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Marcel Beltrán

La Opción Cero
Option 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
E-mail
paula@mediocielofilms.com
Website
https://www.youtube.com/MediocieloFilms

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).

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