Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 108 minutes
Facing the Wind, a story of return and reunion. Mother and daughter. A life that disappears.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Meritxell COLELL APARICIO Writer(s) : Meritxell COLELL APARICIO Cast : Mónica GARCÍA, Concha CANAL, Ana FERNÁNDEZ, Elena MARTÍN Producer(s) : Carles BRUGUERAS (POLAR STAR FILMS, SL)
Mónica, a 47-year old dancer, receives a call from Spain: her father is terminally ill. After 20 years, Mónica must return to the remote village where she was born. When she arrives, her father has already passed away and her mother decides to sell the family home asking Mónica to stay to help her.Winter comes. The perpetual silence, the extreme cold and the difficulty of living with her mother are proving tough for Mónica, who takes refuge in what she knows best: dance.Facing the Wind tells the story of a family unable to communicate. It is indeed a thoughtful and loving portrait of a traditional rural lifestyle, which is beginning to disappear. It’s a story about distances. But most of all, Facing the Wind is an inner journey to learn again how to live and love better.Facing the Wind is a Spain-Argentina-France coproduction produced by Polar Star Films, Habitación 1520 and Paraiso Production, supported by ICAA, INCAA, Eurimages, Cinéfondation L’Atelier, REC and Sources 2.
Country(ies) : SPAIN, FRANCE, ARGENTINA
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Berlinae 2018 (Forum)Festival de San Sebastián 2018 (Made in Spain)Nara International Film Festival 2018 (International Competition)Guadalajara Film Festival 2018 (Mostra de cinema català)Chicago International Film Festival 2018 (New directors competition)Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2018 (New Filmakers Competition)Tromso IFF 2018 ('Horizons' section )Reykjavik International Film Festival 2018 (New visions Competition)Festival de Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes 2018 (Opera Prima Competition)Cinespaña Toulouse 2018Sofia International Film Festival 2018 (International Competition)Arica Nativa Film Festival 2018 (Rural Largos)SANFICI 2019 (International Competition)SEMINCI 2019 ('Spanish Cinema' section)Abycine Film Festival 2019 ('Talentos de Abycine Lanza')Internationales FrauenFilmFestival 2019 (International Debut Feature Film Competition)cinEScultura Spanisches Film und Kulturfestival 2019 (Sektion Opera Prima)MEDFILM Festival 2019 (International Competition)Espanoramas 2019 (Muestra de cine español)Graba. Mendoza Festival Audiovisual 2019 (Iberoamerican Competition)Construir Cine. Festival Internacional de Cine sobre el Trabajo 2019 (National Competition)Latinita Festival du Cinéma Espagnol et Latino-américan d'Ajaccio 2019Tübingen Cine Latino 2019Festival Ciné-Ville – Casablanca-Settat 2019 (International Competition)D'A Film Festival Barcelona 2019 ('Talents' & 'Un impulso colectivo')Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Realizadores (FIJR). Granada 2019Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería 2019 (Competencia Nacional de Opera Prima)Festival Márgenes 2019 (Escáner)Cinema Jove. Valencia International Fillm Festival 2019Alcine 48 2019 (Pantalla abierta)MUCES. Muestra de Cine Europeo de Segovia 2019Món filmat. Festival Internacional de Cinema i Paisatge 2019Festival 7 Lunas. Sotoscueva 2019REC. Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tarragona 2019Festival de cine por mujeres. Madrid 2019 (Panorama autoras españolas)XV Muestra de Cine Documental de Burgos 2019III Spanish Cinema Now. Washington, USA 2019 (A selection of the best recent Spanish films at AFI Silver Theater)Muestra de cine Iberoamericano 2019 (Bolivia Lab at Cinemateca Boliviana)Festival Im.pulso at UNAM (México) 2019Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries 2019 (Special Section)I Dumbo Film Festival (New York) 2019Medfilm Festival (Roma) 2019 (International Competition)Festival de cine Europeo de Lima (Perú) 2019FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D'AMIENS 2019Festival Internacional de Cine de Quito FICQ (Ecuador) 2020Catalan Film Festival Edinburg & Glasgow 2020Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote 2020 (Transfoco: el viento)San Sebastian FF 2022 Previous work Ikusmira Berriak