Fénix Awards Pre-selection 2017
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*Films not in IMDB
El año del apocalipsis by Rafael Arevalo
En un rincón del alma by Jorge Dalton
Girasoles de Nicaragua by Florence Jaugey
Mutlab by Elena Gutierrez
Resonancia by Jose Saldaña
Severo Secreto by Cruz Gustavo Perez & Oneyda Gonzalez
*Films not in IMDB
El año del apocalipsis by Rafael Arevalo
En un rincón del alma by Jorge Dalton
Girasoles de Nicaragua by Florence Jaugey
Mutlab by Elena Gutierrez
Resonancia by Jose Saldaña
Severo Secreto by Cruz Gustavo Perez & Oneyda Gonzalez
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- DirectorPedro PinhoStarsJosé Smith VargasCarla GalvãoNjamy SebastiãoOne night, a group of workers discover their factory is being dismantled by the same administration that runs it. Quickly, the labourers organize themselves in order to occupy the plant.
- DirectorClare WeiskopfNicolas van HemelryckStarsValerie MeikleDiego WeiskopfNicolas van HemelryckThis is the story of Val and Clare: a mother and a daughter. After the tragic death of her eldest daughter, Val left her kids and family behind and escaped into the Colombian jungle in order to search for her identity. Clare was only 11 years old when her mother left and couldn't understand what she was looking for. A son who became an addict, three break-ups and a fractured family remained behind. Now Clare is pregnant and decides to confront her mother, heal the wounds of the past and try to define motherhood on her own terms. Together they go on an intimate journey exploring the boundaries between responsibility and freedom, the power of love and the meaning of family.
- DirectorJoão DumansAffonso UchoaStarsAristides de SousaMurilo CaliariGláucia VandeveldAndre is a young boy that lives in an industrial neighborhood in Ouro Preto, Brazil, near an old aluminum factory. One day he finds a notebook from one of the factory workers.
- DirectorFabio MeiraStarsPriscila BittencourtIsabela TorresMarco RiccaIn the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name.
- DirectorJulio Hernández CordónStarsAdriana AlvarezNatalia AriasÁlvaro MarencoA brightly shot carefree movie where problems and reality are kept just on the fringe of the storyline. Two best friends are having fun riding their bikes in San Jose. When they can pick out an old car from one of the friends family lot they are in for a nasty surprise. However as adolescents do they deal with the situation by having more fun with their friends. Meanwhile they turn one of the old cars into an Uber taxi.
- DirectorJúlio BressaneStarsRosa DiasFernando EirasAlessandra NegriniA curious couple, whose existence takes place where art arises along a singular metaphysical desire. They search for it through repeated and varied representations, in a setting of light where hope and desperation blend together.
- DirectorAdriana Vila GuevaraStarsBelen PalaciosHands of earth, crystal eyes, ancestral bridge through time, gender and race. Immortal humble wise noble warrior. Queen of bamboo's sounds and silence. Felt around and not just as an echo. Resisting beating African Diaspora. Inspiration to continue each battle. Resonating spirit: Belen.
- DirectorJosé María CabralStarsJean JeanRamón Emilio CandelarioJudith Rodriguez PerezJulián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
- DirectorCamila José DonosoStarsRoshell TerranovaLiliana AlbaLia GarcíaCasa Roshell is a haven for men who want to be women but cannot do so in their daily lives.
- DirectorTeresa VillaverdeStarsJoão Pedro VazAlice Albergaria BorgesBeatriz BatardaIn Portugal, a father, a mother and a daughter's daily lives are being subsumed by the effects of the economic crisis.
- DirectorLicínio AzevedoStarsMatamba JoaquimMelanie de Vales RafaelThiago JustinoA very dangerous train journey through war torn Mozambique. Civilian passengers are both protected and harassed by a troop of ill-disciplined soldiers on board to fight off a rebel army in the bush. All must work together to repair sabotaged track and reach safety.
- DirectorIgnacio Agüero30 years on, Ignacio Agüero revisits Chile to question his colleagues about the meaning of their work and the future of his country's cinema, while images from his own past recur alongside testimony from a school teacher of film workshops for children.
- DirectorAlbertina CarriStarsAlbertina CarriI go after the footsteps of Isidro Velázquez, the last gaucho raised from Argentina and, as the search for lost time is always erratic.
