MAMIS: A FAMILY PORTRAIT
Financed by a One World Media grant, MAMIS was filmed in Cuba in August 2013. The film explores how lesbians in Cuba have realized their dream to be mothers in a country where they are prohibited from having access to adoption or IVF techniques – but as MAMIS uncovers, in Cuba, there is often a way to get around the rules…
DIRECTOR AND EDITOR
Virginia Fuentes
DOP
Victor Denis González
SOUND DIRECT
Sheyla Pool
PRODUCTION
Irdres García
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Elena García
COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION
Spain, Cuba, UK
2015
Cinhomo International LGBT Film Festival
Best International Short Documentary Film
Audience Award for Best Short Documentary Film
2014
XIX LesGaiCineMad, MAdrid International LGBT Film Festival
Best International Short Documentary Film
XIV Catalunya International LGBT Film Festival
Best International Short Documentary Film
VI Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak”
Special Mention
AWARDS
2015
Can(Be)Gay Intrnational Film Festival of Tenerife, Spain.
Pink Apple International Film Festival of Zurich.
FrameLine 39, San Franciso, LA
Side by Side
Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival.
Uno Sguardo Normale Festival
Puerto Rico Queer Film Festival
The Florence Queer Festival
Gender Bender Festival
Daroca Prison Film Fest
19th QUEERSICHTSwitzerland
13th Festival de Cine LGBT del Ecuador EL LUGAR SIN LIMITES
Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival
II Festival Internacional de Cine Lésbico en Guatemala
33rd edition of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Fresno Reel Pride Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,
11º Festival Internacional Internacional de Cine Lesbigaytrans de Asunción, Paraguay
Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2014
BFI London Flare Film Festival, London, UK
London Let´s All Be Free Film Festival, London
Bristol Pride Festival, Bristol, UK
Leeds International LGBT Film Festival, Leeds, UK
Gaze Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland
Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
45th Edition of the Montreal Student Film Festival
Pensacola LGBT Film Festival. Oficial Selection
Closing Conference Beyond Your World. LokaalMondiaal. Utrecht, Dutchland. Shortlisted
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