LAS CAMAS SOLAS

A Peacock Film Production

Synopsis

In view of an arriving hurricane a building in Havana is evacuated: only the beds are left behind. The film speaks about people in Cuba who live in a precarious, fragile reality. They have to leave their teetering building without knowing where they will end up. It shows a human aspect but also a metaphoric one.

Category:                            Short-film (documentary)

Length:                         14 minutes

Release date:                 August 2006

World Premiere:              “Cinéastes du Présent” Locarno, 2006

Crew

Script, direction, DoP:         Sandra Gómez

Editing:                                Rolando Colla

Music:                                  Roberto Perdomo

Sound Design:                    Jingle Jungle

Producer:                            Elena Pedrazzoli

© Peacock Film 2006

“In “The Lonely Beds”, director Sandra Gómez bears witness to the precarious living conditions of Havana’s most disadvantaged population. Shot in part before a hurricane hit the city, this short film has an extraordinary evocative power. ”
— 59th International Film Festival Locarno, Switzerland - Pardo News, 12 August 2006





FESTIVALS

-         59th Int. Film Festival Locarno «Cinéastes du Présent» – 2006, Switzerland

-         Docusur Tenerife – 2006, Spain

-         Urban TV – 2006, Spain

-         42th Solothurner Filmtage – 2007, Switzerland

-         6th Muestra de Nuevos Realizadores (ICAIC) – 2007, Havana, Cuba

-         Ischia Film Location Festival – 2007, Italy

-         Festival der Nationen, Ebensee – 2007, Austria

-         Split Film Festival – 2007, Croatia

-         1st International Cuban Cinema Festival (FICCU) – 2007, Münich, Germany

-         Int. Independent Film Festival Ourense – 2007 Galice, Spain

-         29th Festival Int. de Cine Latinoamericano, «Made in Cuba» – 2007, Havana, Cuba

-         9th Docudays: Beirut Internacional Documentaries Festival – 2007, Lebanon

-         Int. Film Forum of Social Films, St. Petersburg – 2008, Russia

-         Cinesul, Festival Iibero-Americano de Cinema e Video – 2008, Brazil

-         Women’s Short Film Festival, IV Edizione «A Corto di Donne» – 2008, Pozzuoli, Italy

-         Providence Latin American Film Festival (PLAFF) – 2008, Rhode Island, USA

-         Rencontres du Cinema d`Amerique Latine – 2008, Burdeos, France

-         aluCine Toronto Latin Media Festival – 2008, Canada  

-         VIDEOLAB CUBA (1 Month/1 Country) Galeria Santa Clara – 2009, Coimbra, Portugal

-         AhíNamá! Festivalito of Contemporary Cuban Documentaries – 2009, London

-         Yamagata Int. Doc Film Festival - Islands /I Lands, NOW «Vista de Cuba» – 2011, Japan

-         Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Special Program «Cuba Hoy» – 2012, France

-         Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse – 2012, France

AWARDS

@ 6th Muestra de Nuevos Realizadores (ICAIC) – 2007, Havana, Cuba

·        Special Mention of the Jury

·        SIGNIS Cuba Award (Cuban Catholic Organization for Communication)

·        FIPRESCI Award (Cuban Cinema Press Association) as one of the best Cuban documentaries of the year 2007.

@ Festival der Nationen, Ebensee – 2007, Austria

·        Diploma of the Jury

@ WOMEN’S SHORT FILM FEST. IV EDIZIONE «A Corto di Donne» – 2008,  Pozzuoli, Italy

·        Special Mention of the Jury