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Calls from Moscow
Luis Alejandro Yero
Title:
Calls from Moscow
Synopsis:
Days before the invasion of Ukraine is announced, four young Cubans visit a Moscow apartment for a 24-hour stay. In their phone calls, the present and future coexist: their stories as queer and undocumented migrants, and the exchanges with the film's director after the outbreak of the war.
Director: Luis Alejandro Yero
Year of production: 2023
Countries: Cuba, Germany, Norway
Running Time: 65’
Programming
Monday December 4th to Sunday December 10th
10:00 – 24:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Tuesday December 5
19:00h (GMT+1)
Zumzeig Cinecooperativa
C/ de Béjar, 53, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
Friday December 8
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Saturday December 9
21:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sunday December 10
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)
Cinemateca Brasileira
Largo Senador Raul Cardoso, 207 Vila Mariana / SP, Brazil.
Production: Daniel Sánchez López, Luis Alejandro Yero, Elisa Pirir
Genre: Documentary
Languages: Spanish, English, Russian
Production Companies: Cosmic Productions, Cuarto Oscuro Cine, Stær
Photography: María Grazia Goya
Editing: Luis Alejandro Yero
Sound Design: Saulo Adrián, Pablo Cervera, Luis Alejandro Yero
Cast: Dariel Diaz, Daryl Acuña, Eldis Botta, Juan Carlos Calderón, Luis Alejandro Yero
Festival Selections: Berlinale Forum (Teddy Award nominee); Doc Fortnight: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media; Hot Docs; Guadalajara International Film Festival; Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival - FIDBA; Gijón International Film Festival; Festival dei Popoli; FILMAR en América Latina
Director's bio:
Luis Alejandro Yero is a Cuban filmmaker graduated in Documentary Directing from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) of Cuba. His short films have been awarded at Mar del Plata, FICUNAM and Havana, among others, in addition to being screened at more than a hundred festivals such as IDFA, Sheffield, Jihlava, Jeonju, Thessaloniki, Busan, Malaga, Olhar de Cinema, and cultural institutions such as the Lincoln Center in New York and the Cervantes Institute in several cities around the world. Since 2020 he coordinates the Documentary Department of the EICTV. His debut film "Calls from Moscow", had its world premiere in the Forum section of the Berlinale 2023.
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