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Mafifa
Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Title:
Mafifa
Synopsis:
Filmmaker Daniela Muñoz Barroso embarks on a journey to eastern Cuba on the trail of Mafifa, an enigmatic woman who played a percussion instrument for men, the sound of which Daniela, who suffers from hearing loss, cannot hear. The journey will make her question her convictions and face her deepest fears.
Director: Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Year of production: 2021
Country: Cuba
Running Time: 77’
Programming
Tuesday December 5
19:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Friday December 8
19:00h (GMT+1)
Zumzeig Cinecooperativa
C/ de Béjar, 53, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
Saturday December 9
19:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sunday December 10
19:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Production: Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Genre: Documentary
Language: Spanish
Production company: Estudio ST
Photography: Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Screenplay: Daniela Muñoz Barroso, Carlos Melián Moreno, Joanna Montero
Editing: Joanna Montero
Sound Design: Glenda Martínez Cabrera
Music: Sarah Gutiérrez, Pepe Gavilondo
Festival Selections: IDFA - Luminous, Göteborg Film Festival, True/False Film Fest, Festival de Biarritz Amérique Latine, É Tudo Verdade, Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano di Trieste, IDA Docs Spring, Cinelatino Tübingen (Audience Award), CinéMartinique (Award for Best Feature Documentary), Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival (FIPRESCI Award), Trinidad + Tobago International Film Festival (Documentary Mention)
Director's bio:
Daniela Muñoz Barroso (Cuba, 1994). Documentary filmmaker, producer and photographer. Graduated in Cinematography at the University of the Arts of Cuba. Co-founder of the independent Cuban production company Estudio ST, with which she has produced the short films "Tundra", "The Rodeo", "The Rubber Boy" and, recently, "La Historia se escribe de noche" and "Blue", films selected at festivals such as Sundance, Rotterdam, Locarno, Ji.hlava, Bogoshorts, BAFICI, Miami, among others. His feature documentary "Mafifa" (77′, 2021), premiered in the Luminous section of IDFA and was selected in more than twenty festivals. She has also directed the short documentaries "Umbra" (10′, 2021), premiered at FICViña, Chile, with which he participated in the Open Doors Immersion program at the Locarno Film Festival, 2022, and "4 Hoyos", with world premiere at IDFA, 2023.
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