At a dystopian future moment on the coast of Oaxaca, due to global warming the ocean’s pH levels have acidified making them unsuitable for humans, therefore sea tourism has been gone for generations and only the indigenous language is spoken. Wuicho repeats his father’s and grandfather’s ritual of keeping swimming pools pristine while he questions his actions and his predecessors. Irijalba wrote and filmed Half Wet on his own with a reflex camera and a smartphone in ten days, trying to generate no residue in a ready-made mode.

• Sektion Section: Film
• Programm Programme: Knot