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2020
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MADRE LUNA
Dir: Daysi Burbano H
BEST MOVIE JURY AWARD
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We are excited to announce the Jury for EFFNY 2020. As in previous years, we have gathered a diverse group that shares a common feature: sensibility... Read more...
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based independent organization promoting Latin American arts and film, EFFNY 2020 is proud to announce its sixth season... Read more...
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AWARD CEREMONY / FB LIVE
DEC 6
7:00 pm ET
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Watch our Jurors Norah Woolley and Gabriela Ponce in a conversation about the films in incompetition,
where they announced the winner of the Best Film Jury Award for 2020. Learn more about our jurors. Watch the FB Live.
FILM PROGRAM
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EN EL PAÍS DE MIS HIJOS
Dir: Dario Aguirre
OPENING FILM I IN COMPETITION
01h28m
GERMAN & SPANISH WITH ENGLISH OR SPANIShSUBTITLES
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Darío moved from Ecuador to Germany to be with Stephanie, but from the very first day there was a third party in their relationship: government agencies. For the next fifteen years Darío had to deal with a long trail of paperwork, stamps, permits, restrictions, and ten visas. Then, one day the mayor of Hamburg invited him to become a German citizen. A confession of love? Darío responds with a movie that traces his journey from the country of his parents to the country of his children.
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BEST FILM JURY AWARD
MADRE LUNA
Dir: Daysi Burbano H
IN COMPETITION
01h20m
SPANISH & ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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In Italy, a group of Ecuadorian and other Latin American migrant mothers of different socio-economic levels, fights against an unfair minors’ protection system that has taken their kids away from them. The mothers try to regain custody of their children and restart their lives after months and even years of separation.
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CO-PRESENTED WITH LATIN REEL
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JURY MENTION
SACACHÚN, WHERE MAGIC MEETS REALITY
Dir: Gabriel Páez Hernández
IN COMPETITION
01h14m
SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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The few elders left in a village affected by drought and on the verge of disappearing, have been waiting for 60 years for their statue of San Biritute, the God of Rain, to be returned to them. It was stolen by local authorities and its return is the elders’ only hope. Meanwhile, Justin, the only kid in town, plays alone as he waits for the school to reopen.
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PANAMÁ
Dir: Javier Izquierdo
IN CONPETITION
01h15m
SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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Two Ecuadorian former high school classmates run into each other by chance in Panama City in 1985. They haven’t seen each other since graduation and, though quite close at that time, they took opposite paths: Esteban works as a banker and is in Panama on business, though not always legitimate. José Luis claims to be a journalist; in reality he is a member of the guerrilla group Alfaro Vive Carajo, living a clandestine life as he plans his next move in Ecuador: the kidnapping of a banker. Inspired on a true events.
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AZULES TURQUESAS
Dir: Mónica Mancero
IN COMPETITION
01h23m
SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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A girl in search of herself. A despairing family. Addiction has made 28-year-old Isabella’s life a living hell from which her family is desperate to free her. Rehab centers seem the best option, but what she encounters there are torture, abuse, and oppression. Violence, neglect, and religious therapy are the treatment choices for recovery in a place where Isabella will fight to find herself in order attain freedom.
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MORTAL GLITCH
Dir: Christian Moya
SPECIAL SCREENING
2h00m
SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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Iria is a secondary character in the video game, Hero’s Legend. She’s destined to live out her role caring for “pig- chickens” until a villain kills the Hero and Cirio, her best friend. No one will be able to revive unless someone completes the video game. Iria decides to change her destiny and become the heroine. She must revive her friend and save the world from destruction.
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N SHORTS
THE SUM OF THE CIRCLES
Dir: Patricio Palomeque
N SHORTS​
0h30m
SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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Fifteen locations are the stage where fifteen performers, among artists, poets, students etc., one per location, perform a fragment of “Wild Cathedral”, a poem by the mythical Ecuadorian poet César Dávila Andrade.
THE REBELION OF MEMORY
Dir: Daniel Yépez Brito
N SHORTS
0h21m
SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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October 2019. Following the announcement of the elimination of the subvention to the gas fuels by the government of Ecuador, the indigenous movement heads towards the country's capital, to join the protests against this decree.
BETWEEN US
Dir: Gabriela Coka
N SHORTS
0h15m
SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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Between Us tells the story of Estefanía, an eight-year-old girl, who experiences the life changes that the illness of her sister, Bárbara, provokes in the family.
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INFLEXION
Dir: Fernanda Caicedo
N SHORTS
0h5m
NO DIALOGUES
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"Inflexión" is an animated short film in which the narrative is inspired by the music of the Ecuadorian band "Jazz The Roots".
This short film transports us to those tiny places in nature that we do not easily perceive, but that constantly occur with complexity and beauty around us.
