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Tundra
José Luis Aparicio Ferrera
Synopsis
Walfrido Larduet, a lonely electrical inspector, dreams of the Red Woman, whose image persists and becomes an obsession. Something tells him she is near. Over the course of a day, Walfrido will follow her trail as he travels through the suburbs of an infested city.
Programming
October 26th
Berkeley/ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) / 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
19:00 (GMT-7)
About the film
Production:
Leila Montero
Genre:
Fiction
Languages:
Spanish
Production Companies:
Estudio ST
Cinematography:
Gabriel Alemán
Screenplay:
Carlos Melián Moreno
Editing:
Joanna Montero
Sound Design:
Glenda Martínez
Music:
Rafael Ramírez
Cast:
Mario Guerra, Neisy Alpízar, Laura Molina, Jorge Molina y Jorge Enrique Caballero
Festival Track:
Sundance Film Festival; Locarno Film Festival; Miami Film Festival; Raindance Film Festival; Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival; Fantaspoa (Best International Live-Action Short); New York City Independent Film Festival (Best Short Film); New Jersey Film Festival (Honorable Mention); Pendance Film Festival (Best Short Film); BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente; Lago Film Fest; World Cinema Amsterdam; CineFestival San Antonio; San Diego Latino Film Festival; Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato; Shorts México; Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey; Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay; Cheongju International Short Film Festival; Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival; Cinélatino - Rencontres de Toulouse; New York Latino Film Festival; Seattle Latino Film Festival (Best Fiction Short Film; Best Director - Fiction Short Film).
About the director
José Luis Aparicio Ferrera
José Luis Aparicio Ferrera is a Cuban filmmaker and curator based in Spain. He graduated in Film Directing from Cuba's University of the Arts (ISA). He has directed the fiction short films Tundra (2021) and El Secadero (Dryland, 2019), as well as the medium-length documentary Sueños al pairo (Dreams adrift, 2020). His films have been selected by festivals such as Sundance, Locarno, Raindance, Miami, BAFICI, Guanajuato, Curta Cinema and NewFilmmakers LA. Tundra was awarded at Fantaspoa, New Jersey, New York City Independent, Pendance and Seattle Latino Film Festival. In 2022 he was invited to Locarno’s Open Doors program and received one of the Prince Claus Seed Awards. He is currently developing his first feature film, The Sea, a project selected by the Spanish Film Academy Residencies and the Cinéma en Développement platform of the Cinélatino-Rencontres de Toulouse film festival. As part of the documenta fifteen in Kassel, he curated “Land Without Images”, the largest retrospective of Cuban independent cinema to date. Since 2021 he has been the artistic director of the INSTAR Film Festival.
