Dead Slow Ahead
A freighter crosses the ocean. The hypnotic rhythm of its pace reveals
the continuous movement of the machinery devouring its workers: the old sailors’ gestures disappearing under the mechanical
and impersonal pulse of the 21st century neo-capitalism. Perhaps it is a boat adrift, or maybe just the last example of an
endangered species with engines still running, unstoppable.
Director's Biography
MAURO HERCE, born in Barcelona in 1976, is a Spanish artist
and documentary filmmaker. He studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños and the
École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris. Herce started his career as a director of photography and screenwriter.
Dead Slow Ahead, his first feature film as a director, premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it also
won the Special Jury Prize. At the Jihlava International Film Festival, it received the Best World Documentary Award.
Competition Documentary 2016
Mauro Herce
Spain / France
2015
color
74 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Manuel Muñoz R., Mauro Herce
Cinematography
Mauro Herce
Editing Manuel
Muñoz R.
Sound/Sounddesign Daniel Fernández, Alejandro
Castillo, Manuel Muñoz R., Carlos E. García
Music
José M. Berenguer
Producer(s)
Ventura Durall (Nanouk Films, ES), José Alayón (El Viaje Films, ES), Jasmina Sijerči, Mauro Herce (Bocalupo Films, FR)
Production
Nanouk Films Calle Còrsega 236 Principal 08036 Barcelona,
Spain nanouk@nanouk.tv www.nanouk.tv
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Locarno International Film Festival 2015
Locarno International Film Festival 2015
Premierenstatus
/ Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
Austrian Premiere