La Opción CeroOption Zero
- Logline
- A group of Cuban migrants record their Darién crossing on mobile phones; stranded in a Panamá City camp, their footage becomes a collective diary of displacement that Cuban director Marcel Beltrán accesses and films.
- Talent
- Marcel Beltrán
- Role of participant
- Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Screenwriter, Producer
- Director
- Marcel Beltrán
- Producer
- Marcel Beltrán, Paula Gastaud, María Carla del Rio, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto
- Screenwriter
- Marcel Beltrán
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2020
- Running time
- 80 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Creative)
- Countries of Production
- Brazil , Colombia , Cuba
- Production Companies
- Mediocielo Films, Marinca Filmes, Inercia Películas
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Contact
- Name
- Paula Gastaud
- Company
- Mediocielo Films
- Website
Festivals and Awards
Option Zero (La opción cero) won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at MiradasDoc — Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Guía de Isora (Spain, 2022) and has since screened at more than 50 international film festivals, including its World Premiere at IDFA — International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2020); Hot Docs (Canada, North American Premiere, 2021); SANFIC — Santiago International Film Festival (Chile, Latin American Premiere, 2021); World Cinema Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2021); 25 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP (Peru, 2021); TTFF — Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival (Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean Premiere, 2021, Best Documentary Feature); FIGC36 — Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (Mexico, 2021); BIFF — Bogotá International Film Festival (Colombia, 2021); DOCSMX — Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México (Mexico, 2021); FIFAC — Festival Int. du Film Documentaire Amazonie-Caraïbes (French Guiana, 2021); RIDM — Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (Canada, 2021); DOC NYC — Doc New York City (USA, U.S. Premiere, 2021); DokuBaku IDFF (Azerbaijan, 2021); CJCS5 — Cine Joven Cubano desde el Sur (Uruguay, 2021); IFF Panamá — Panama International Film Festival (Panama, 2021); 16º Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de São Paulo (Brazil, 2021); FEMI Guadeloupe International Film Festival (Guadeloupe, 2022); 14 FCGSD — Santo Domingo Global Film Festival (Dominican Republic, 2022); 16 Cinémartinique Festival (Martinique, 2022, Best Documentary Feature); 39th MIFF — Miami International Film Festival (USA, 2022); FIDBA — Festival Internacional de Documental de Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2022, Best Film in Ibero-American Competition); LATcinema Fest Barcelona (Spain, 2022); Muestra de Cine Internacional Memoria Verdad Justicia (Guatemala, 2022); Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin (France/Germany, 2022); 11th Mostra Ecofalante de Cinema (Brazil, 2022, Honorable Mention); 75th Locarno Film Festival (Open Doors Selection) (Switzerland, 2022); Mobilized – mobile phone-based Documentary Films (Germany, 2022); AFI Latin American Film Festival (USA, 2022); FILMAR en América Latina (Geneva, Switzerland, 2022); Rencontres du documentaire en Haïti (Haiti, 2022); Cine Latino Tübingen (Germany, 2023); Festival de Cine INSTAR, Global Showcase (2023); and Archipiélago Fílmico (Mexico City, 2024).