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Almost the Dust

Casi el polvo

VIFF Short Forum

World Premiere

From the upper branches of a tree, a land defender on hunger strike is visited by people from his village.

 

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Director
Cast

Priscilla Uvalle, Eduardo Morales, Andrés Delgado, Iazua Larios Emiliano Formia, José Antonio Arenas Romero

Credits
Country of Origin

Mexico

Year

2023

Language

In Spanish with English subtitles

Film Contact
18+
22 min
Shorts Women Directors

Credits & Director

Producer

Léa Soler

Screenwriter

Léa Soler

Cinematography

Mariano Rentería

Editor

Léa Soler

Production Design

Úrsula Schneider, Eva Nájera

Original Music

Ihcuac Tlaneci

Léa Soler headshot; Almost the Dust director

Léa Soler

Léa Soler is an independent French filmmaker. After studying arts and philosophy in France, she moved to Mexico where she has been learning filmmaking on several Mexican productions and in the acquisitions area at Mantarraya Productions. Her previous short films, Lactea (2019) and Corpuscle (2021), have been selected by several international film festivals.

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