ECUADOR / 68 MIN. / 2018 / DOCUMENTARY / DCP 2K / 16:9 / DOLBY 5.1 / COLOR
Subtitles available: English, Portuguese, French, Spanish
A young aboriginal couple faces an unexpected pregnancy that will make them questioned about their identity and the world in which they will raise their child.
Una joven pareja indígena enfrenta un sorpresivo embarazo, este hecho los hará cuestionarse sobre la identidad y el entorno donde criar al bebé que esperan.
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Festivals & Awards
- Festival de Cine la Orquídea (Ecuador, 2017) – Pre-premiere. – winner Audience Award
- Festival Internacional de Cine Documental EDOC (Ecuador, 2018)
- Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano La Habana, Categoría Pueblos Originarios (Cuba 2018)
- San Diego Latino Film Festival (USA 2019)
- Chicago Latin Film Festival (USA 2019)
- Premios Fénix (Preselección, 2019)
- Quetzacoatl Indigenous Film Festival (Mexico, 2019)
- Ecuatorian NYC Film Festival (USA, 2019) – Special Mention
- Dreamspeakers Film Festival (Canada, 2019)
- First People’s Indigenous Film Festival (Canada, 2019) – winner 2nd Award
- Amazonia Doc (Brazil, 2019) – winner Best Documentary
- Latino Film Festival Worcester (USA, 2019)
- Jumara – IIº Festival Internacional de Cine Indígena de Panamá (Panama, 2019)
- Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival (Canada, 2019)
- Ariano Film Festival (Italy, 2019)
- First Nations Film and Video Festival (USA, 2019)
- FILMAR en America Latina (Switzerland, 2019)
- Daupará Muestra de cine y video indígena (Colombia, 2019)
- Muestra de cine por los derechos humanos Ayahue (Argentina, 2019)
- Central-Doc Film Festival (Mexico, 2019)
- Native Spirit Film Festival (UK, 2019)
- MIRA LatinAmerican Film Festival (Germany, 2019)
- FESAALP (Argentina, 2019)
- LASA Film Festival (Mexico, 2020)
- Maoriland Film Festival (New Zealand, 2020)
- Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (Canada, 2020)
- Festival Latinoamericano de Cine de Quito, FLACQ (Ecuador, 2021)
Interviews & Reviews
- ‘Huahua, para saber quién somos y de donde venimos’. Fiilmmaker’s interview. Plan V.
- El Universo. Review
- Huahua: Gestar, Parir y Acunar Identidades. La Barra Espaciadora. Interview.
- ‘‘Huahua’, la defensa de la identidad indígena en kichwa y castellano’. El país. Review
- ‘Huahua: Pueblos originarios reafirman identidad’. Colombia Informa. Interview and Review.
- ‘Huahua – De l’héritage culturel’. Le Petit Septiéme. Review
- ‘“Huahua”: docuficción sobre la identidad kichwa en un mundo globalizado‘. Pressenza. Review.
- ‘Huahua, aceptarnos desde nuestras esencias’. Bohemia. Review
- ‘Huahua, un relato de pareja sobre las identidades’. El Telégrafo. Review
cast
José Espinosa Anguaya, Citlalli Andrango
directed by
Joshi Espinosa Anguaya
written and produced by
Joshi Espinosa Anguaya, Citlalli Andrango
production company
Ayllu Records
cinematographer
José Enrique Veintimilla
film editor
Mauricio Benitez
sound designer
Mauricio Acosta Muñoz
original music
Raffaele M.Clemente, Felice M.Clemente, Il laboratorio delle uova quadre
distribution & world sales
ShortsFit
director's bio
Joshi Espinosa Anguaya (01/12/80) was born in Otavalo. He studied in INCINE (Escuela de Cine y Actuación) at Quito where he has also worked as a teacher. Creator of a scholarship programme for different communities in Ecuador to study in INCINE. He has participated in many projects in his country as an actor, filmmaker and in the photography department.