IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY

By Victoria LINARES

ANTIDOTE SALES - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2022

A revelation about Oscar Torres, her unknown and once famous queer filmmaker cousin, sends Victoria down a path of self-discovery through reconstructions of his memories living in the 1950s Caribbean, as Victoria leads re-enactments of his unproduced screenplays with the family who erased him.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2022
Video Library
True/False Film Festival 2022
BFI FLARE LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2022
BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022
AMOR Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTQ+ 2022
Focus
Third Horizon Film Festival 2022
Feature Films
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival 2022
New Directors Competition
Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival 2022
Best Film as Decided by a Youth Jury
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary, First film, Female director
    • Countries
    • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, USA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Victoria LINARES
    • Synopsis
    • A revelation about Oscar Torres, her unknown and once world-famous queer filmmaker cousin, sends Victoria down a path of self-discovery through reconstructions of his intimate memories living in the 1950s authoritarian Caribbean, as Victoria leads re-enactments of his unproduced screenplays with the family who erased him.