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The baby older than the mother. The carbon footprint of the Southern Ocean


After hearing rumors about the mysterious archaeological discovery of a baby older than its mother, ONASHAGA radio from Porvenir, Tierra del Fuego, sends its star reporter, Inés, with a group of oceanographers to the island of "Más Afuera." Their mission is to solve this mystery and provide scientific data on why these uninhabited coasts have as much or more carbon than the most polluted cities on the planet. Inés narrates the story and interviews the scientists, who explain the techniques, historical circumstances, and processes behind the enigma and its connection to a potential threat at the bottom of the Southern Ocean.

  • rEm0
    Director
  • Mero Espiñeira
    Writer
  • rEm0
    Producer
  • Ricardo De Pol
    Producer
  • Sebatián Pinto Z.
    Animation
  • Néstor Cantillana
    Key Cast
    "Científico "
  • Macarena Teka
    Key Cast
    "Inés"
  • Igor Cantillana
    Key Cast
    "Remo"
  • Mariano Riveros E.
    documentary cinematographer
  • Patricio Riquelme F.
    documentary cinematographer
  • Javier Neira
    Sound Designer
  • Nicolás Coronado
    Sound Designer
  • Valeria Pineda
    Sound Designer
  • Ricardo De Pol
    Scientific Advisor
  • Néstor Cantillana
    Actor Director
  • Mika Martini
    Music
  • Lluvia Acida
    Music
  • GOZNE Eduardo Yañez
    Music
  • Federico Schumacher
    Music
  • José Miguel Candela
    Music
  • Remolón Andrés Schteingart
    Music
  • OCHI Simone Corbalán
    Music
  • Úrsula Calderón
    Music
  • Gustavo Becerra - Schmidt
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    33,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Chile
  • Country of Filming:
    Chile
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - rEm0

Mariano Riveros Espiñeira, also known as rEm0, is a documentary filmmaker who has been involved in a wide variety of documentary projects. He has excelled in the creative field, working as a screenwriter, film editor, director, and researcher in various productions.

He has a rich history in documentary filmmaking, having directed "The Chinchorro Mummies," which won the "Pudu" award at the Valdivia Film Festival in 1996. He served as a screenwriter for two seasons of the television program "Zona Franca," receiving the Television Award in 1991 from the Circle of Art Critics and the National Television Council Award in the cultural program category. Mariano has also contributed to "South of the World," a series of long-format biocultural documentaries for television, where his work involved directing, writing, and researching episodes such as "The Settlers of Lake O'Higgins, 50 Years Later," "Inhabitants of the Southern End of Tierra del Fuego," "The Sea of the Yamanas," and "The Muleteers of the Melado Ravine." He directed the science and medical anthropology documentary series for television titled "The Naked Man," consisting of nine long-format episodes. Additionally, he directed 10 reports for the science television series, "Links."

After a 15-year hiatus, during the last decade, Mariano has developed documentaries in medium-length formats, as well as over 50 short films and micro-documentaries for eight web series distributed through social media channels.

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Director Statement

This documentary was created by a team of professionals. Together, we explored the construction of a narrative that integrates elements of fiction into the scientific documentary. Our aim was to produce an edited documentary that incorporated characters, animation, and a rich musical and sound landscape to captivate viewers who are not familiar with scientific subjects, making the complex phenomenon of carbon exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere understandable.
Our aim is to showcase natural phenomena alongside the scientific ideas that explain them, through narratives that simplify their complexity and successfully capture the attention of the average viewer. We have crafted a fictional documentary that highlights the significance of the carbon exchange phenomenon between the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere. Embracing an aesthetic approach, we've developed an argument from a captivating story filled with surprises, seemingly impossible events, and mysteries. This project emerges from the need to draw attention to a phenomenon that receives limited monitoring in Chile, despite its potential impact on the rise in the planet's average temperature.
All this work was made possible thanks to funding from small grants for basic science research and private contributions. These resources allowed us to achieve a film that meets the necessary technical standards to be screened at film festivals. Our goal is to promote and disseminate through publicly accessible audiovisual platforms and include it in collections, libraries, and video libraries in Chile and abroad.