- DirectorPaz EncinaStarsElba Elisa Benítez de GoiburúHebe DuartePatricia Goiburú BenitezAn experimental documentary centering on memories by the children of Agustin Goiburu, who was the most important political opponent of US-supported dictator Alfredo Stroessner (Ruled Paraguay 1954-1989). Goiburu was disappeared in 1979 .
- DirectorRober CalzadillaStarsVicente QuinteroGiovanny GarciaVicente PeñaAt the end of the 80's, by the creeks of the Arauca river, near the Colombian-Venezuelan border, two men survived the brutality of a shooting in which 14 of their mates were killed. They claimed to be mere fishermen, but the Venezuelan army accused them to be guerrilla fighters, intimidating them in every possible way and even attempting to remove them from the cell where they were guarded by a policeman. Their neighbors prevented their transfer, but the pressure they faced to give in and submit the official version was overwhelming.
- DirectorEduardo WilliamsStarsSergio MorosiniShine MarxDomingos MarengulaA 3-country observation of the millenials in Argentina, Mozambique, and the Philippines.
- DirectorDaniel HendlerStarsDiego De PaulaAna KatzMatías Singer"The Candidate" delivers a behind-the-scenes tale of a campaign being run in an effort to get nondescript millionaire Martin Marchand (Diego de Paula) elected to office. A team of advisers is brought in to manufacture the image of Marchand, producing social media profiles, commercials and a new public persona. Conflict arises when it is revealed that not everyone is who they present themselves to be. At his country estate, a rich businessman who wants to be president is groomed by a campaign team to create an image palatable to middle-class voters.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsOscar MartínezDady BrievaAndrea FrigerioA winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, who has been living in Europe for decades, accepts an invitation to receive another award. In Argentina he finds both similarities and irreconcilable differences with the people of his hometown.
- DirectorNele WohlatzStarsXiaobin ZhangSaroj Kumar MalikMian JiangA smart and innovative look at the possible futures of a young Chinese immigrant to Buenos Aires, told in the stilted language of an elementary Spanish textbook.
- DirectorAlberto RodríguezStarsJose CoronadoEduard FernándezMiquel García BordaThe story of a man who fooled an entire country. A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.
- DirectorEmiliano TorresStarsAlejandro SievekingCristian SalgueroAdrián FondariAfter years of working on an 'estancia' in Patagonia, the Old Foreman is forced to retire and a younge'r man takes his place. The change is difficult and challenging for both men. Each one must survive the oncoming winter.
- DirectorGustavo FontánStarsEva BiancoGermán De SilvaRosendo RuízA family gets together for New year. Three sisters and their families who live by the river. One of them does not attend because she is still in mourning. Her sisters and her nieces try to convince her but she remains firm in her refusal.
- DirectorIsrael Adrián CaetanoStarsLeonardo SbaragliaDaniel HendlerErasmo OliveraCetarti, a public employee who has just been fired, travels from Buenos Aires to Lapachito, a lonely town in the Chaco province. He must take care of the corpses of his mother and brother who have been brutally murdered, and with whom no bond of affection binds him. The only thing that mobilizes Cetarti to undertake the trip is the possibility of charging a modest life insurance to be able to settle in Brazil. There he meets Duarte, a sort of town capo and friend of his mother's murderer, with whom he establishes a strange society to manage and collect that money.
- DirectorLissette OrozcoStarsAdriana RivasLissette OrozcoAn astonishing documentary about a woman who is looking about her aunt past during Pinochet's period in Chile.
- DirectorMichael BendeckStarsJorge ServellónGlenn BlackburnPolacheAfter the tragic death of his mother, Carlos, "El Paletero" goes into an epic journey to recover her ashes in a far away town.
- DirectorAdrián Villar RojasTrilogy of works by visual artist Adrián Villar Rojas, including "A War on Earth", "Unknown Soldier" and "The Most Beautiful Moment of War".
- DirectorPatricia RamosStarsEnmanuel GalbánAndrea DoimeadiósJonathan Navarro ElóseguisThree young Cubans crowded into a decaying neighborhood of Havana, imagine prosperous futures for themselves, as they struggle to meet the demands of everyday life.
- DirectorDiego RosStarsLeonardo AlonsoAri GallegosHéctor HoltenA night guard has to deal with a bizarre and improbable series of events in the most important night of his life.
- DirectorEliane CafféStarsIsam Ahmad IssaPaulo AméricoJuliane ArguelloShows the unusual situation of homeless Brazilians movement and refugees that squat together an abandoned building in downtown Sao Paulo. The daily tension caused by the treat of eviction reveals the dramas and joys.
