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SHOWTIMES

SAT. 4/13 @ 6:40PM

Followed by Q&A

UNDER A POWERFUL SUN

BAJO UN SOL PODEROSO

Fiction | US PREMIERE

Director:

Enrique (Kiki) Álvarez

Year:

2022

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Cuba

A Cuban filmmaker locks himself in his house to confront his loneliness and the ghosts of the couples who star in three of his films from the fall of the Berlin Wall until today. An essay on loneliness, absence, restlessness, and the weight of social circumstances on individuals. A film about Havana, filmed in Havana, lived in Havana, under a powerful sun.

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Un cineasta cubano se encierra en su casa a confrontar su soledad y los fantasmas de las parejas que protagonizan tres de sus películas realizadas desde la caída del muro de Berlín hasta hoy. Un ensayo sobre la soledad, la ausencia, el desasosiego, y el peso de las circunstancias sociales sobre los individuos. Una película sobre La Habana, filmada en la Habana, vivida en la Habana, bajo un sol poderoso.

FESTIVALS &
AWARDS

  • 2022 International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana/ Official Selection

  • 2023 Toulouse Latin American Film Festival

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SHOWTIMES

SAT. 4/13 @ 6:40PM

Followed by Q&A w/ Director Kiki Álvarez

ENRIQUE (KIKI) ÁLVAREZ

Kiki Alvarez (Havana, 1961) is a filmmaker, essayist, and serves as Head of the EICTV Fiction Direction Chair. His films Sed, winner of two Coral Awards, and the feature film La ola, are part of Cuban experimental cinema. In 2013, his film Giraffes won the Spirit Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival. His film Venecia, which premiered in Toronto, won three awards for Female Performance at the Guadalajara Film Festival and five Golden Kikitos at the Gramado Film Festival. Under a Powerful Sun won the Post-Production Award from the Fund for the Promotion of Cuban Cinema.

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Kiki Álvarez. Habana 1961. Cineasta. Ensayista. Él es jefe de EICTV Fiction Direction Chair. Sus peliculas Sed, ganadora de dos Coral Awards, y el largometraje La ola, son parte del cine experimental Cubano. En 2013, Giraffes fue premiado con el Spirit Award en el Brooklyn Film Festival, y Venecia, que fue estrenada en Toronto, ganó tres premios por actuación femenina en la Guadalajara Film Festival y cinco Golden Kikitos en el Gramado Film Festival. Bajo Un Sol Poderoso ganó el premio de post-produccion de Fund for the Promotion of Cuban Cinema.

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