ABYSSAL

(ABISAL)

CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY | 30 MINS | 2021
FRANCE, CUBA

Logline Raudel lives and works in a ship-breaking yard in the West of Cuba. Haunted by a strange childhood memory, he is on the lookout for ghostly presences.

Director and cinematographer Alejandro Alonso
Screenwriters Lisandra López Fabé, Alejandro Alonso
Producers Boris Prieto, Alejandro Alonso, Oderay Ponce de León
Production companies Vega Alta Films (France), La concretera producciones (Cuba)
Editor Emmanuel Peña
Sound recordist Alejandro Pérez
Sound design Glenda L. Martinez Cabrera, Velia Diaz de Villalvilla
Scoring/Composition/Music Pepe Gavilondo
Color grader Nancy Angulo
Sales Boris Prieto (Vega Alta Films) | bprieto@vegaaltafilms.com

Poster Artwork Yanaisy Puentes
Trailer and Credits Design
Alejandro Alonso
Translations Marie Olland (french)

SUPPORTED BY

CNC – Aide avant réalisation court-métrages | France

FESTIVALS

World Premiere 2021 Visions du Réel, International Medium Length & Short Film Competition | Switzerland

Documenta Madrid | Spain 2021 | Awarded Cineteca Madrid Audience Award – International Competition
États Générux du Documentaire | France 2021
FIC Valdivia    | Chile 2021
DOK Leipzig | Germany 2021 | Awarded Golden Dove Best Short Documentary Film
Raindance Film Festival | UK 2021
Curta Cinema | Brazil 2021
RIDM | Canada 2021
Kassel Dokfest | Germany 2021
Villeurbanne Short Film Festival | France 2021
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival | France 2022
Lebu International Film Festival | Chile 2022
True/False Film Fest | USA 2022
MiradasDoc | Spain 2022
Vilnius Film Festival – Kino Pavasaris | Lithuania 2022
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | USA 2022 | Awarded John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Award
FCIU – Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay | Uruguay 2022
Doxa Documentary Film Festival | Canada 2022
Mieres Under 60 Film Festival | Spain 2022 | Awarded LLabor Competition Best Film
Festival Côté Court de Pantin | France 2022
Third Horizon Film Festival | USA 2022
Tabor Film Festival | Croatia 2022
Svaneti International Film Festival | Georgia 2022
FIFIG – Festival International du Film Insulaire de Groix | France 2022
Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival (NeMaf) | South Korea 2022
Desafio Buñuel | Spain 2022
LE CRI DU COURT | France 2022
Mediterranean Film Festival | Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
Festival International du film documentaire d’Amazonie et caraïbes (FIFAC) | Guyane, France 2022 | Awarded Prix du Festival du meilleur court-métrage documentaire
Lima Alterna | Peru 2022
MIDBO | Colombia 2022
Frontera Sur | Chile 2022
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano | Cuba 2022 | Awarded Premio coral al mejor cortometraje documental
The Belgrade documentary and short film festival – Martovski Festival | Serbia 2023
Faito Doc Festival | Italy 2023
Panorama de Cine Colombiano (PACCPA) | France 2023