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Sirena

Fall Grants 2018

Carlos Piñeiro / Feature Narrative / Bolivia, Qatar / 2019 / 80 min / Original Language: Spanish / Interests: Drama, Social Issues, Identity

Synopsis

Lake Titicaca, 1984. Renowned La Paz engineer Morgan Cabrera drowns in a boating accident. An unfruitful search for his body comes to a halt when confirmation arrives from a faraway island. A task group sets off to retrieve the corpse: Engineer Peralta, his associate; Engineer Kunurana, assistant; officer Rilber Silva, a seasoned local policeman; Saturnino Poma, a bilingual community member who besides navigating the boat, will become the translator for two confronting worlds. The story begins with the group aboard a small boat and chronologically narrates the events of a single day, in the lives of the characters. When the engineers arrive, the community members, who speak only Aymara, refuse to return the corpse, because according to their sacred beliefs, doing so would ward off the possibility of a bountiful harvest. When the community members finally allow them to take the corpse, it never reaches its destination.

Credits

Director

Carlos Piñeiro

Screenwriter

Juan Pablo Piñeiro, Diego Loayza

Producer

Juan Pablo Piñeiro, Carlos Piñeiro

Production Company

Socavón Cine

Production Company

Socavon Cine

About the Director

Carlos Piñeiro was born in the city of La Paz in 1986. He has directed a series of four short films, all awarded at different festivals: 'Martes de Challa' (2008); 'Max Jutam' (2010); 'Plato Paceño' (2013) and 'Amazonas' (2015). Piñeiro has also worked on over fifteen Bolivian and international feature films as a producer, assistant director, and art director. Piñeiro is currently in post-production on 'Sirena', his first feature film.

Awards and Festival History

Festivals

Valdivia IFF 2019

Awards

Best Latino-American Move directed by an under 35 director award, Mar Del Plata IFF 2019 (WP)

Contacts

• Main Contact

  Juan Pablo Piñeiro

  Company: 

  Socavon cine

  Phone: 

  +59169817505

  Email: 

  sirena.lapelicula@gmail.com

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