FACING THE WIND (CON EL VIENTO)
DIRECTOR(S) Meritxell Colell Aparicio
COUNTRY(IES) Spain, Argentina, France
PROGRAM(S) New Directors Competition, Spotlight: Women in Cinema
GENRES Dance, Drama
LANGUAGE(S) Spanish with subtitles
RUN TIME 108 minutes
Synopsis:
Choreographer Mónica returns to the small Spanish village where she was born to visit her father on his deathbed. Arriving too late, she is left to help her grieving mother sell the family home and to confront her own feelings of loss and remorse. Movement and dance give powerful emotion to newcomer Aparicio’s elegant drama about coming to terms with the past and pressing on.
Screenings:
Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm
Scheduled to attend: Director Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Oct 18 @ 6:00 pm
Scheduled to attend: Director Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Film Credits
PRODUCER(S) Carles Brugueras
SCREENWRITER(S) Meritxell Colell
EDITOR(S) Ana Pfaff
CINEMATOGRAPHER Aurélien Py, Julián Elizalde
PRINCIPLE CAST Mónica García, Concha Canal, Ana Fernández, Elena Martín
PRODUCTION COMPANY(IES) Polar Star Films, Habitación 1520, Paraiso Production
RELEASE YEAR 2018
DIRECTOR(S) Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
COUNTRY(IES) Dominican Republic, Spain
PROGRAM(S) Cinemas of the Americas, New Directors Competition, Spotlight: Women in Cinema
GENRES Coming of Age, Drama
LANGUAGE(S) Spanish with subtitles
RUN TIME 90 minutes
Synopsis:
“Weaves a complex, sensitively examined array of identity crises into the tangle already faced by the average teen-movie protagonist” –Variety
Reticent and respectful Miriam is a biracial teen pushed to assimilate into white, wealthy society by her ambitious mother. With her Quinceañera looming, she is hoping that a boy she met online will be her date. But she panics when she realizes he isn’t who she thinks he is. Confronted with her own biases, Miriam must make what feels like an impossible choice in this affecting portrait of prejudice.
Screenings:
Oct 16 @ 6:15 pm
Scheduled to attend: Director Oriol Estrada and actress Carolina Rohana
Oct 17 @ 6:15 pm
Scheduled to attend: Director Oriol Estrada and actress Carolina Rohana
Oct 19 @ 2:00 pm
Film Credits
PRODUCER(S) Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada, Jordi Comellas, Pablo Mustonen, Gabriel Tineo, Paco Poch
SCREENWRITER(S) Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
EDITOR(S) Oriol Estrada, Aina Calleja, Natalia Cabral
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Mónica de Moya
CINEMATOGRAPHER Israel Cárdenas
PRINCIPLE CAST Dulce Rodrígues, Carolina Rohana, Pachy Méndez, Frank Perozo, Vicente Santos
MUSIC Ernesto Paredano
PRODUCTION COMPANY(IES) Faula Films, Mallerich Films
RELEASE YEAR 2018