- DirectorCarla SimónStarsLaia ArtigasPaula RoblesBruna CusíAfter her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
- DirectorCristina Herrera BorquezStarsFelipe NájeraA couple in love from Baja California Mexico are in the middle of the preparations for a huge wedding, the only problem is that their marriage is not legal, since they are both male.
- DirectorFellipe BarbosaStarsJoão Pedro ZappaCaroline AbrasAlex AlembeBefore entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decided to travel the world for one year, his backpack full of dreams. After ten months on the road, he arrived in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. Until he reached the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi, his last destination.
- DirectorMatías PiñeiroStarsAgustina MuñozMaría VillarMati DiopHermia & Helena is a film of dead ends and new beginnings, navigating different hemispheres and languages with amorous detours, where the written words of Shakespeare clash with the entanglements of modern, digital life.
- DirectorClarisa NavasStarsGustavo BravoNatalia Ruiz CoboCarolina CussighLas Indomables await with anxiety the start of a neighborhood women's soccer tournament. During the wait all kinds of events happen, love, conflicts, politics and even a rain, stalk the passion for which they are there: Play football at all costs.
- DirectorYanillys PerezStarsLuis Manuel AguiloIrvin AlbertiAlexandra de la CruzA kid from the street that dreams of becoming a reggaeton singer but everything around him make it impossible. Jeffrey has to solve his family problems before trying to achieve his dream.
- DirectorFernando GuzzoniStarsNicolás DuránAlejandro GoicGastón SalgadoWhen the flesh of your flesh is rotten, will you go to any extent to protect your own? Or will you cut them loose? Jesus is a story of the ultimate betrayal.
- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJulio MachadoIsabél ZuaaRômulo BragaA partly fictional, partly historical account of the life of Brazil's national hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, alias Tiradentes.
- DirectorElena MartínStarsElena MartínOriol Puig GrauLaura WeissmahrJulia goes to Berlin to study but once there, completely alone, she realizes that she doesn't know herself as well as she thought and that she has no idea what she wants to do while living in a completely new city.
- DirectorAldo Rey ValderramaStarsJorge PerugorríaNick RomanoRobin DuranArmando, a former illegal fighter, runs away after causing the death of his brother Andres. Years later after putting himself back on track, he returns to his family to ask forgiveness, but finds many unexpected changes that will test him.
- DirectorGastón SolnickiStarsLaila MaltzLara TarlowskiKatia SzechtmanSeveral young daughters of rich industrialists examine in an equally intangible and compelling way the physical and spiritual aspects of a cultural recession.
- DirectorSantiago MitreStarsWalter AndradeRicardo DarínDolores FonziAt a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile where the region's geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.
- DirectorNatalia SantaStarsVictoria HernandezMaia LandaburuMartha LealThis is the story of three old friends in downtown Bogotá. A chess player and small-time gambler, a watch maker, and a Spanish homeopath obsessed with poker. Finding comfort in the confines of their routines, they avoid facing failure at all costs. When this comfort is put at risk, each man will have to figure out that in life, as in love, it's never too late to take a chance.
- DirectorGustavo Rondón CórdovaStarsGiovanny GarciaReggie ReyesKirvin BarriosAndrés and his 12 year old son Pedro live in a violent neighborhood in Caracas, but they hardly see each other. One day, Andrés comes home and finds out that Pedro has gotten himself in serious trouble after hurting a boy in a fight.
- DirectorAna Endara MislovStarsIngmar HerreraDerek IrvingEduardo IrvingAn ode to sound, that mysterious, invisible and intangible phenomenon that brings pleasure and togetherness - and sometimes irritation.
- DirectorEvelyne PegotStarsGiovanni CicciaJackelyne VásquezRossana Fernández MaldonadoAdrian, a successful lawyer, discovers dark secrets from his father's past that threaten his well-earned reputation.
- DirectorEverardo GonzálezA documentary about the violence in Mexico told from the word of those who have suffered the pain and those who make the pain.
- DirectorRicardo VelardeStarsRamón GarcíaManuel GoldStephanie OrúeThe mysterious death of a mountain shepherd awakens greed and superstition in a remote Peruvian village.
- DirectorVíctor GaviriaStarsNatalia PoloTito Alexander GomezJesús VásquezAmparo flees the convent and lands in a marginal neighborhood at her sister's house. Cousin Libardo becomes infatuated with Amparo, forcing her to live under his roof; the Animal's family, witness to her captivity. The community, threatened by Libardo, doesn't intercede. Forced to become the Animal's wife, Amparo cannot escape bearing his child. Will she, through love and temperance, survive and save her daughter; bringing an end to the cycle of violence her mother also was a victim of?
- DirectorCecilia AtánValeria PivatoStarsPaulina GarcíaClaudio RissiMaría Cristina LópezA journey through the vastness of the Argentine desert and what appeared to be the end of the road will become the beginning of a new life.
- DirectorJonás TruebaStarsFrancesco CarrilItsaso AranaCandela RecioManuela and Olmo meet again in a future as they had promised fifteen years earlier as teenagers, when they lived their first love.
- DirectorAmat EscalanteStarsRuth RamosSimone BucioJesús MezaA couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.
- DirectorAlejo MoguillanskyStarsMaría VillarWalter JakobMargarita FernándezAndersen's "Little Match Girl", Bresson's donkey, the relationship between a German guerrilla and an Argentine pianist, and Helmut Lachenmann trying to stage an opera with the orchestra of the Teatro Colón on strike. In the middle of all that, Marie and Walter try to survive with their daughter.
- DirectorJoel CaleroStarsKaterina D'OnofrioLucho CáceresLaura and Ramon spend one last meaningful afternoon together before signing their divorce papers.
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsEmma SuárezAna Valeria BecerrilEnrique ArrizonA pregnant 17-year-old decides to keep her condition to herself, enjoying a calm life in Puerto Vallarta. But, why on earth hadn't the inexperienced mother-to-be sought for assistance earlier? Can a mere child raise a kid on her own?
- DirectorXiana YagoStarsMaria CarnicerMaria, a young Spanish doctor, works in a maternity hospital in the Ecuadorian rain forest. She is shocked about the premature pregnancies and the violence women in Ecuador have to face. She meets Mishell, an adolescent abused by her father, and Yanina, a woman who decides to perform a clandestine abortion. Maria discovers that behind unintended pregnancies often hides sexual violence.
- DirectorMarcela SaidStarsAntonia ZegersAlfredo CastroRafael SpregelburdFollows the story of a woman in her forties who becomes friend with an ex colonel and riding instructor with a shady past.
- DirectorClaudia HuaiquimillaStarsAndrew BargstedEliseo FernándezFrancisco Pérez-BannenAgainst the backdrop of an impending environmental crisis, two troubled adolescents strive to find their place in the world in this stirring debut film from Chile, which weaves together political themes both social and personal.
- DirectorNely RegueraStarsBárbara LennieJosé Ángel EgidoPablo DerquiEver since her mum died, María has taken care of her father and her siblings. That's why her father's announcement of marriage to his nurse brings María's world crashing down around her. At the age of 35, she'll have to change her fate.
- DirectorVincent CarelliTatiana AlmeidaErnesto de CarvalhoStarsCelso AokiMyriam Medina AokiOriel BenitesA analysis about the violence and the struggle suffered by the Guarani Kaiowá group, one of the biggest Indian populations of Brazil.
- DirectorAlexandra Latishev SalazarStarsLiliana BiamonteJavier MontenegroErick CalderonMaría José is 25. Her life moves back and forth between the monotony of class at the university, her eternally distant parents, and a couple of alternative spaces where she can explore her own and others' limits. One day, she meets Javier, a boy she really likes and tries to have a relationship with, but her behavior starts changing radically. In fact, she's a few months into her pregnancy and no one knows.
- DirectorLuciano MilitelloStarsOsvaldo DuarteOsmar NúñezOsvaldo Duarte, owner of a fitness mode for more than 50 years, is an event, a passionate fancier. As we get to know his passion for this unusual activity, in his gym he comes alive for the past as an athlete revealing an unresolved conflict.
- DirectorSonia FritzMona is a beautiful, distant, mythic and mysterious island, and recently a place where migrants from Haiti and Cuba arrive. Above all it is a Caribbean treasure.
- DirectorAdrián OrrStarsDavid RansanzLuna RansanzMia RansanzJobless and with no prospects, "Niñato" (Kid) lives with his parents and does hip-hop music. He lives the life of the outskirts, it's the Madrid of the chronic crisis. But he is 34 years old and has 3 children to bring up. Time goes by, the kids are growing up and "Niñato" carries on, making music and looking after the children, without worrying too much about his future. Oro, the smallest one, not too motivated at school, will demand more attention and drive "Niñato" to face his own conflicts.
