los caídos
a film by Damián Sainz Edwards• fiction • Cuba •in development
synopsis
Orestes’s world crumbles when his daughter, whom he abandoned when she came out as a transwoman, is found dead. He refuses to bury her in the family vault and tries to return to his lonely life. Yet when Orestes finds out that his daughter had a son, he dreams of having a family again. Fighting his own biases, Orestes will make peace with his grandson, with his daughter's ghost and with himself.
supported by
Go Cuba, World Cinéma Ámsterdam. 2021
Cuban Film Fund for Development. 2020
Ibermedia Development Fund. 2020
workshops and awards
La Fabrique du Cinéma du Monde. France (2021)
European Film Market, Berlinale Talent Project Market. Germany (2021)
TFI Network.· Konsonant Music Prize. USA (2020)
BrLab. Brasil (2020)
Cinefilia Lab Guión. Colombia (2020)
EICTV Nuevas Miradas · TFI Network Direct Pass EICTV Image Post Production Prize · Wajiros Films teaser Prize . Cuba (2019)
6G Script Lab for Cuban projects. Cuba (2019)