Soy libre
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by Andrea Roggon
Documentary | Germany/Cuba | 2010 | HD | 87 min.
italian subtitles by EMM
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- Date
- saturday 9 july
- Location
- BAONE, Villa Beatrice d'Este
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Faces, sounds and voices from Havana. Off-screen and with complete honesty, Cubans tell us about their idea of freedom. "It is a lie I have repeated so often, I have started to believe it: I am free." They are very well aware of the restrictions placed on them as human beings: "I can do whatever I want, but only within a clearly defined context, place and time." Public enemy number one is Yoani Sánchez, a female blogger who exposes the nature of the system in her articles. Her aim with her blog, Generación Y, is to overcome her apathy and silence. "Freedom is the freedom to scream in public that you are not free," she says. Many desperate Cubans have braved the hazardous crossing to the United States. But in the words of poet Konstantinos P. Kavafis you will always be walking the streets of Havana wherever you go - you can't shake off the past. The peaceful, beautifully framed street scenes and exceptional soundtrack supplement the stories told in this production by Baden-Württemberg Film Academy student Andrea Roggon. The people shown in the film are not those speaking. We watch them as they get crammed onto the bus, or wash their hair. We see puddles on the street, rolling waves, like mirrors.
Biography/Filmography:
BIOGRAPHY Date of birth. 12.11.1981 Germany 1997 Work experience at „Photostudio Diestel“, Überlingen 1999 Formation of the school magazine „Vietnow“, first editorial journalist 2001 University-entrance diploma at „Waldorfschule Bodensee“ 2002 Internship and camera-assistant at „SWR“ TV station, Stuttgart 2002- 03 Internship at Hartmut „Schwenk´s Filmproduktion, Stuttgart 2003- 10 Studies at the university „Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg“, course of studies directing documentaries 2006- 07 Studentship for studies at the EICTV Cuba Febuary 2010 Master degree in documentary film directing FILMOGRAPHY 2010 „Soy libre“ documentary film, HD Cam, 87 min Festivals It will be screened Duesburger Filmweek – Alemania IDFA – The Netherlands Festival di Popoli – Italy Max Ophüls, Alemania 2008 “Enrique y Judita“ documentary film, HD Cam, 75 min Festivals: „Vision du reel“ 2008, Swizzera, „EDOC“Ecuador 2008, „Bogota Filmfestival“ Columbia 2008, „Docupolis Barcelona“ Spain 2008 „Planete doc review“ Poland 2009 TV. Israel, Polen Finnland 2009 2007 „Reflexiones“ experimental documentary film,16mm, 2005 „Markus in Highheels“ documentary film, 16 mm, 30 min 2004 “Ich bin das Zentrum der Welt” „I am the center of the world“ experimental documentary film, DV, 16 min.
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- Direction
- Andrea Roggon
- Story
- Andrea Roggon
- Script
- Andrea Roggon
- Photography
- Hagen Schönherr, Petra Lisson
- Editing
- Julia Böhm, Andrea Roggon
- Music
- Clangoin, Oliver Frick, Mirella Kern, Nico Lazarakopoulos, Thorstten Puttenat
- Cast
- Yoani Sánchez and other people from Havana
- Production
- Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg
- Distribution
- Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg
- Web site
- www.filmakademie.de
