Project Detail

barrunto

Synopsis

A speculative narrative that takes place in a future of the past, in a present ruptured now. An intimate exploration of grief and resistance across diasporic distance in shifting landscapes of loss, from the streets to the bed; in sites of displacement, nuclear contamination, and military occupation from Scotland to Puerto Rico; from the bottom of the ocean to the planet Uranus.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - Forum Expanded - World premiere

Details

Year: 2024
Type of film: Features
Running time: 70 min
Format: digital
Director: Emilia Beatriz 1st Feature
Executive Producer: Screen Scotland
Editor: Emilia Beatriz
Screenwriter: Emilia Beatriz
Sound: Claude Nouk
Music: Shanti Lalita, Claude Nouk, Nidia Góngora
Principal cast: Shanti Lalita, Alicia Matthews, Harry Josephine Giles
Archival Footage: Andrés Nieves, Karla Claudio Betancourt
Animation: Sharif Elsabagh

Genre

Experimental LGBTQIA+ Climate / Environment Scottish Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by Screen Scotland

UK, Puerto Rico co-production

barrunto productions

barruntoproductions@gmail.com

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