Event

Juanicas

(Opens with the Documentary Shorts Competition film "Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People"

A film by Karina García Casanova

Canada/Mexico, Autobiographical Documentary, 2014
78 min, Color/Black & White
Spanish, French, English with English subtitles

Regional Premiere

www.eyesteelfilm.com/juanicas

JUANICAS is an intimate and bittersweet portrait of a Mexican immigrant family affected by mental illness. For over ten years, filmmaker Karina García Casanova has been documenting her complex relationship with her mother and brother, both of whom suffer from bipolar disorder. When her brother commits suicide, she attempts to make sense of this event and come to terms with her past.

Producer: Karina García Casanova
Production Companies: EyeSteelFilm, KGC Films
Screenwriter: Karina García Casanova
Cinematographer: Pablo Alvarez-Mesa, Glauco Bermudez, Karina García Casanova
Editor: Karina García Casanova
Sound Design: Katy Wood, Terry Rodman
Music: Olivier Alary
Cast: Juan García Casanova, Victoria Casanova, Karina García Casanova, Juan García Tarancon, Olivier Alary