the surroundings come together for a glimpse into the invisible: the traces of those who are no longer here, the transformations of the place, and the nostalgia for a changing, amorphous time that fades away in the city.

Nieves runs a swimming pool with her son Martin. One summer, a biker falls for her. Things between them don’t seem to work out, until a filming crew arrives at the pool while scouting for locations and the director decides to put Natacha and the biker in her film.

Presente is a reinterpretation of space, an evocative memory where connections and chance establish a flow between the urban and the familiar landscape.

It's summer, school is over and what should be the beginning of a time of fun and enjoyment, for a group of friends seems to be the beginning of some kind of sunset because of the serious illness of one of them.

Amid the neighborhood’s apparent stillness, 10 reflections emerge on absence, distance, and progress. Everyday images, silences, and the subtle movements of the surroundings come together for a glimpse into the invisible: the traces of those who are no longer here, the transformations of the place, and the nostalgia for a changing, amorphous time that fades away in the city.