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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 Pamoukaghlian
    Director
  • Veronica Pamoukaghlian
    Writer
  • Veronica Pamoukaghlian
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Uruguay
  • Country of Filming:
    Uruguay
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - MIENTRAS TANTO CINE
  • MIENTRAS TANTO CINE
    Montevideo, Minas, Maldonado,
    Uruguay
    August 3, 2024
    Selection
  • International Summer Film Festival (UCF)
    Montevideo
    Uruguay
    May 15, 2024
    National Premiere
    Experimental Section
  • Post Cinema Film Festival
    Sicilia
    Italy
    May 15, 2024
    International Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • Misturagem - Mostra Pampeana de Videoarte e Cinema Experimental
    Bage
    Brazil
    May 17, 2024
    Brazilian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Brazil New Visions Film Festival
    Recife
    Brazil
    August 20, 2024
    Official selection
  • Cinefem
    Punta del Este
    Uruguay
    September 22, 2024
    Official Selection
  • DETOUR
    Montevideo
    Uruguay
    October 21, 2024
    Official Selection
  • ATLANTIDOC
    Atlantida
    Uruguay
    October 29, 2024
    Official Selection
  • PIRIAPOLIS DE PELICULA
    Piriapolis
    Uruguay
    October 19, 2024
    Official Selection
  • CORTO 24
    Quito
    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 Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    June 18, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Experimental Forum
    Los Angeles
    United States
    April 15, 2025
    North American Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • Filmgarten Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    April 15, 2025
    German Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 180´ Berlin FilmFest
    Berlin
    Germany
    December 15, 2025
    None
    Official selection
  • Golden Femi Film Festival
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    June 6, 2026
    Bulgarian
    Official selection
  • Istanbul Women Film Festival
    Istanbul
    Türkiye
    May 6, 2026
    Turkish
    Finalist
Director Biography - Veronica Pamoukaghlian

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.

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Director Statement

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.