In competition
Veritas
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Title:
Veritas
Synopsis:
The invasion of the Bay of Pigs (Cuba, 1961) is revealed to us sixty years later, in the voice of the vanquished. Recounted with the distance of a lifetime, the protagonists narrate events that range from military preparation through their defeat on Cuban beaches, the vexations of the prison and their own liberation, to the return to American territory. The love of country, the horrors of war and the feeling of abandonment (not having the promised help), are thoroughly relived by these men who have not stopped missing their motherland.
Director: Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Year of production: 2022
Countries: Cuba, United States
Running Time: 67’
Programming
Monday December 4th to Sunday December 10th
10:00 – 24:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Tuesday December 5
10:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Wednesday December 6
10:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Thursday December 7
10:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Saturday December 9
17:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Production: Angélica M. Loucraft
Genre: Documentary
Language: Spanish
Production company: ikaik films
Photography: Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Screenplay: Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Editing: Jorge (Tuti) Abello, Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Sound Design: Jorge (Tuti) Abello, Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Festival Selections: Miami Film Festival, Dumbo Film Festival, Documenta Fifteen, Portobello Film Festival, Cine de América International Film Festival, Nunes International Film Festival, Santiago del Estero Film Festival, Cine Otro - Festival de Cine Social y Derechos Humanos
Director's bio:
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida (Cuba, 1983), filmmaker and video artist. Graduated with a Master's degree in Journalism from Florida International University (FIU). He studied film at EICTV in San Antonio de los Baños and at the Sundance Documentary Film Program. In 2008 he founded ikaik films, a project focused on the development and production of experimental cinema. His film "Persona" (2014) won the Best Short Film Award at Yale University's Latino and Iberian Film Festival (LIFFY) in 2016. It was also screened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Ludwig Forum in Germany in 2018. "Usufructo" received the EICTV Special Award at the X Gibara International Film Festival, Cuba. "La faz de las aguas" was awarded the Short Film Award at the Handle Climate Change Film Festival, China, 2017. "En un paquete de spaguettis" was selected for the Reina Sofía International Award, Spain, 2011. He has been invited to several academic institutions in the US, including Yale University, Columbia University, New York University (NYU), City University of New York (CUNY), University of Miami (UM) and Florida International University (FIU).
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