In competition
Women dreaming a nation
Fernando Fraguela Fosado
Title:
Women dreaming a nation
Synopsis:
Three Cuban activists, at the center of the civic protests of recent years, recount their stories of blackmail, forced exile and repression. Women, mothers, artists, they describe today's Cuba from the San Isidro hunger strikes to the massive protests of July 11th, 2021.
Director: Fernando Fraguela Fosado
Year of production: 2023
Country: Cuba
Running Time: 50’
Programming
Monday December 4th to Sunday December 10th
10:00 – 24:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Tuesday December 5
21:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wednesday December 6
17:00 (GMT+1)
Zumzeig Cinecooperativa
C/ de Béjar, 53, 08014 Barcelona
Thursday December 7
17:00 (GMT+1)
Maison de l’Amérique Latine
217 Bd Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris, France
Friday December 8
10:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Sunday December 10
10:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Sunday December 10
19:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Production: Fernando Fraguela Fosado
Genre: Documentary
Language: Spanish
Production Companies: Rialta, PalenqueFilms
Photography: Javier Labrador, Fernando Fraguela Fosado
Screenplay: Fernando Fraguela Fosado
Editing: Fernando Fraguela Fosado
Sound Design: Francelli Cabrera
Music: Carlo Fidel Taboada
Cast: Anamely Ramos, Daniela Rojo, Katherine Bisquet
Festival Selections: Festival premiere
Director's bio:
Fernando Fraguela (Cuba, 1991). Graduated in Film Directing from the University of the Arts of Cuba in 2018 and in Documentary Video Production from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2019. He wrote and directed the documentaries "El matadero", awarded Best Documentary at the Malaga Film Festival and the Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival; "Sueños al pairo" (2021), premiered at BAFICI and winner of the Best Cultural Representation Award at the Austral International Film Festival; and "Las desdichas de un hombre" (2019), Best Documentary at the Imago Festival. He wrote and directed the fiction short films "Ladridos" (2016), official selection at the Gibara International Film Festival, and "Un hombre" (2015), Best Short Film at the Muestra Audiovisual Almacén de la Imagen. His films have been exhibited in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia as part of various film festivals and events.
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