Closing Night Gala: A Media Voz / In a Whisper
Sunday, November 8th - 7:00 pm EST
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Duration: 1 hour 20 mins
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Regular screenings are restricted to those 18 years of age or older according to the Ontario Theatres Act.
Note: This screening is only available in Canada.
Continuing and complimenting aluCine 2020’s themes of “migration in cinema” and “Latin women in cinema,” our closing night film is a deeply powerful piece about relationships across time and borders. Created by Heidi Hassan and Patricia Perez, A Media Voz (In a Whisper) reflects upon the two filmmakers’ own relationship, and tells an intimate and personal story of two friends, separated for fifteen years, who begin a heartfelt correspondence through video letters. Beginning with their lives in Cuba, where they worked together as filmmakers, they share their journeys. The struggles of living illegally in Europe, of being kept from their passions, the joys and pains of love, the sense of wonder found in new places. With captivating cinematography and poetic prose, this story transcends borders to bring a story of friendship and deep connection.
After getting a degree in Cinematography from the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba in 2002, Heidi Hassan emigrated to Switzerland where she continued her professional training at the Haute Ecole d’Art et Design in Geneva (HEAD). She got her diploma in Film Directing in 2008. Nowadays she reconciles her personal work as a filmmaker and visual artist with numerous collaborations as a director of photography. Her work has been presented in prestigious international film festivals where they received several awards and critical acclaim. A Media Voz (In a Whisper) is her second full-length documentary, made in collaboration with Patricia Pérez Fernández.
After getting a degree in Drama from Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Patricia Pérez Fernández continued her training at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, where she got her diploma in Film Directing in 2002. In 2003 she got a scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies at the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) and migrated to Spain. Since then, she has made several fiction short films and documentaries. Currently, she is a staff member of DOCMA (Spain’s Documentary Producers Association). A Media Voz (In a Whisper) is her debut as a full-length documentary director, made in collaboration with Heidi Hassan.
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A Media Voz / In a Whisper
Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez Fernández
2019 - Spain/France/Switzerland/Cuba - 80 mins - Documentary
Canadian Premiere
Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de la Habana
An intimate and revealing autoethnographic documentary about uprootedness, motherhood, love of film, friendship and freedom.
Two filmmakers who have been best friends since childhood, both part of the Cuban diaspora, share their intimate and emotional journey while they try to find themselves and each other in a foreign land.
