Carla arrives in the Galapagos with her father, a biologist and expert in tortoise conservation. While he lectures on breeding endangered species, she faces the risks of her own species. Like the iguanas, who mutated into sea creatures to survive, Carla will transform into Isla and learn to cling to the rock, dive and wait.
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Carla llega a las Galápagos con su papá, un biólogo experto en conservación de tortugas. Mientras él da charlas sobre crianza de especies en riesgo de extinción, ella enfrenta los riesgos de su propia especie. Como las iguanas, que para sobrevivir mutaron en criaturas marinas, Carla se transformará en Isla y aprenderá a aferrarse a la piedra, sumergirse y esperar.
VILLAGE EAST CINEMA
Festivals & Awards
Tania Hermida
Born in Cuenca, Ecuador, writer director TANIA HERMIDA is a graduate of the International Film&TV School (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba), where she directed her first short films. Her first feature film, “Qué tan lejos” (How much further, 2006), was an audience success in Ecuador and won several awards, including the Silver Zenith for First Films at the Montreal WFF, and the Coral Award for First Films at the Havana FF. Her second feature film, “En el Nombre de la Hija” (In the Name of the Girl, 2011), won the Alice Nela Citá Award in its premiere at the Rome Film Festival, and was part of the Official Selection at Cannes Ecran Junior. “La Invención de las Especies” (On the Invention of Species) is her third feature film. Tania combines independent filmmaking with university teaching and research on screenwriting. She’s a Member of the New Latin American Cinema Foundation and has been invited to participate as key speaker and jury in several film festivals and conferences.
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Nacida en Cuenca, Ecuador, es Graduada en la especialidad de Dirección en la Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV de San Antonio de Los Baños (Cuba) donde escribió y ditigió sus primeros cortometrajes
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