Private Project

Sound Ball

Sound Ball is a documentary that tells the story of Miguel Escalante, a blind professional soccer player. He shows us the lack of infrastructure and support from government and social entities for the practice and professionalization of this discipline. This documentary also shows the opening match of the 6th Ecuatorian football championship for blind people.

  • Celín Astudillo
    Director
  • Andrés Vizcaíno
    Writer
  • VainillaFilms_Ec
    Producer
  • Miguel Escalante
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Balón Sonoro
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    900 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ecuador
  • Country of Filming:
    Ecuador
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Full HD 1920x1080
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Mundial de Cine Futbolero Tercer Tiempo
    Bogota
    Colombia
    Official Selection "Cortita y al Pie"
  • Festival de Cine Documental Emergente "Doc-Ket"
    Quito
    Ecuador
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Director Biography - Celín Astudillo

Celín Astudillo is a Photography and Sound Technologist for Cinema and Television INCINE 2013; and Bachelor of Cinema and Audiovisual at the University of Cuenca 2016. Member of "ADEC" Documentary Association of Ecuadorian Filmmakers. He works more than 5 years as an audiovisual producer in the country (Production, Cameraman, Soundmaker, Post-Production).
He has received the awards for best short film La Competencia (Orquídea Film Festival 2013), and best screenplay with 507 (Manabí Profundo 2017 Film Festival).
In 2014 he works with the film producer Filmarte in the realization of the feature film Vengo Volviendo (Official Selection: Festival MoreliaLab2014, Edoc2015). Since 2013, together with its partners, formalize the company VainillaFilms_Ec, where he currently works as a cinematographer, post producer and community manager. The company is characterized by documentary productions, fiction, music videos, institutional and corporate video. Since then they have worked for different companies in Ecuador.

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