10th edtion CIFF – 10-14 April 2024
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
Screens Before: Landfill Harmonic
Damian Marcano | Curaçao | 2016 | 15 min | papiamentu | e.s.
The strongest and most agile of all the men, Dada is ready for the battle. A wise young man – He learns of the monster’s weaknesses in order to defeat it. The villagers fear Dada will never return. The simple premise of good and evil collide in this tale to a surprising end. Having underestimated the force of the monster’s evil, Dada may have to sacrifice himself to save everyone else. Filmed on location in Curaçao in cooperation with the staff and students of Instituto Buena Bista and CIFFR.
Year in
Festival
2016
Director
Damian Marcano
Camera
Damian Marcano
Cast
Omar Martha & Crystal Boomgaart
Country
Curaçao
Editor
Damian Marcano
Language
Papiamentu
Length
15 min
Music
Cheah Meng
Producer
Omar Martha & Alexa Bailey
Production Company
Marcano
Production Design
Alexander Dick
Leomar Imperator
Marvi Johanna Franco Zapata
Laura Gonzalez
Amber Tummers
Andrea Ortega
Aïsha Ajubi
Scenario
Alexa Bailey & Damian Marcano
Sound Design
Year of Production
2016
Damian MARCANO (Trinidad) moved to the USA when he was 12. He initially wanted to become a doctor and studied medicine at Ohio State University. In the end, however, he became a web designer and programmer and then a filmmaker. God Loves the Fighter is his first feature film after his short film The Little Boy and the Ball (2011). The film won three prizes at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival including the audience prize, and Marcano won the Yellow Robin Award in Curaçao IFFR 2014.
Filmography
The Little Boy and the Ball (2011, short), God Loves the Fighter (2013), Giants (2015, short doc)