10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

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

Ramona

Victoria Linares Villegas | Dominican Republic | 2023 | doc | 81 min | Spanish | e.s.

Filmmaker Victoria Linares Villegas’ second feature is a deceptively simple prospect on paper - a young actress (Camila Santana) prepares to portray a teenage mother in the Dominican Republic by interviewing actual teenage mothers in the region. As Ramona follows the process, a rather more slippery, uncategorizable meta-film swims into view, where things are far from simple.
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With her debut feature It Runs in the Family, Linares Villegas demonstrated an uncommon formal
irreverence that announced her enthusiasm for playing with narrative and documentary convention.
Building on those techniques, she introduces a variety of strategies into Ramona, including overt artifice, theatricality, telenovela aesthetics, and a sense of play as Camila works with the young women to interrogate their own stories and circumstances. Gradually, the movie unfurls along with them, revealing themes that include class, gender, and bodily autonomy. It is a thrillingly unfettered approach, and a deeply compelling movie that feels as spirited and fluid as it does rigorous and cathartic.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 11 

Time: 13:15 

Duration:81min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12 

Time: 15:30 

Duration:81min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 13

Time: 15:15 

Duration:81min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 14

Time: 15:00

Duration:81min

Year in
Festival

2024

Director

Victoria Linares Villegas

Country

Dominican Republic

Language

Spanish 

Length

81

Year of Production

2023