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Agwe
Samuel Suffren
Title:
Agwe
Synopsis:
François leaves Haiti by sailboat to the USA, leaving behind his wife, Mirlande, who is six months pregnant. She has to wait ten days to hear from her husband. And now ten years later, without any news, the woman who still waits offers a sacrifice to Agwe, the divinity of the oceans.
Director: Samuel Suffren
Year of production: 2022
Country: Haiti
Running Time: 18’
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
Tuesday December 5
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Wednesday December 6
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Thursday December 7
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Thursday December 7
17:00 (GMT+1)
Zumzeig Cinecooperativa
C/ de Béjar, 53, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
Production: Samuel Suffren
Genre: Fiction
Language: Haitian Creole
Production company: KITFILMS
Photography: Phalonne Pierre Louis
Screenplay: Samuel Suffren
Editing: Samuel Suffren
Sound Design: Roodie Rigaud Marcelin
Music: Erol Josué, Kaloune
Cast: Fabiola Remy, Mackenson Bijou, Jean Ophelson Milhomme, Etienne Saint-Fleur
Festival Track: Locarno Film Festival - Open Doors, FESPACO (Paul Robeson Prize), Toronto International Black Film Festival, Third Horizon Film Festival, Cinélatino - Rencontres de Toulouse, FILMAR en América Latina
Director's bio:
Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and producer. He has directed several short films selected and awarded at multiple international festivals. His most recent short film, "Agwe", participated in the official selection of the 75th Locarno Film Festival and in the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Market. He also won the Paul Robeson Prize at the prestigious FESPACO festival. Samuel is currently preparing the feature documentary "Lòtbò", about the emigration of Haitians to the United States in 1980 and the fantasy of the American dream. "My name is Nina-Shakira" is his new feature film project, an adaptation of the novel "Les Immortelles" by Mackenzy Orcel. Samuel is president of the KIT association, a collective of Haitian photographers and filmmakers based in Port-au-Prince.
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