"The prize goes to a film that lets historical, political, and mythical material flow together, without ever being attached to a precise meaning, cementing the narrative only in the fascinating power of pure aesthetics. Between documentary and mythological tale, The Dam, by Ali Cherri, imposes itself thanks to its visual magnificence and graphic splendor, with a languid rhythm, an almost absence of dialogues and a central metaphor that remains enigmatic until the end, as a poetic and hypnotic object, of magical transcendence, made of stone and mud, light and water."
