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XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
La Mami
Laura Herrero Garvín
Mexico, Spain
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Synopsis
One of the rooms inside the legendary Barba Azul Cabaret has become a shelter for the girls working there: the women's bathroom. Every night La Mami, who's in charge of the bathrooms, offers them the warmth and advice they need to take on the challenge they face in the dance hall. They remind us that alliances are crucial when the society in which we live is constantly judging and stigmatizing us.
Biography of the director
Laura Herrero Garvín
Laura earned her Master's in Documentary Creation from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. She further started cultivating her interest in film in San Francisco, CA.
In 2011 in Mexico, Laura is part of the Emergenciamx group of filmmakers and is a founding partner of La Sandía Digital. She has made over twenty documentary short films. In 2012 she directed the feature-length documentary Son duros los días sin nada produced by La Sandía Digital.
Her debut feature documentary, El Remolino, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and won awards at a dozen festivals, including Documentamadrid, Planetfocus (Canada) and Saratovv International Film Festival (Russia). She is now in the production stage of her next film La Mami.
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Sessions
May
Thursday 16
11:45 h
CINETECA - Plató
Free admission only for professionals and accredited guests (depending on capacity)
Credits
Language
Spanish - Subtitles in spanish and english
Director
Laura Herrero Garvín
Screenplay
Laura Herrero Garvín
Cinematography
Laura Herrero Garvín
Editing
Lorenzo Mora Salazar, Ana Pfaff
Sound
Victor Cuadros
Production
Laura Imperiale, Laia Zanon, Patricia Franquesa
Contact
Patricia Franquesa Ruiz [Gadea Films](España) patricia@gadeafilms.com