08 · 15 · 11 A Stone's Throw Away wins at Gramado Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Clara Sánchez/Translated by Cindy Hawes Jean Gentil by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán (co-directors of Cochochi-Official Selection FICM 2007) won the Critics' Award at the festival. The film is about Jean Remy, a withdrawn Haitian man who goes to the capital of the Dominican Republic in search of opportunities.A Stone's Throw Away, written by Hiriart and Gabino Rodríguez, who is also the main character of the film, tells the story of 21-year-old Jacinto, who is bored with life as a shepherd in northern Mexico. One day he finds a keychain on the ground and sees it as a sign, envisioned in his dreams, that he will go on a trip that will take him hundreds of miles away. Little by little, the trip becomes a rite of passage into a new stage of his life. Sebastián Hiriart, a graduate of the New York Film Academy in 2001, has worked as a director, actor, photographer, assistant and cameraman in 15 feature films, TV programs and short films. He has worked with Nicolás Pereda -- winner of the Best Feature Film FICM 2007 with his debut Donde están sus historias? -- as a second cinematographer in Summer of Goliath (Verano de Goliat) (2010) and as a producer in Interview with the Earth (Entrevista con la tierra) (2008). Gabino Rodríguez has acted in at least 20 features and short films with directors like Nicolás Pereda (Perpetuum Mobile, 2009 ), Luis Estrada (El infierno, 2010), Carlos Carrera (De la infancia, 2010), María Novaro (Las buenas hierbas, 2010), Carlos Cuarón (Rudo y cursi, 2008) and Marisa Sistach (Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas, 2001, La niña en la piedra, 2006, El brassier de Emma, 2007).A Stone's Throw Away won a special mention in the Horizontes Latinos section of the San Sebastián Film Festival and has participated in various other international film festivals, including the Rencontres Cinemas D´ Amerique Latine de Toulouse in France, the Miami International Film Festival, and the Montreal Latin American Film Festival in Canada. If you'd like to know the complete list of winners at the Gramado Film Festival, click here: If you'd like to see a trailer of A Stone's Throw Away, click here: If you'd like to see a trailer of Jean Gentil, click here:
