10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
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

Mi tía Gilma

Alexandra Henao | Venezuela, Peru, Brazil | 2022| 82 min | Spanish | e.s.

In Caracas 13-year-old Isabel (Maryale) takes care of her aunt Gilma (Diana Peñalever), who was admitted to hospital after being brutally beaten by her partner, a high-ranking military official. As the days pass and Gilma´s surgery is constantly pushed back, the young girl is faced with a series of increasingly difficult decisions to try and save Gilma´s life.
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The crisis facing Venezuela is ever present in the background of Alexandre Henao´s debut fiction feature, but the close relationship between Isabel and Gilma offers an almost idyllic counterpoint. Doctors smuggle contraband medicine into a hospital that lacks even the most basic supplies; power cuts are a constant threat; money is scarce, and crime and corruption are always threatening to upset the balance. Navigating the city and the situation alone, Isabel´s resolve is as steadfast as her love for her Aunt, and she becomes a symbol of strength and resistance within a rapidly crumbling social structure.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 11 

Time: 15:30 

Duration:82min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12 

Time: 15:15 

Duration:82min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 13 

Time: 14:30  

Duration:82min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 14  

Time: 13:00 

Duration:82min

Year in
Festival

2024

Director

Alexandras Henao 

Country

Venezuela, Peru, Brazil 

Language

Spanish 

Length

82

Year of Production

2022