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Carbón

Nivardo and Ismael, more than seventy years old, are producing charcoal to survive in the current economic context of Cuba. Night after night, the two best friends are guarding a process of change, hidden behind a fraught smoke.

Details

Duration: 25min.

Country: Switzerland, France

Language: Spanish

Year: 2020

Genre: Documentary

Topic: Biography, Black Identity, Brotherhood, Documentary, Economic status, Environment, Friendship, Hispanic, Human Relationship, Latino, Loneliness, Mystery, Myth, Old Age, Relationship, Senior/Aging, Social, Society

Cast & Crew

Director: Davide Tisato

Production company: Ecran Mobile and Les Soeurs Jauen (Coproduction)

Writer: Davide Tisato

Cinematographer: Davide Tistao

Editor: Bruno Herrero

Actors: Nivardo Cuello Limonta, Ismael Ramirez Carrión

Distributor Company: Ecran Mobile

Festivals & Awards

2020

Winterthur International Short Film Festival Winterthur International Short Film Festival Best Swiss Film

Doc Lisboa

Solothurner Filmtage

Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen

Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano del La Habana

International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo

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