Documentary Shorts Competition
A Mexican Sound
Roy Germano
USA, Educational/Dance/Culture Documentary, 2012
13 min, HDV, Color
Spanish, English with English subtitles
The beautiful Huastecan sound ("son huasteco") has echoed from the mountains of northeast Mexico for more than a century. On Sundays, people meet in town squares to dance and stomp to the explosive violin solos and driving guitar rhythms that make this music so unique. "Son huasteco" continues to flourish here despite two decades of globalization and mass migration to the United States.
Texas Premiere
www.amexicansound.com
Print Source: Roy Germano, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Clases de baile
Dance Classes
Katarzyna Michalak
Cuba/Poland, Documentary, 2011
12 min, HDV, Color
Spanish with English subtitles
In a small Cuban town, two dance groups tell us their dreams of fame through their movements and rhythms. Ballet and Latin Dance: two styles of dance, two ways of being, and one common passion. The conditions in which they learn, and the effort behind their beauty reveal the intensity of their commitment to dance.
North American Premiere
www.eictv.org
Print Source: Promoción Internacional - EICTV, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Filme para Poeta Cego
Film for a Blind Poet
Gustavo Vinagre
Brazil/Cuba, Biographical Documentary, 2012
26 min, Digital, Color
Portuguese with English subtitles
Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties for the inexperienced director.
North American Premiere
www.pretaportefilmes.com.br/en
Print Source: Juliana Vicente - Preta Portê Filmes, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Lord of Miracles
Christopher Newman, Patricia Alvarez Astacio
Peru, Social Issue Documentary, 2012
9 min, HDV, Color
Spanish with English subtitles
LORD OF MIRACLES is an observational portrait of the annual procession of El Señor de los Milagros in Lima, Peru.
Regional Premiere
www.pacificlineproductions.com/lordofmiracles
Print Source: Chris Newman - Pacific Line Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Paal
Child
Christoph Müller, Victor Vargas Villafuerte
Mexico/Switzerland/Canada, Documentary, 2012
21 min, Mini-DV, Color
Mayan, Spanish with English subtitles
PAAL tells the story of Memo, a Mayan child, whose biggest dream is to tell the stories of his people. Through his own vision and fantasy, we explore the everyday life and culture of his town, and the exuberant nature of Yucatan‚ a jungle in the south of Mexico. PAAL pays homage to a magical world that is not exempt from the influence of the occidental world.
Regional Premiere
www.creativeblends.tv/paal
Print Source: Creative Blends, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Pichangueros
Kickabouters
Alejandro Hernandez
Chile, Sports Documentary/Social Issue, 2012
29 min, HDCAM, Color
Spanish with English subtitles
John, an amateur soccer player, is competing with his teammates for a very important tournament. We follow him, and get a look into the neighborhood kickabouts, a team with dreams of making it into Lo Espinoza Football Club.
International Premiere
www.pichangueros.cl
Print Source: Iván Nakouz, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Saya: Dance and Survival in an Afro-Bolivian Village
Saya: Dance and Survival in an Afro-Bolivian Village
Bolivia, Music/Human Rights Documentary, 2012
21 min, HDV, Color/Black & White
Spanish with English subtitles
This documentary reveals how the elders and ancestors of the people of a small Bolivian community worked under a form of slavery that persisted until the 1950s. Community members still perform dances rooted in their African cultural heritage. The dance troupe performs in the plaza of a nearby tourist town before an audience of local indigenous people, rich weekenders from the Bolivian capital, and international tourists. The film highlights the dilemmas of cultural survival and emergence for an endangered subculture in an era of globalization.
World Premiere
www.landlockedfilms.com
Print Source: Beret E. Strong - Landlocked Films, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Language of Love
Marie Clements
Canada, Testimonial Documentary, 2012
11 min, DVD, Color
English
In this deeply moving and raw performance, artist and activist Stephen Lytton poetically recounts the 13 years he endured in one of Canada's residential schools. Through a life of challenges - including physical disability - Lytton's story embodies the strength and perseverance of residential school survivors.
Regional Premiere
www.froggirlfilms.com
Print Source: Michelle St. John - Frog Girl Films, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Unique Ladies
Gloria Morán
USA, Documentary, 2013
28 min, HD, Color
English
After having been denied club membership on the basis of gender, Sherry and Pat founded and maintain San Diego's first all-women's lowrider car club. The competition is fierce, and the ladies hold their own. Although their club is only a few members strong in a field dominated by men, they cruise through a full season, and take home a trophy at the end of the show.
Regional Premiere
www.theuniqueladies.com
Print Source: Gloria Morán, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Una historia para los Modlin
A Story for the Modlins
Sergio Oksman
Spain, Biographical/Found Object Documentary, 2012
26 min, HD, Color/Black & White
English
After appearing in the film ROSEMARY'S BABY, by Roman Polanski, Elmer Modlin ran away with his wife Margaret and his son Nelson to a distant land. They shut themselves inside a dark apartment, where Margaret devoted herself to painting the coming Apocalypse, using Nelson and Elmer as models. Thirty years later, hundreds of the family's intimate photographs and documents appeared on the sidewalk like a jigsaw puzzle, waiting for someone to come along and piece together A STORY FOR THE MODLINS.
Texas Premiere
www.astoryforthemodlins.com , www.madridencorto.es/2012/a-story-for-the-modlins
Print Source: Madrid en Corto, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
