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Abyssal
Alejandro Alonso
Title:
Abyssal
Synopsis:
Raudel works in a shipbreaking yard in western Cuba. Along with his co-workers, he lives inside the jagged metal and the smoke of the oil when it burns. He talks about spirits, about stories that await him somewhere. In his eyes, hope is opposed to that space where the line that separates the living from the dead is almost invisible.
Director: Alejandro Alonso
Year of production: 2023
Countries: Cuba, France
Running Time: 30’
Programming
Monday December 4th to Sunday December 10th
10:00 – 24:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Tuesday December 5
19:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thursday December 7
17:00 (GMT+1)
Zumzeig Cinecooperativa
C/ de Béjar, 53, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
Friday December 8
17:00 (GMT+1)
Maison de l’Amérique Latine
217 Bd Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris, France
Friday December 8
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Sunday December 10
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Production: Boris Prieto, Alejandro Alonso, Oderay Ponce de León
Genre: Documentary
Language: Spanish
Production Companies: Vega Alta Films, La Concretera Producciones
Photography: Alejandro Alonso
Screenplay: Alejandro Alonso, Lisandra López Fabé
Editing: Emmanuel Peña
Sound Design: Glenda Martínez Cabrera, Velia Díaz de Villalvilla
Music: Pepe Gavilondo
Cast: Raudel González Cordero, Oscar González, Ernesto Rodríguez Lorenzo, Roberto Vigoa Núñez, Lázaro Torres Castañeda
Festival Selections: Visions du Réel, Documenta Madrid (Audience Award in the International Competition), États généraux du film documentaire, FIC Valdivia, DOK Leipzig (Golden Dove for Best Short Film), Raindance Film Festival, Curta Cinema, RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival, Kassel Dokfest, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, True/False Film Fest, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Award)
Director's bio:
Alejandro Alonso (Cuba, 1987). Graduated in Documentary Directing from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. His documentaries have been awarded at multiple international film festivals. “The Farewell” (2014) had its world premiere at IDFA. His first feature-length documentary, “The Project” (2017), premiered at Visions du Réel and received the FIPRESCI Prize at DOK Leipzig. “Terranova” (2021) had its world premiere in Rotterdam and won the Ammodo Tiger Short Award. Between 2017 and 2019, Alonso Estrella coordinated the Alternative Cinema master's program at EICTV.
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