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I AM HAITI

In Haiti, the ancestors say if something is foretold, it will happen no matter how, and nobody can change that. Artist Celeur is inspired by this Voodoo culture to create his sculptures, a reflection of the complex reality of this Caribbean country. The thoughts of the sculptor are framing the lives of Oriental, a waif youngster and Marah, who had to live by herself as a street kid in Port-au-Prince. A portrait of Haiti, and a vindication of the African roots of the country.

  • RAÚL DE LA FUENTE
    Director
    Minerita, Virgen Negra, Nomadak TX
  • RAÚL DE LA FUENTE
    Writer
  • AMAIA REMÍREZ
    Writer
  • ALEJANDRO PACHECO
    Writer
  • AMAIA REMÍREZ
    Producer
  • ALEJANDRO PACHECO
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 1 minute
  • Completion Date:
    September 15, 2014
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Haiti
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • San Sebastian International Film Festival
    San Sebastian
    Spain
    September 18, 2014
    World Premiere
  • SOCIAL IMPACT MEDIA AWARDS
    Hollywood
    United States
    Best Sound Design
  • FENAVID
    La Paz
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of
    Best Feature Documentary
  • Queens World Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    Honourable Mention
Distribution Information
  • Banatu Filmak
    Country: Spain
Director Biography - RAÚL DE LA FUENTE

Raúl de la Fuente is a director, scriptwriter and producer, CEO of the production company Kanaki Films.
In 2015, Raúl de la Fuente’s film Minerita was shortlisted for the 88thOscars© Academy Awards as Best Short Documentary Subject. The film won in 2014 the Goya Award, Spanish Cinema Academy, for Best Short Documentary Film and it’s having an outstanding documentary career, with over 130 selections since its release in October 2013 at international film festivals such as IDFA (Amsterdam), the most important documentary film forum, or Clermont-Ferrand (France), the best festival for short format, and was elected to represent Spain at the filmmakers gathering organized by UNESCO-Golden Nights in Paris. Minerita has won 45 international prizes so far and got theatrical exhibition in cinemas in Spain.

Raúl de la Fuente is currently directing the animation and live action feature Another Day Of Life, based on the homonymous novel written by the legendary war reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski.

His first feature film, Nomadak TX, was premiered in 2006 at San Sebastian International Film Festival where he earned the CICAE Award (Confédération Internationale des Cinemas D’Art et d’Essai) and was the most awarded Spanish documentary film at international film festivals in 2007 with 17 awards.

In 2012, Raúl de la Fuente was Nominee for the Goya in Best Short Film for Black Virgin, a short film about how sex is for Mozambican women.

During 2013, the United Nations Development Program, UNDP Haiti, commissioned him a documentary trilogy about the country, culminating in the request for a new feature documentary, I Am Haiti. That same year, Raul de la Fuente directed in Mozambique the documentary film A Luta Continua, selected in several Film Festivals such as PUKAÑAWI in Bolivia or A Film For Peace in Italy.

I Am Haiti, was premiered at the 62nd Edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival and was screened as the opening film at Zinemaldia.Cat, Barcelona. It has been awarded at the BioBioCine International Film Festival in Chile, FENACO in Peru and the the Social Impact Media Awards in Los Angeles, USA, it has been included in their prestigious catalogue "Travelling Series". In 2015 the film was awarded as Best Documentary at the International Film Festival of Santa Cruz in Bolivia.

Throughout his career, Raúl has travelled the world in search for stories, directing and writing the script for documentaries, spots, short films and TV programs in India, Angola, Lapland, Sierra Leone, Algeria, Mongolia, Ethiopia, Venezuela, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Russia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Rumania, USA, Canada, Qatar, UK, Switzerland, New Caledonia, Haiti, Benin, Togo, Colombia, Ivory Coast…

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Director Statement

Haiti. Such a complex and kaleidoscopic country where only the sight of a brilliant and tormented artist as Jean Herard Celeur, Haitian sculptor, let us embrace it.
I AM HAITI is a reflection of the country on the artist’s mind. He’s inspired on his voodoo culture, he suffer and rejoices with the lives of the people in Port-au-Prince, the people about I AM HAITI, as Marah, a young fighter who since childhood had to make his living on the street, and Oriental, young orphan who dreams of being a great rapper.
Celeur watches and listens them to create his oeuvre “I have a gift. When people talk...I see things”.
Mysticism and voodoo permeate this film to portray the Caribbean country full of music, life and struggle.
Haiti has an immense vital force that partial look dedicated on news does not deserve, but a deeper and accomplice look. Raise your head and say “I am Haiti”.