Miriam Miente
TFI Suppport
Logline
In the Dominican Republic, Miriam anxiously awaits her fifteenth birthday party. Her family can’t wait to meet Jean-Louis, her Internet boyfriend set to accompany her. When Miriam sees him for the first time - and realizes he’s Black - her quiet middle class world of good intentions begins to crumble.
Natalia Cabral
Director
Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada are award-winning filmmakers whose work live on the borderlines of fiction and nonfiction. Their debut documentary film "You and Me" premiered at Visions du Réel and won several awards at Cartagena IFF, Trinidad & Tobago IFF, Havana IFF, among others. Their second documentary "Site of Sites" premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and was part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Neighboring Scenes Showcase. “Site of Sites” was listed as one of the 35 best Latin American Films of 2017 by Cinema Tropical.
Oriol Estrada
Director
Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada are award-winning filmmakers whose work live on the borderlines of fiction and nonfiction. Their debut documentary film "You and Me" premiered at Visions du Réel and won several awards at Cartagena IFF, Trinidad & Tobago IFF, Havana IFF, among others. Their second documentary "Site of Sites" premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and was part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Neighboring Scenes Showcase. “Site of Sites” was listed as one of the 35 best Latin American Films of 2017 by Cinema Tropical.
Pablo Mustonen
Executive Producer
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1976, Pablo studies Business Administration at the PCUMM University. He’s a cultural manager and a passionate cinephile from a very young age. He creates and directs the specialized film magazine Cineasta in 2010 and the Radio program Cineasta Radio. He has been executive producer of successful Dominican feature films like “La Gunguna” from Ernesto Alemany.
Paco Poch
Associate Producer
Paco Poch was born in 1951 in Igualada, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He began his career as a photographer of cultural events, an experience that led him to become the producer of great film directors such as Eloy de la Iglesia, Pedro Almodóvar and Bigas Luna. Later he created Mallerich Film and Paco Poch Cinema, companies that produce more than thirty films, many of them awarded at international festivals. He is also a distributor of foreign films in Spain, consultant in cultural management, lecturer at Pompeu Fabra University and director of the Master's in Film Production at Vic University.
Jordi Comellas
Co-Producer
(Barcelona, Spain) Producer and manager at Mallerich Films Paco Poch. He has produced auteur films like “The Legend of Time” from Isaki Lacuesta and “Caracremada” from Lluís Galter. He’s also president of the Catalunya Film Festivals and Director of the Zoom TV Film Festival.