In competition
The Rodeo
Carlos Melián Moreno
Title:
The Rodeo
Synopsis:
In the center of a dam there is a small islet. The only family that inhabits it celebrates at night a changüí where nobody laughs. The morning fog brings a strange visitor: a woman carrying a cage in which she hides a magical, liberating animal.
Director: Carlos Melián Moreno
Year of production: 2021
Country: Cuba
Running Time: 30’
Program
December 5th
Monday December 4th to Sunday December 10th
Festhome
Online for Cuba
December 5th
19:00h (GMT-3)
Centro Cultural General San Martín
Sarmiento 1551, C1042 ABC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
December 5th
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
December 6th
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
December 7th
14:00h (GMT-6)
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Calle Dr Mora 7, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
December 7th
17:00 (GMT+1)
Zumzeig Cinecooperativa
C/ de Béjar, 53, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
Production: Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Genre: Fiction
Language: Spanish
Production Companies: Estudio ST, La Cronocasa
Photography: Lena Hernández
Screenplay: Juan Carlos Sáenz de Calahorra, Carlos Melián Moreno
Editing: Joanna Montero
Sound Design: Glenda Martínez Cabrera
Music: Carlos Melián Moreno
Cast: Mayelín Fernández, Lisandra Hechavarría, Doralys Medina, Yunier Frómeta Taylor, Leodenis Arencibia, Celedonio Rúas, Amanda Liranza
Festival Selections: International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), New Orleans Film Festival, Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Diversions International Short Film Festival (Honorable Mention), Documenta Fifteen.
Director's bio:
Carlos Melián Moreno (Santiago de Cuba, 1979). Independent filmmaker and journalist. In 2010 he won the CINERGIA Fund for the production of his first short film "Pizza de Jamón" (2011). He participated with his feature film project "Regreso a Casa" in the Sundance Director's Lab, 2018. His latest fiction short, "El Rodeo", had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2021. He has worked as a screenwriter on the fiction short film "Tundra" (2021), directed by José Luis Aparicio, selected at Sundance and Locarno, and on the feature documentary "Mafifa" (2021), directed by Daniela Muñoz, which had its premiere at IDFA's Luminous section.
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