DRESS REHEARSAL FOR UTOPIA
DOLBY SURROUND 5.1, 75MIN, HD, 2012
PLAY Español English
As his father lies dying in a hospital room in Venezuela, the filmmaker’s thoughts travel to Mozambique. Images of dance and revolution, some retrieved from actual footage, some newly shot, conjure up a specrtral alternate reality where human figures take part in a cascade of excited movements.
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Official Selection: Bright Future (Nederland, 2012).
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Xcèntric Program April (España, 2012).
DISTRITAL, Cinema and Other Worlds (México, 2012).
Cinema City, Official Selection (Srbija, 2012).
Edinburgh International Film Festival, New Perspectives Program (UK, 2012).
Festival de Cine Independiente de Lima (Perú, 2012).
Flaherty Film Seminar “Open Wounds” (EEUU, 2012).
Dockanema, Festival do Filme Documentário (Moçambique, 2012).
Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia, Spain Films Program (Chile, 2012).
VIENNALE, Documentary Official Selection (Österreich, 2012).
Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, “España Alterada” Program (Argentina, 2012).
City of Barcelona Award for Best Film (España, 2013).
IBAFF, International Film Festival Official Selection, Honorable Mention (España, 2013).
Teatro San Martín de Buenos Aires, “España Alterada” program (Argentina, 2013).
Cinemateca de Montevideo, “España Alterada” program (Uruguay, 2013).
Anthology Film Archives New York, “To Look Awry: Latin and Spanish Filmmakers Far From Home” Program (EEUU, 2013).
National Center For the Contemporary Arts - NCCA Moskvá (Russia, 2014).
Border Film Week at San Diego's Trans Border Film Institute (EEUU, 2014).
