Screening:
- Tuesday, September 13 - 10:00am
Biblioteca Infantil y Juvenil Republica Dominicana, Santo Domingo - Wednesday, September 14 - 10:00am
Centro Cultural Narciso Gonzalez, Santo Domingo - Wednesday, September 14 - 10:00am
Casa de la Cultura de Constanza, La Vega - Wednesday, September 14 - 6:00pm
Centro Cultural Monina Cámpora, San Juan de la Maguana - Thursday, September 15 - 5:00pm
Centro Cultural Perelló, Baní - Friday, September 16 - 10:00am
Palacio del Cine – Agora, Santo Domingo
When water runs out in the big city, Itzel and his inseparable friend, the frog Sonia, with the help of the grandmother, go in search of the Guardians of the Water. This work was carried out with the collaboration of 10 communities in the Mexican Republic, who helped in creating the story and endearing characters.
Director: Maria Fernanda Rivero
Country: México
Year: 2016
Duration: 59 min
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Maria Fernanda Rivero
María Fernanda Rivero Gutiérrez was born in Mexico City in 1981. She studied Photography at MJM, Maris for 6 months, then went on to study Communication Sciences at Mexico’s Ibero-American University. She completed a Master’s in Cinematographic Project Development at ECAM in Madrid in 2005. In 2010 she won the “Stimulating Cultural Projects and Coinvestments” Scholarship to hold cinematography workshops with indigenous children in the state of Michoacán. That same year, her documentary El camino a donde yo voy was nominated for the Ariel and won second place at the Morelia Indigenous Film and Video Festival. She is currently general director of the production studio Cornea Films and of the El Campo International Film Festival, this year in its ninth edition.
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