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Isle of Flowers
Ilha das Flores
Isle of Flowers shows the cycles of modern life: a tomato is harvested in Porto Alegre by Mr. Suzuk, is then the object of exchange and monetary transactions, ends up in the kitchen of Dona Anete, and finally in the dumping ground that gives the film its title. But this ‘flower island’ does not host flowers. On the contrary, it becomes evident that there is something rotten in the capitalist system at large.
The film is ultimately a flow of images that masterfully appropriates the style of an informative film and has lost none of its visual significance or topicality since its debut.
Bio Jorge Furtado
Jorge Furtado (Porto Alegre, 1959), a partially self-taught Brazilian filmmaker, studied medicine, psychology, journalism, and plastic arts, but did not complete any of these. After working in television in the 1980s, he founded the film company Luz Producciones and directed his first two shorts. In 1987, he was co-founder of the Porto Alegre Film House. Among his works, Isle of Flowers stands out. It has received numerous national and international awards, including Best Short Film at the Berlinale.
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- This film was #22 in the “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025