Evento

SPECIAL HOUR OF VENEZUELA SHORTS

EMERGENCY EXIT
NORTHWEST PREMIER
DOCUMENTARY IN COMPETITION
SWITZERLAND
SHORT-DOCUMENTARY
2019
SPANISH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES
HUMAN RIGHT
25 MIN.
After 20 years of the Bolivarian Revolution, Venezuela is going through the worst economic, political and social crisis in its history. The rise of an unprecedented migration phenomenon in Latin America, attracts the look and polarizes the opinion of the actors in the international community. This film tries to show the perception of the crisis by those who are suffering it.

ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY MINUTES
NORTHWEST PREMIER
NEW ZEALAND
NARRATIVE SHORT
2019
ENGLISH
DRAMA
14 MIN.
CAST: Gabriel Abreu, Emma Hayward, Sam Irwin, Fredrick Pokai, Kirk Phlaum
A Venezuelan immigrant living in New Zealand, having adapted to his new kiwi lifestyle in Wellington, is suddenly knocked out of balance when the political turmoil back home violently escalates and hes unable to reach his family.

With emotions running high he finds his daily life coming to a complete halt, as hes forced to realize what it means to be an immigrant, living in another country, unable to help those he left behind.

THE TOMB
NORTHWEST PREMIER
VENEZUELA
NARRATIVE SHORT
2019
SPANISH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES
HUMAN RIGHT
12 MIN.
CAST:Ricardo Sanchez
A human rights activist legally exiled in Colombia was kidnapped by immigration officials. He was turned over to Venezuelan Intelligence Agency, where he was taken to a torture center five stories beneath downtown Caracas. After four years in captivity, he was released in Madrid, Spain in October 2018. This is his story.