El EnemigoThe Enemy
- Logline
- In a fumigation centre in Havana, Mayelín has the ungrateful task of fining citizens who infringe sanitary regulations. Apart from fighting dengue and disciplining her workers, she is, herself, under pressure from one of her supervisors. Mayelín must learn to find her place within a stressful and sometimes aggressive work environment.
- Talent
- Aldemar Matias
- Role of participant
- Director
- Director
- Aldemar Matias
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2015
- Running time
- 26 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Creative)
- Country of Production
- Cuba
- Production Company
- EICTV
Festivals and Awards
2015
Visions du Réel – Nyon, Switzerland / WORLD PREMIERE
DocumentaMadrid – Spain / FIRST PRIZE OF THE JURY
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival – Israel
FilmCaravan – Imperia, Italy / AUDIENCE AWARD
Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de São Paulo – Brasil / SPECIAL MENTION
MonFilm Fest – Casalborgone, Italy
Festival de Cine Universitário Equinoxio – Bogotá, Colombia
Festival de Cine Latino-Americano de La Plata – Argentina
Trinidad+Tobago International Film Festival – Trinidad y Tobago
Festival de San Sebastián – Spain / SECOND PRIZE OF THE JURY
Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine – France
TimiShort Film Festival – Romania
Doc Buenos Aires – Argentina
Image Science Film Festival – New York, USA
Dok Leipzig – Germany
Miradas Doc – Guía de Isora, Canary Islands, Spain
Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Filmer a Tout Prix – Brussels, Belgic
Filmar en America Latina – Geneva, Switzerland
Mov Festival Universitário de Recife – Brazil
Festival Internacional de Cine Icaro – Antigua Guatemala
L’Alternativa Festival de Cine Independiente de Barcelona – Spain
Festival de Cortometrajes Aguilar de Campo – Spain / PRIZE OF THE JURY
Watch Docs International Film Festival – Warsaw, Poland
Mov Festival Internacional de Cinema Universitário de Pernambuco – Brazil
2016
Images of Justice – Rennes, France
Filmer Le Travail – Poitiers, France
Cine Latino, Rencontres de Toulouse – Toulouse, France
True/False – Columbia, US
Mecal – Barcelona, Spain
Muestra Joven - Habana, Cuba
Festival del Cine Pobre - Guibara, Cuba
Semana de Cine Medina del Campo - Valladolid, España
Cine Latino - Tubingen, Stuttgart, Freiburg, Rotenburg, Germany
AluCine Latin Film Fest - Toronto, Canada
Lab 111 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Palm Springs International ShortFest - USA
Culture Unplugged Film Festival - New Zealand
Les Vidéophages - Toulouse, France
Muestra Latino America en Nosotros - San Juan, Puerto Rico
41N North Film Festival - Michigan, United States
Festival Nouveaux Espaces Latinos - Lyon, France / PRIZE OF THE JURY
FilmFestival Cottbus - Germany
Muestra de Cine Iberoamericano de Nicaragua
La Mostra de Cinema Internacional del Baix Llobregat - España
Cinemaatic - Edinburgh
2017
FIPA Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels - Biarritz, France
Mostra Por Dentro da Ilha - Cinema Cubano nos Anos 2000 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Havana Film Festival - Glasgow
Festival de Cine y Video Científico del Mercosur - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cuban Short Docs Déli Doku - Budapest
2024
IDFA - Cuba special edition
Visions du Réel – Nyon, Switzerland / WORLD PREMIERE
DocumentaMadrid – Spain / FIRST PRIZE OF THE JURY
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival – Israel
FilmCaravan – Imperia, Italy / AUDIENCE AWARD
Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de São Paulo – Brasil / SPECIAL MENTION
MonFilm Fest – Casalborgone, Italy
Festival de Cine Universitário Equinoxio – Bogotá, Colombia
Festival de Cine Latino-Americano de La Plata – Argentina
Trinidad+Tobago International Film Festival – Trinidad y Tobago
Festival de San Sebastián – Spain / SECOND PRIZE OF THE JURY
Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine – France
TimiShort Film Festival – Romania
Doc Buenos Aires – Argentina
Image Science Film Festival – New York, USA
Dok Leipzig – Germany
Miradas Doc – Guía de Isora, Canary Islands, Spain
Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Filmer a Tout Prix – Brussels, Belgic
Filmar en America Latina – Geneva, Switzerland
Mov Festival Universitário de Recife – Brazil
Festival Internacional de Cine Icaro – Antigua Guatemala
L’Alternativa Festival de Cine Independiente de Barcelona – Spain
Festival de Cortometrajes Aguilar de Campo – Spain / PRIZE OF THE JURY
Watch Docs International Film Festival – Warsaw, Poland
Mov Festival Internacional de Cinema Universitário de Pernambuco – Brazil
2016
Images of Justice – Rennes, France
Filmer Le Travail – Poitiers, France
Cine Latino, Rencontres de Toulouse – Toulouse, France
True/False – Columbia, US
Mecal – Barcelona, Spain
Muestra Joven - Habana, Cuba
Festival del Cine Pobre - Guibara, Cuba
Semana de Cine Medina del Campo - Valladolid, España
Cine Latino - Tubingen, Stuttgart, Freiburg, Rotenburg, Germany
AluCine Latin Film Fest - Toronto, Canada
Lab 111 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Palm Springs International ShortFest - USA
Culture Unplugged Film Festival - New Zealand
Les Vidéophages - Toulouse, France
Muestra Latino America en Nosotros - San Juan, Puerto Rico
41N North Film Festival - Michigan, United States
Festival Nouveaux Espaces Latinos - Lyon, France / PRIZE OF THE JURY
FilmFestival Cottbus - Germany
Muestra de Cine Iberoamericano de Nicaragua
La Mostra de Cinema Internacional del Baix Llobregat - España
Cinemaatic - Edinburgh
2017
FIPA Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels - Biarritz, France
Mostra Por Dentro da Ilha - Cinema Cubano nos Anos 2000 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Havana Film Festival - Glasgow
Festival de Cine y Video Científico del Mercosur - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cuban Short Docs Déli Doku - Budapest
2024
IDFA - Cuba special edition