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Havana From on High

A FILM BY PEDRO RUIZ

Documentary — Quebec — 2019 — 80 min
Color | Spanish with French and English subtitles | 16:9 | Stereo

SYNOPSIS

The chronic shortage of housing in Central Havana has pushed the city upwards, where life spills out onto the rooftops. Resilient and remarkable, these rooftop dwellers have a privileged point of view on a society in the process of major transformation.

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CAST

  • Jean Fugère
  • Roberto Vargas Calzado

CREW

  • Direction and screenplay: Pedro Ruiz
  • Production: Arantza Maldonado (Faits Divers Média)
  • Direction of photography : Pedro Ruiz
  • Editing : Pedro Ruiz
  • Sound design : René Portillo Ruiz
  • Sound mix : René Portillo Ruiz
  • Sound recording : René Portillo Ruiz
  • Distribution: Kfilms Amérique
  • Rendez-vous Quebec Cinema, 2019
  • Festival internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), 2019
  • HotDocs, 2019
  • Festival internacional de Cine Cartagena de Indias (FICCI), 2019
  • American Documentary Film Festival, 2019
  • Chicago Latino Film Festival, 2019
  • Canadian Screen Awards, 2020 *Best Cinematography for feature documentary
  • Iris Awards, 2020 *Best cinematography, Best Sound – Documentary
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