The Wakhan Front | LEFFEST - Lisboa Film Festival

In 2014, French Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his men are assigned a mission in the Afghan valley of Wakhan, a remote territory bordering Pakistan. One night, his men begin to disappear one by one, without leaving a trace. With no rational explanation, the dusty landscape draws the men into the supernatural and metaphysical. Cogitore’s tense thriller is an intriguing exploration of modern war, where the tools of control and material power are challenged by the sudden dematerialisation of those in command. Screened at the International Critics' Week in Cannes, The Wakhan Front is the filmmaker’s directorial debut in the feature-length format.

Duration: 100
Production year: 2015
Country: Belgium, France
Subtitles: Subtitles: Portuguese

Clément Cogitore

Young master of the visual arts, Clément Cogitore dominates the fusion of film, photography and experimental video-art. Exploring the idea of collective memory, his work questions our relationship with our own images and representations by bringing to life the intersection of cinematic expression with forms of contemporary art. Among numerous distinctions, Cogitore saw his first feature film Neither heaven nor earth (2015) selected to be screened at the International Critics' Week in Cannes, received the prestigious Marcel Duchamp award in 2018 and has had his work exhibited in venues such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin and MoMA in New York. His latest film, Goute d'Or, was present at the Cannes 2022 Festival.