Figa Films in Cannes
EL DESPERTAR DE LAS
HORMIGAS
A film by Antonella Sudassasi
Costa Rica/Spain, 2019, 94 min
FICTION
Isabel is a good mom, a good wife, a good daughter in law. When her family starts pushing her to have another child, she will have to confront herself, her environment, and her family.
Best Film - Costa Rica International Film Festival
“A strong portrait of womanhood undergoing fundamental change.“
Goombastomp International
DIZ A ELA QUE ME
VIU CHORAR
LET IT BURN
A film by Maíra Bühler
Brazil, 2019, 82 min
DOC
Downtown São Paulo, Brazil. An Apartment Building: 7 floors, 28 rooms, 107 residents who all have in common the addiction to crack, and often, the color of their skin. Over the course of several months, life in a social housing - part of a city hall “damage reduction” program about to be extinguished - is revealed. Characters on a hallucinated hunt for bonding and fighting passionately for life can be seen as the camera drifts through hallways, rooms, elevators, stairs; day and night. In this claustrophobic place, anything can happen
Best Film / Critics' Award - Uruguay IFF
"An honest portrayal of addiction in Brazil"
Vox Magazine
CHÃO
LANDLESS
A film by Camila Freitas
Brazil, 2019, 108 min
DOC
In an occupied land belonging to an indebted sugarcane processing plant in bankruptcy process, the Landless Workers Movement (MST) fights to press the government into making land reform and settling the families encamped. A story about resilience against changing times and politics.
“One of those necessary films”
Il manifesto Italy
LA ARRANCADA
ON THE STARTING LINE
A film by Aldemar Matias
France/Cuba/Brazil/, 2019, 63 min
DOC
Jenniffer is a young sportswoman questioning her career as a national athlete in Cuba. Her mother, Marbelis, is the tough boss of a public fumigation center in downtown Havana. As her brother is getting ready to leave the country, Jenniffer struggles to find her place. This intimate family chronicle, seen from the perspective of two women, unfolds the portrait of a generation unsure of what’s next in Cuba.
"Stunningly real. An affectionate portrayal of a
family’s experience of a culture in transition"
The Up Coming
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TEMPORADA
LONG WAY HOME
A film by André Novais Oliveira
Brazil, 2018, 113 min
FICTION
Juliana moves from her hometown to a bigger city to work for the disease eradication program of the public health system. On the job, she meets new people, makes friends and has new experiences that start little by little to change her life. At the same time, she feels she is losing touch with her husband, who she left in the backlands.
Best Actress - Torino Film Festival
Audience Award - Festival de Trois Continents
LUCIÉRNAGAS
FIREFLIES
A film by Bani Khoshnoudi
Mexico/Greece/Dominican Republic, 2018, 85 min
FICTION
When Ramin hid on a cargo ship leaving Turkey, he never expected to end up in Veracruz, Mexico by accident. Having escaped persecution as a young gay man in his home country, Iran, he suddenly finds himself far from everything he knows, living the life of an exile in this nostalgic, tropical port where his past and future are constantly confronted by new relationships and revivified desires.
Best Ibero-American Film - Miami Film Festival
