Experiencing Interruptions?

The elderly

My grandmother's life has been consumed between the death of my grandfather and endless memories between loneliness and an endless wait. The search for not losing memory

  • Dayana Araujo
    Director
  • Karla Cecilia Samon
    Producer
  • Ana Julia Espinosa
    Key Cast
    "Ana"
    Abuela
  • Randy Fernandez Montes
    Editor
  • Kevin Valdes
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Los Viejos
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 2, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Cuba
  • Country of Filming:
    Cuba
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Dayana Araujo

Graduated from the CERT Camera Qualification Course. He studies at the Faculty of Audiovisual Media in the Photography profile. She is part of the production company TOJ Films and works as a camerawoman at the production company DesdeCero. She also works as a freelance photographer. He has made five short films under the TOJ Films label: Witnesses, which was part of the official selection of the Student Live Film Festival, the Beneath The River Danube, the Viana Cine Fest, the First-Time Filmmakers Sessions, the Lift Off Filmmakers Sessions of 2023, of the Teen Indie Film Awards and was a semi-finalist of the Lisbon Film Rendezvous, Resiliencia which was part of the official selection of the Festiverd of Venezuela, the International Video and Dance Festival of Brazil "Dança em foco" and the Lift Off Filmmakers Sessions of 2023, Exceso and Círculos, both recently made in festival history. She was one of the winners of the Pitch of the National Audiovisual Festival For the First Time this year with her documentary project in development Inanis. The documentary short film The Shine of the Surface was part of the Official Selection of the FICGibara 2024 and the documentary Kongo was selected in this year's Lift-Global

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Director Statement

The salvation of memory at any time is essential to eternalize the lives of those who fight not to lose it. For my grandparents but especially for my grandmother who fights daily to preserve each of her memories so that she is not forgotten and that we do not forget her.