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Mafifa

Daniela Muñoz Barroso

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.

Programming

October 26th

Madrid/ Cineteca Matadero / Pl. de Legazpi, 8, Arganzuela, 28045 Madrid, España

19:00 (GMT-7)

November 16th

Berkeley/ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) / 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

19:00 (GMT-7)

About the film

Production:

Daniela Muñoz Barroso

Genre:

Documentary

Languages:

Spanish

Production Companies:

Estudio ST

Cinematography:

Daniela Muñoz Barroso

Screenplay:

Daniela Muñoz Barroso, Carlos Melián Moreno y Joanna Montero

Editing:

Joanna Montero

Sound Design:

Glenda Martínez Cabrera

Music:

Sarah Gutiérrez y Pepe Gavilondo

Cast:

N/A

Festival Track:

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).

About the director

Daniela Muñoz Barroso

Daniela Muñoz Barroso (Cuba, 1994). She is a documentary filmmaker, producer and photographer. Graduated in Cinematography at the University of the Arts of Cuba. Co-founder, together with Leila Montero, 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. Her feature documentary Mafifa (2021), premiered in the Luminous section of IDFA and was selected in more than twenty festivals. She has also directed the short documentaries Umbra (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.