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MAFIFA

By Daniela MUÑOZ BARROSO

First film - Completed 2021

Filmmaker Daniela Muñoz Barroso, who is almost completely deaf, wants to discover the identity of the remarkable musician Mafifa.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2021

Luminous

Goteborg IFF 2022

Official Selection

E Tudo Verdade 2022

Latin Showcase

Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival 2022

Winner FIPRESCI Award

Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2022

Documentary Competition

Festival de Biarritz Amerique Latine 2022

Cinémarinique Festival 2022

Winner jury Documentaire – sélection Long Métrage

Leeds International film festival 2022

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- First film, Musical, Documentary
- Countries
- CUBA
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 77 mn
- Director(s)
- Daniela MUÑOZ BARROSO
- Writer(s)
- Carlos MELIÁN MORENO, Joanna MONTERO
- Producer(s)
- Leila MONTERO (ESTUDIO ST), Daniela MUÑOZ BARROSO (ESTUDIO ST)
- Synopsis
- Filmmaker Daniela Muñoz Barroso, who is almost completely deaf, wants to discover the identity of the remarkable musician Mafifa. Her quest leads her on the trail of an enigmatic woman, and also makes her question her own head and heart.
  
  PLOT KEYWORDS
  Documentary | True story | memory | road movie | rural life | gender roles | women filmmaker | heroines | traditional music styles | female musician | hearing impairment | disabilities | Cuba | Caribbean | directorial debut