DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
Abyssal summons up an unwholesome limbo of ominous feelings. It drags us into an oppressive and turbulent universe permeated by a climate of tension typical of a post-apocalyptic horror or science fiction film that, paradoxically, is at the same time epic and intimate. Amidst the skeletons of ships lying in a Cuban junkyard, where the line separating the living from the dead is nearly invisible, some human beings go about their work. An exemplary and powerful film about ghosts who still hold out hope in the back of their minds. (AD)
Festivals
- Visions du Réel (Nyon, Suiza) - 2021
Director biography
Alejandro Alonso
Alejandro ALONSO ESTRELLA (1987, Cuba) graduated in Documentary Direction from Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Havana. His short documentaries have won awards at many festivals. The Farewell (2014) had its world premiere at IDFA. His first feature documentary, The Project (2017), premiered at Visions du Réel and was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at DOK Leipzig. Terranova (2021) had its world premiere at Rotterdam and won the Ammodo Tiger Short Award. During 2017 and 2019, Alonso Estrella coordinated the Alternative Cinema master programme at EICTV.
Finished
Sessions
May
Friday 28
17:00 h
CINETECA - Plató
Credits
Language
Spanish - Subtitles in english
Music
Pepe Gavilondo
Director
Alejandro Alonso
Screenplay
Alejandro Alonso, Lisandra Lopez Fabé
Cinematography
Alejandro Alonso
Editing
Emmanuel Peña
Sound
Velia Diaz de Villalvilla, Glenda Martinez Cabrera, Alejandro Perez
Production
Alejandro Alonso, Boris Prieto
Contact
bprieto@vegaaltafilms.com
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