- DirectorJoão Moreira SallesA personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring.
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsPaul HamyJoão Pedro RodriguesXelo CagiaoFernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.
- DirectorIván GaonaStarsRené Diaz CalderónWillington GordilloCristian HernándezWillington's only love, Mariana, is about to get married to his cousin. While Willington tries to get her back, the rumor of a thief in town and a series of violent murders remind them of a fearful past, that will endanger Mariana.
- DirectorRodrigo SorogoyenStarsAntonio de la TorreRoberto ÁlamoJavier PereiraInspectors Velarde and Alfaro must find what appears to be a serial killer. This hunt against the clock will make them realize something they'd never thought about: neither one of them is that different from the killer.
- DirectorNiles AtallahStarsMario CáceresRodrigo LisboaClaudio RiverosIn 1860, a French lawyer dreamed of becoming the King of Patagonia. And he did just that. Or so it seems.
- DirectorDiego E. Sarmiento PaganÁlvaro SarmientoStarsJulio RenerioCustodio SangamaSamuel SangamaGuided by ayahuasca chants, GREEN RIVER. THE TIME OF THE YAKURUNAS is a poetic journey into the depths of the Amazon. The film explores the perception of time in three small villages intertwined by the flowing waters of the Amazon river.
- DirectorIsrael CárdenasLaura Amelia GuzmánStarsLaura GómezJalsen SantanaEttore D'AlessandroSambá is a sports drama about redemption through the metaphor of life and boxing.
- DirectorCarlos LechugaStarsLola AmoresEduardo MartinezCesar DomínguezThe story of an improbable friendship between a revolutionary country girl and a noncompliant gay writer she has to watch over for three consecutive days.
- DirectorRubén MendozaStarsMaría Luisa Fuentes BurgosMaría Luisa BonillaLove is an animal capable of adapting to the most arid mountain of hatred
- DirectorSebastián CorderoStarsDaniel Adum GilbertVictor ArauzDiego CatañoEverything begins with a stray bullet... And a wealthy young man trying to evict 250 families who are squatting on the land he inherited from his father. The leader of the squatter settlement is ready to negotiate, knowing that an eviction will not happen without blood. Suspecting a betrayal, the dwellers voice their concern. SIN MUERTOS NO HAY CARNAVAL portrays the city of Guayaquil through all its social strata, full of latent tensions that can only be resolved through violence. SIN MUERTOS NO HAY CARNAVAL (2016) is Sebastián Cordero's sixth feature film. It's an Ecuadorian-Mexican- German co-production, entirely shot on location in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- DirectorFilipa CésarFilipa César turns his gaze to Guinea-Bissau, where at the beginning of the 1970s the advocates of a militant cinema captured the freedom struggle and the first years of independence.
- DirectorErnesto ContrerasStarsFernando Álvarez RebeilJosé Manuel PoncelisEligio MeléndezWhen a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.
- DirectorMarco MartinsStarsNuno LopesMariana NunesDavid SemedoAn unemployed boxer turned collection agency employee deals with the deplorable methods they have to use when collecting bad debts.
- DirectorRaúl ArévaloStarsAntonio de la TorreLuis CallejoRuth DíazA hard-working single mother and wife of a getaway driver who is about to be released is approached by an unassuming and gentle man, completely unaware though of his inscrutable and utterly impelling motives.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsLewis MacDougallSigourney WeaverFelicity JonesConor, a twelve-year-old boy, encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsDaniela VegaFrancisco ReyesLuis GneccoMarina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
- DirectorKiro RussoStarsNarciso ChoquecallataAnastasia Daza LópezFelix Espejo EspejoOne day, Elder's father dies. He goes on to live with his grandmother in a mining town and manages to get a job thanks to his godfather. It doesn't take long until Elder screws up, which leads him to find out a secret about his father.
- DirectorJuan Andrés Arango GarciaStarsJembie AlmazanJonathan Diaz AnguloBernardo Garnica CruzThousands of kilometers apart, three young migrants undergo mental, emotional, and physical transformations in order to survive the violence of their new worlds.
- DirectorJavier Colón RíosStarsCecilia ArguellesEl Hollywood BoricuaLeonardo CastroCarlos is an ex-convict looking for a job where he can make a lot of money without putting in a lot of work. After discussing it with his cellmate; Cangri; they decide that the only job that fits that description is governor of Puerto Rico.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsJorge MartínezGabriela RamosYailene SierraA Cuban man dying of AIDS in Havana.