DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
Micaela and her mother Yurquina embark on a journey to find their grandmother Felipa, the last Coya inhabitant of the forgotten, harsh but extraordinary Andean landscape of Cerro Quemado. The trip will end up being not just a poetic portrait of a world fading from existence, but also an intimate, spiritual encounter of three women from different generations united by an indigenous past. (JY)
Biography of the director
Juan Pablo Ruiz
He studied filmmaking at the Centro de Investigación Cinematográfica (2000-2004) and made numerous 16mm short films that competed in various international film festivals. In 2008 he participated on the documentary film La palabra empeñada (in collaboration with Martín Masetti), which recovers the figure of disappeared Argentine journalist Jorge Ricardo Masetti.
In 2015, he started work on his debut feature film Cerro Quemado, which depicts the survival of the last Qulla inhabitant in an inhospitable area of northern Argentina. In 2018, he began research for his second feature Nebulosa, which is about the late pianist Francisco Tenorio JR.
Filmography:
Nebulosa (en producción); Cerro quemado (2019); La palabra empeñada (2011).
Images gallery
Finished
Sessions
May
Friday 10
16:30 h
CINETECA - Sala Azcona
Wednesday 15
17:30 h
CINETECA - Plató
Followed by a Q&A
Credits
Language
Spanish, Quechua - Subtitles in spanish and english
Director
Juan Pablo Ruiz
Screenplay
Juan Pablo Ruiz
Cinematography
Gustavo Schiaffino
Editing
Alejandro Nantón, Juan Pablo Ruiz
Sound
Jonathan Darch, Omar Mustafá
Production
Laura Mara, Alejandro Nantón
, Gustavo Schiaffino, Guillermo
Pineles, Omar Mustafá
Production companies
Insomniafilms , Rita Cine
Contact
Omar Mustafá [Insomniafilms]Tucuman, 3590 1ro 3ro C1189AARArgentina(Buenos Aires)+54 9 11 6264 5498 omar@insomniafilms.com.ar
