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.