El cementerio se alumbra

The Cemetery Lightens
Luis Alejandro Yero
Cuba
2018
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Description

A radio station broadcasts news that Havana and nearby towns have fallen. Hundreds of young people dance inside a bunker and a man whispers verses from the Bible at a railway station. Life explodes on a night of death.

Awards and festivals

- Muestra Joven de Cuba - Documentary Competition (2018)

Biography of the director

Luis Alejandro Yero
A BA in Journalism from the University of Havana in 2014 with the graduate thesis Natalia Nikolaevna, nominated for the Silver Biznaga as the best Ibero-American documentary at the Malaga Film Festival. The following year, he enrolled in the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in the department of Documentary Film Directing, where he concluded his studies in 2018. He has directed the short films Apuntes en la orilla, Años de entrega, El cementerio se alumbra, and the production in Cuba of the feature film Afuera, by documentary filmmaker Laurentia Genske.

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Sessions

May

Friday 11

  • 17:00 h
  • Casa de América. Cine Iberia
  • Introduced by Lola Mayo
Data sheet
Director
Luis Alejandro Yero
Language
Spanish - Subtitled in English
Screenplay
Luis Alejandro Yero, Natalia Medina, Juliano Castro, Bianca Martins, Daniela Fung-Macchi
Cinematography
Natalia Medina
Editing
Juliano Castro
Sound
Bianca Martins, Daniela Fung-Macchi
Music
Daniela Fung-Macchi
Production company
Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV)
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