Q&A with Ismael Nava Alejos

Q&A, screening

Ismael Nava Alejos is Mexican cinematographic director, screenwriter and editor, studied his specialty in the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Spain. He has received grants from IMCINE and CONARTE for production and postproduction of his short films, and recently for the development of his first feature film. Ismael made more than 12 short films, two of which Dog Heart and Silence (international competition program of International short films festival in Clermont-Ferrand 2011) he will present at the festival followed by Q&A session.

Dog Heart, 11’, Ismael Nava Alejos, Mexico, 2009 Silvano is a thirty-year-old alcoholic and Taibele is a young prostitute. One day when their paths cross, they discover that life has other flavors, but ambition, a weapon and opportunity are a violent combination.

Silence, 12’, Ismael Nava Alejos, Mexico, 2011 Mariana and Jaime are two young people who work in a circus at the beginning of the twentieth century. They are childhood friends: she plays the piano and he is an acrobat. Over the course of the past few months love has blossomed between them, but an accident will change the course of their relationship.

Place/Entrance fee: Communa (Halytska str., 1), 10 UAH. Free for the Festival Ticket holders.