Private Project

Unknowns

Mother. Daughter. Granddaughter. Three women isolated in their new house, in their new country, far from everything they called home.
With grandma losing her mind to Alzheimer, the task of migrating from their crises-stricken country proves harder than expected.
If we are our house, our family, our job, our county, our memories…
Who are we, when we lose everything we’ve been?

  • Luis Fernandez
    Director
  • Monica Montañes
    Writer
  • Mimi Lazo
    Producer
  • Veronica Oddo
    Key Cast
    "Lena"
  • Mimi Lazo
    Key Cast
    "Elena"
  • Nina Rancel
    Key Cast
    "Elenita"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Desconocidas
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    39 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 7, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Chile, Spain, United States
  • Language:
    English, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Luis Fernandez

Director (2005 – present).
Director for the stage with over a dozen credits including the Broadway drama “HIGH” produced in South America (longest running drama in Venezuela’s theater history, showcased as one of the top 10 shows of the largest international theater festival in the world, the “International Theater Festival of Bogota” (Bogota, 2012). Chicago, the musical (Caracas, 2013). Spring Awakening, the musical (Caracas, 2015).
Direction for film and television includes his thesis project for the NYFA, the film “Blue Sky” (Cartagena International Film Festival Official Selection, Colombia, 2009. Lucania International Film Festival Official Selection. Italy, 2009. Hollyshorts Film Festival Official Selection. Hollywood, 2009). The pilot of the series “The Sex Sense” (El Sexo Sentido) (also writer and associate producer). Mr. Fernandez developed during the pandemic a series of Cinema-Theater experiences created for Zoom and captures entirely in mobile devices for streaming.

Writer
A best-selling author in Latin America, his titles include the series of essays “El Sexo Sentido” (The Sex Sense I, II & III) and the novel “La Cruenta Venganaza del Hombre que Todos Querían Ser” (The gruesome revenge of the man everybody wanted to be).

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Director Statement

During the pandemic quarantine, we started exploring our virtual stage, adapting our repertory to a new format. As Venezuelans fleeing our country’s debacle, we encounter thousands of fellow Venezuelans living hard, redefining realities in many countries around the world (almost six million Venezuelans had fled the country). The combination of the pandemic and the migration, two hard pills to swallow on their own, furthermore, together, we workshopped this play by Venezuelan author Monica Montañés, with three actors, each on a different city and country, and put them together on the same virtual apartment. We invited 312 people from 19 cities in 10 countries around the world to witness their performances via Zoom and we captured the whole collective experience on smartphones on each city. This is the result of this experiment on the loss of identity, isolation and the possibilities of reconnecting and rebuilding ourselves.