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Alejandro Alonso
Title:
Home
Synopsis:
The nation is born and dies in a constant cycle, shifting towards the most intimate memory: the first home.
Director: Alejandro Alonso
Year of production: 2019
Country: Cuba
Running Time: 12’
Programming
Monday December 4th to Sunday December 10th
10:00 – 24:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Saturday December 9
15:30h (GTM-4h)
e-flux Screening Room
172 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA
Production: Yenisel Osuna, Alejandro Alonso
Genres: Documentary, Experimental
Languages: Spanish, English
Production company: La Concretera Producciones
Photography: Alejandro Alonso
Screenplay: Alejandro Alonso, Lisandra López Fabé
Editing: Alejandro Alonso
Sound Design: Glenda Martínez Cabrera
Festival Selections: Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Lima Alterna (Best Short Film), Neighboring Scenes - Film at Lincoln Center, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Bogoshorts, Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Muestra Joven (Special Jury Award, Best Editing).
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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