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Ramona
Victoria Linares Villegas
Synopsis
Feeling unprepared to play the role of a 15-year-old pregnant girl living on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, an actress decides to sit down with pregnant teenagers all over the country. Throughout the process, as the girls lay out the stories of their lives on camera, they start to influence the production of the film itself, changing its course.
Programming
October 28th
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
October 29th
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
October 30th
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
October 31st
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
November 1st
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
November 2nd
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
November 3rd
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
November 3rd
Barcelona/ Zumzeig Cinema/ C/ de Béjar, 53, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
20:00 (GMT+2)
About the film
Production:
Jordi Gassó, Rafael Llaneza & Pedro García
Genre:
Documentary
Languages:
Spanish
Production Companies:
Lantica Media, Sky Films
Cinematography:
Jaime Guerra
Screenplay:
Victoria Linares Villegas, Diego Cepeda
Editing:
Melisa Miranda
Sound Design:
Homer Mora
Music:
Oscar Chabebe
Cast:
Camila Santana, Estrellita Ynoa, Yarisel Ynoa, Maite Ynoa, Lesly Aybar, Ashley Lara, Nicol Polanco, Yereini Santana, Martina Gómez, Rocio Pineda, Dariana Marte, Donaida Favian, Yikaurys Modesta, Yanibel Alcantara, Francia Reyes, Sherlyn Mota
Festival Track:
Berlin International Film Festival (Generation 14plus); True/False Film Fest (True Vision Award); Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (FICCI); Cinélatino - Rencontres de Toulouse (Best Documentary; SIGNIS Award); Festival Internacional de Cine de João Pessoa (Honorable Mention); Festival Internacional de Cine de Chiloé (Best International Feature Film).
About the director
Victoria Linares Villegas
Victoria Linares is a Dominican filmmaker whose interests lie in telling queer stories regarding transgenerational trauma and sociopolitical oppression. Her shorts have screened at New Orleans Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, and Shorts México, among others. Her debut non-fiction film It Runs in the Family (2022) has been an official selection at True/False, BFI Flare and Outfest LA. The film has won the Best Documentary Award at the Fine Arts Film Festival in Dominican Republic and the Best New Director by the Youth Jury at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival. Her latest film Ramona (2023) had its world premiere at Berlinale 2023. She is the recipient of the True Vision Award 2023 at the True/False Film Fest.
