CECI N'EST PAS SOLVEIG
ENGLISH SPANISH PORTUGUESE
Searching for another to find oneself. Searching for another to lose oneself. Searching without finding oneself. Searching like the blind solitudes of Borges in the hope that a voice will emerge from the shadows.
Experimental insights into the life and work of 20th century cinema icon SOLVEIG DOMMARTIN (Wings of desire). The documentary project that this film is part of received support from PUA Fund Uruguay, Atlantidoc Festival, Sundance Institute, Viewpark Fund, Uruguay Test & Invest, Colectiva Artistic Residency, Switzerland
SPANISH
Descubrirse en otra. Perderse en otra. Buscarse y desencontrarse. Un viaje tras los rastros de Solveig Dommartin, estrella fugaz entre las insumusas del Siglo XX. Acaso un encuentro. Mientras que todo se esfuma, lo bello permanece.
PORTUGUESE
Descobrir-se em outra, Perder-se em outra. Procurar-se e encontrar-se. Uma viagem nos passos de Solveig Dommartin, uma estrela cadente entre as insumusas do século XX. Tal vez um encontro. Enquanto tudo desaparece, o belo permanece.
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Veronica PamoukaghlianDirector
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Veronica PamoukaghlianWriter
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Veronica PamoukaghlianProducer
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Project Type:Experimental
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Runtime:11 minutes
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Completion Date:May 15, 2024
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Country of Origin:Uruguay
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Country of Filming:Uruguay
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - MIENTRAS TANTO CINE
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MIENTRAS TANTO CINEMontevideo, Minas, Maldonado,
Uruguay
August 3, 2024
Selection -
International Summer Film Festival (UCF)Montevideo
Uruguay
May 15, 2024
National Premiere
Experimental Section -
Post Cinema Film FestivalSicilia
Italy
May 15, 2024
International Premiere
Honorable Mention -
Misturagem - Mostra Pampeana de Videoarte e Cinema ExperimentalBage
Brazil
May 17, 2024
Brazilian Premiere
Official Selection -
Brazil New Visions Film FestivalRecife
Brazil
August 20, 2024
Official selection -
CinefemPunta del Este
Uruguay
September 22, 2024
Official Selection -
DETOURMontevideo
Uruguay
October 21, 2024
Official Selection -
ATLANTIDOCAtlantida
Uruguay
October 29, 2024
Official Selection -
PIRIAPOLIS DE PELICULAPiriapolis
Uruguay
October 19, 2024
Official Selection -
CORTO 24Quito
Ecuador
December 19, 2024
Ecuadorian Premiere
3rd Place Best Experimental Award -
Dona i Cinema
Spain
February 25, 2025
Spanish Premiere
Official Selection -
Berlin Indie Spotlight Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
June 18, 2025
Official Selection -
Experimental ForumLos Angeles
United States
April 15, 2025
North American Premiere
Honorable Mention -
Filmgarten BerlinBerlin
Germany
April 15, 2025
German Premiere
Official Selection -
180´ Berlin FilmFestBerlin
Germany
December 15, 2025
None
Official selection -
Golden Femi Film FestivalSofia
Bulgaria
June 6, 2026
Bulgarian
Official selection -
Istanbul Women Film FestivalIstanbul
Türkiye
May 6, 2026
Turkish
Finalist
Veronica is an award-winning writer and filmmaker from Uruguay. She has received scholarships from the Bank for Interamerican Development, IBERMEDIA Film Fund, Bankboston Foundation, and Sundance Institute.
She is a New York Film Academy, EICTV Cuba, FIA-UIMP, Sundance, Puentes-EAVE, and Centre Pompadour alumna.
Director of NÉKTAR FILMS since 2011. Editorial director at SUTTON HART PRESS, Washington since 2016.
Director´s filmography
Director of RAUL, feature doc, winner of East Harlem Int. Film Festival 2011 and WINGS OF SOLVEIG, Solveig Dommartin documentary, in production. Producer of MONSTRUO, winner of FAM Panvision 2013 and FCIU Cinemateca and EL OLOR DE AQUEL LUGAR, winner FCIU Cinemateca, screened at Visions du réel. Producer of LA MITAD DE MI FAMILIA, WINNER SANFICI 2025, Colombia.
In 2020, I asked myself what happened to Solveig Dommartin, the star of Wim Wenders' most iconic films. Since then, I have been chasing her story. A 'muse' who struggled to make her voice heard, she is now the object of my upcoming documentary. Ceci n'est pas Solveig is an experimental approach to understanding my connection with Solveig and telling her story.