La Pecera
2023
Canica LLC
Auna Producciones
Resisting is the first step
toward healing.
Genre: Drama
Format: 2,35:1 color
Locations: San Juan, Vieques (Puerto Rico)
Language: Spanish
Release date: April 21, 2023
With the support of: ICAA, Madrid City Council, Ibermedia Program, with the participation of RTVE Festivals: Sundance International Film Festival “World Cinema Dramatic”, Málaga Film Festival “Official Selection”, Seattle International Film Festival “Ibero American Cinema”, Guadalajara International Film Festival “Official Selection”, Goya Award nomination for Best Ibero-American Film, Platino Award nomination for Best First Feature Film.
Noelia returns to her native Vieques after learning that her cancer has metastasized. As she fights for her family’s respect for her decision not to undergo treatment, she becomes involved with an environmentalist group denouncing the military contamination left behind by the U.S. Army on the island.
DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY
STILL / 2017 / Official selection at Gibara International Film Festival, Ícaro Film Festival, and Panama International Film Festival.
REVUELO EN LA ROOSEVELT / 2017 /Video art piece commissioned by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and the National Endowment for the Arts.
BIOPSIA / 2016 / Best Director at the European Film Festival in Puerto Rico. Official selection at Ícaro International Film Festival and XXI Islands International Short Fest (Honorable Mention).
TOKIO / 2012 / Best Screenplay at Cinefiesta. Official selection at Palm Springs ShortFest and Cinefiesta 2014.
AMARILLO / 2012 / Selected for Micros 2012, Puerto Rico Film Corporation short film series.
POR EL BARRIO / Documentary commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico.