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Calls from Moscow
Luis Alejandro Yero
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.
Programming
October 30th
Paris/ Maison de l’Amérique latine / 217 Bd Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris, France
19:30 (GMT+1)
November 3rd
Berkeley/ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) / 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
14:00 (GMT-7)
About the film
Production:
Daniel Sánchez López, Luis Alejandro Yero y Elisa Pirir
Genre:
Documentary
Languages:
Spanish, English, Russian
Production Companies:
Cosmic Productions, Cuarto Oscuro Cine, Stær
Cinematography:
María Grazia Goya
Screenplay:
N/A
Editing:
Luis Alejandro Yero
Sound Design:
Saulo Adrián, Pablo Cervera y Luis Alejandro Yero
Music:
N/A
Cast:
Dariel Diaz, Daryl Acuña, Eldis Botta, Juan Carlos Calderón y Luis Alejandro Yero.
Festival Track:
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.
About the director
Luis Alejandro Yero
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.
