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Huahua

Child

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)
Huahua, poster, shortsfit

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.