Anys 70. En Gilderoy és un tímid enginyer de so britànic, especialitzat en documentals, que viatja a Itàlia contractat per participar en el muntatge i efectes sonors d'una pel·lícula de tema "eqüestre". En realitat, es tracta d'un sanguinari film de terror de sèrie B. Encara que al principi el productor i el director el reben amb efusió, a poc a poc en Gilderoy entra en una espiral de malson i paranoia tant per l'ambient laboral degradant que es respira a l'estudi com pel xoc emocional que suposa l'edició de la pel·lícula per a la seva sensibilitat.

A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father Ivo Špalj talk about his life, career, and working methods. Over the course of his long life, sound designer Ivo Špalj (*1940) has collaborated on hundreds of films and become a mentor for at least one generation of men and women behind the mixing board. This gentle documentary also shows “Engi” (as he is known to his colleagues) again working with Jan Švankmajer, whose films he has lent their typical, dense, and sophisticated sound mix.

In the heart of the Amazon, Tauary (Brazil) inhabitants invite us to listen to the sounds of the jungle, the birds, and animals. However, there are also some weird sounds: a creature prowling around the trees. Some of them have heard it, very few have ever seen it, and those who did find it never came back. Curupira, creature of the wood takes us in search of this being: a reflection about myths and their place in the contemporary world. It’s a sound thriller in the midst of the jungle.