The bay – The shortfilm
Genre: Documentary. Experimental. Fiction.
Production Company: Independent.
Running Time: 21:42 minutes.
Year of production: 2018.
Synopsis
An approach to the failed project of building a Nuclear Power Plant in Cuba and how those facilities are being put into new use: new hazardous waste dumpster and the consequences it may bring. The inhabitants of the Nuclear City, located four kilometers away, have little information about this issue and the consequences it could bring. Yunet, a film director, wants to make a film to tell what is happening. She and her cameraman make a stealthy visit to the place…
Cast
Aleksandr Naranjo
Tahimí Blanco
Daniel Pérez
Christopher Grotestán
Alessandra Santiesteban
Ricardo Sarmiento
Main credits
Director: Alessandra Santiesteban & Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez
Screenwriter: Alessandra Santiesteban & Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez
Producer: Alessandra Santiesteban & Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez
Director of Photography: Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez
Sound: Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez
Editing: Alessandra Santiesteban & Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez
Sound Editing: Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez
Music Composer: –
Technical details
Genre: Documental. Experimental. Fiction.
Sub-genre: Nuclear episode. Ghost town. Semi-Fiction. Drama.
Language: subtitles embedded (Spanish, English, French)
Country of origin: Cuba.
Year of production: 2018.
Total running time: 21:42 minutes.
Shooting format: MP4. Samsung Galaxy S4.
Color type: Color.
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo.
Festival selections
18 Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores de La Habana. Cuba.
Festival de Teatro Callejero, Matanzas City, 2019. Cuba.
German Theater Week, 2019. Havana, Cuba.
Documenta Fifteen Kassel. Land without images. Kassel, 2022
Reviews
Ejercicios marítimos para no (en)callar by Diego Alonso
La bahía: Picnic en las ruinas circulares by
¿Qué está pasando en la Central Electronuclear de Cienfuegos? by Brian Ramírez Val
¿Quién le tiene miedo al cine cubano? by Antonio Enrique González Rojas
