Special Presentations
The Post
Ricardo Figueredo Oliva
Title:
The Post
Synopsis:
In Havana, a man peacefully sleeps during any given night, when he suddenly feels the approach of a strange phenomenon. A being from another planet makes contact with him in a calm and friendly way. They talk about the daily life of Cubans and the consumption of illicit substances.
Director: Ricardo Figueredo Oliva
Year of production: 2023
Country: Cuba
Running Time: 22’
Program
Monday December 4th to Sunday December 10th
10:00 – 24:00 (GMT-5)
Festhome
Online for Cuba
Wednesday December 6
19:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sunday December 10
17:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Production: Ricardo Figueredo Oliva, Diana Reyes Barrena
Genre: Fiction
Language: Spanish
Production company: Cooperativa Producciones
Photography: Raúl Prado
Screenplay: Ricardo Figueredo Oliva
Editing: Marcos Louit
Sound Design: Emilio Polo
Cast: Carlos Gonzalvo, Mario Guerra, Grisell Monzón
Festival Selections: Festival premiere
Director's bio:
Ricardo Figueredo (Cuba, 1972), filmmaker and producer. Graduated in Production from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. He has produced multiple short and feature films, among which stands out the saga of Nicanor O'Donell directed by Eduardo del Llano. Since 2006 he has written and directed independent documentaries such as"Sexo, historias y cintas de video", "Operación Alfa o lo que le pasó a Benito Manso", "La singular historia de Juan sin nada", "La teoría cubana de la sociedad perfecta" and "Rojo, Amarillo, Verde". He is the founder of Cooperativa Producciones, a collective of film development and co-production, under which films such as "Casting", by Eduardo del Llano, and "Alberto", by Raúl Prado, have been awarded in the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano of Havana.
The son of the dream