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MATRIA
MATRIA
ÁLVARO GAGO
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MATRIA
MATRIA
ÁLVARO GAGO
Country
SPAIN
language
GALICIAN
2023 year
99 Minutes

SCHEDULE

02.03.2024 / 12:40 PM/ Audi 7 PVR INOX ORION MALL
05.03.2024 / 12:30 PM/ Audi 8 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

Ramona’s life in a Galician fishing village is a constant hustle. Always sacrificing everything for her daughter’s future, she will be pushed to look inwards and to think that, maybe, there is something new to live for.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Daniel Froiz, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Mireia Graell Vivancos
Screenplay: Álvaro Gago
Director of Photography: Lucía C. Pan
Editor: Ricardo Saraiva
Music: Patricia Cadaveira, Marcel Pascual
Sound: Diego Staub
Cast: María Vazquez, Santi Prego, Soraya Luaces, E.R. Cunha “Tatán”, Susana Sampedro
Awards - Winner: Seattle IFF (Special Jury Prize - Director, Actress), Malaga Spanish FF (Best Actress, Best First Film)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Berlin IFF (GWFF Best First Feature Award), Goya Awards (Best Lead Actress, Best New Director), São Paulo IFF (New Directors Competition - Best Fiction)
Director's Biography
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ÁLVARO GAGO

Born in Vigo, Spain, in 1986, he studied audiovisual communication and music in Spain, theater in Chicago, and filmmaking at the London Film School. He also works as an editor and is co-founder of the Galician Film Forum. MATRIA is his debut feature film. His short film of the same name won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.