2023 | Color | 80:00 In 1960s Havana, there were 140 movie theaters. For ten years, the cinema industry was a pillar of the Cuban Revolution, but the toughening regime and an economic recession precipitated its decline. Fifty years later, only a dozen movie theaters still operate in Havana, while a new generation of bold filmmakers struggles for the very existence of Cuban cinema. Country: Francia Direction: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius Script: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius, Goldet; Antoine Production: Goldet; Antoine Photography: Bernfeld; Nina Sound: Van Pottelberge; Thomas Music: Baños; René Participation year at FICM: 2023
2023 | Color | 80:00 In 1960s Havana, there were 140 movie theaters. For ten years, the cinema industry was a pillar of the Cuban Revolution, but the toughening regime and an economic recession precipitated its decline. Fifty years later, only a dozen movie theaters still operate in Havana, while a new generation of bold filmmakers struggles for the very existence of Cuban cinema. Country: Francia Direction: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius Script: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius, Goldet; Antoine Production: Goldet; Antoine Photography: Bernfeld; Nina Sound: Van Pottelberge; Thomas Music: Baños; René Participation year at FICM: 2023
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
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When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
