EL VELADOR
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SYNOPSIS
From dusk to dawn EL VELADOR accompanies Martin, the guardian
angel whom, night after night, watches over the extravagant mausoleums
of some of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us how, in the turmoil of Mexico's bloodiest conflict since the Revolution, ordinary life persists and quietly defies the dead.
72 / 52 minutes - HD – 2011
SCREENINGS
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
CINEMA TROPICAL AWARDS: El VELADOR NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM AND BEST DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR
Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), Adelaide, February 28 - March 3, 2012
CineFestival, San Antonio, Texas, February 28 to March 3, 2012
Tucson Cine Mexico, March 1-4, 2012
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, March 8, 2012
PAST SCREENINGS
New Directors/New Films
Cannes: Directors' Fortnight
Los Angeles Film Festival
Silverdocs, June 21 and 24, 2011
Melbourne Film Festival, July 2011
Munich International Film Festival, June 29 and July 1, 2011
FIDMarseille, July 8, 2011
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, July 21, 2011
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lima, 10 August, 2011
Milwaulkee International Film Festival, September 25- October 2, 2011
Vancouver International Film Festival, September 30 and October 6, 2011
Festival do Rio, October 6-18, 2011
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, 15-23 Octubre, 2011
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, 25-30 Octubre, 2011
international Film Festival Bratislava, November 4-9, 2011 ***BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, November 5-13, 2011 *** PREMIO SICA Y MENCION ESPECIAL PREMIO FEISAL
25th Leeds international Film Festival, 6 November, 2011, 2011
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de montréal, November 9-20, 2011 ***BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
IDFA (International Documentary FIlm Festival Amsterdam), November 16-27, 2011
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Habana, December 1-11, 2011
Taiwan Latino Film Festival, December 16, 2011 - January 6,2012
Goteborg International Film Festival, January 27 - February 6, 2012
Upcoming national broadcast in 2012 on PBS’ award-winning
program POV.
WWW.POV.ORG
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PRESS
"EL VELADOR is an unsettlingly quiet, even lyrical film about a world made and unmade by violence"
- AO Scott, The New York Times
"Mesmerizing!"
-Time Out
"An exquisite study of a rapidly expanding cemetery"
-Variety
"(An) hypnotically detailed feature documentary depiction of life and
death"
-The Wall Street Journal
"Two documentaries, El Velador and The Black Power Mixtape, provide
chilling accounts of their subjects that are matched by a refreshing
vitality."
-New York Press
- "El Velador is deliberate, repetitive, and deceptively peaceful.
Watching it feels at first as if you're eavesdropping on someone else's
daydream.”
-Slant Magazine
ALPERT AWARD INTERVIEW
BOMB MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
TEDx SAN MIGUEL TALK
EXCERPTS
FUNDING AND SUPPORT
LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING
POV
JAN VRIJMAN FUND
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE DOCUMENTARY FUND
CHARLES SCHULTZ
NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
CHICKEN AND EGG PICTURES
TAA ADRIENNE SHELLY FOUNDATION FILMMAKER GRANT
RÉGION PROVENCE ALPES CÔTES D'AZUR
WOMEN MAKE MOVIES: FISCAL SPONSOR
El Velador was edited in part at the MacDowell Artists Colony.
Almada is a 2010 USA Artist and 2011 Alpert Award recipient.
CONTACT
Daniela Elstner, Doc & Film International
International Sales
www.docandfilm.com
daniela.elstner@gmail.com
Tel : +33(0)1 42 77 56 87
Fax : +33(0)1 42 77 36 56
Livia Bloom, Icarus Films
Distribution, USA and Canada
www.icarusfilms.com
livia@icarusfilms.com
Tel : +1 718 488 8900
Altamura Films/Natalia Almada
Director/Producer
natalia@altamurafilms.com
+52 55 5207 4401 Mexico
+1 347 228 8368 USA
Laurence Ansquer, Tita Productions
Associate Producer
www.titaproductions.com
l.ansquer@titaprod.com
Tel : +33 4 91 334 463
Fax : +33 4 91 907 512