VIEJO CALAVERADARK SKULL

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A film by Kiro Russo

LA PAZ - BOLIVIA

- LOGLINE

THERE IS NOTHING INSIDE BUT YOU, A JOURNEY DEEP INSIDE YOURSELF, A DARKER KIND OF JOURNEY.

-SYNOPSIS-

After his father has died, Elder Mamani is forced to live with his grandmother -far from the city- to stay away from trouble. He has to learn to be a worker.

His godfather, Francisco has to take care of Elder's acceptance in the mining com-pany. Francisco and Elder end up working together. But Elder skips work daily. Francisco endures this grudgingly. His co workers mock him because of the behaviour of his godson.

When Francisco finds Elder lost in the smokey alleys about to be blasted, he leaves him alone there, because of his survival, the miners that rescue him see him as an amulet of good luck.

Now the miners have to travel together to the tropic, in which context the conflict between Elder and Francisco unravels.

FRANSISCOELDER’S GODFATHER

POSOKONI120TH LEVEL

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ELDER MAMANIACCIDENTPOSOKONI240TH LEVEL 2016

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-DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT-

We started developing Viejo Calavera in 2011. We had just filmed JUKU (a short film set in the mines of Huanuni, that was an exploration of narrative values with sensory means, a lost of darkness, and a rich sound design).

Even though the aesthetical values we accomplished in this short film filled us with hope, it’ s way of portraying the people didn’ t have anything to do with what we had seen and learned. It’ s cinematic strength as an image can easily turn the miner’ s image it into a stereoty-pe. The conclusion where we arrived: to film a story that portraits and concerns the people that we keep meeting in Huanuni. Not just thematically, but as images of their life…

The main characters of this film are friends I have been meeting in the trips Imade to Huanuni from 2012 until the shooting of the film. This friends repre-sent different social and working classes of Huanuni, and the experiences they

JULIOS CESAR TICONA AS ELDER

MAMANIHUANUNI

2016

told me, and the ones we got to live together, have always been the main inspiration that kept us going through 8 script processes.

We see the miner and rural world around a mine through his eyes, and we experien-ce a sudden andquiet revelation he has towards life, even though the movie doesn’ t tell whether this revelation has produced any change.To have a drunk as a main character is a kind of statement towards cinema, and towards the way we as bolivians have been representing ourselves, being alcoholism a cultural characteristic of our people in one hand, and completelyabsent from our film tradition in the other

We shot in October 2015. The miners’ Labor Union (Sindicato Mixto deTrabajadores Mineros), helped us organi-ze the workers for some scenes, -forexample the miners meeting-. Location work was the result of years oftravelling, years of thinking about this film.

We hope to premiere Viejo Calavera (Dark Skull) in the mines.

THE MOVIE TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG DRUNKEN HOODLUM

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-Project status-

The project development started in July 2011. The Director Kiro Russo wrote a first treatment that was sent to the TYPA Workshop in Colón, Argentina; In April 2012 the project participated at BAFICI’s Buenos Aires Lab (Development), winning the Haye Post award.In mid-2013, the project participated in Des 3 Continents Produire Au Sud Festi-val (Caracas, Venezuela). A fourth version of the script was finished later that year, in August, when Kiro went to live to Huanuni.In 2015 the Labor Union of Mineworkers of Huanuni, Universal Brockers S.A.and Fernando Ballivian Vela Produc-tions; joined the production, making them our main associates.On June 15, 2015, with the seventh version of the script, the pre-productionstage of the film started. This stage lasted 56 days.The shooting took place between Octo-ber 10th and November 4th 2015. Fiveweeks.The editing of the film began on Monday, January 4th, 2016 and a first cut was ready on February 11th of the same year. Now (April 2016) we have the 3rd cut of the film.We need to complete funds for Post-Pro-duction and Distribution stages.

THE MINERSPOSOKONI

HUANUNI2016

‘’LA DIOSA’’ DISCOTEQUE

HUANUNI2016

THE “WINCHE”POSOKONI

HUANUNI2016

z Kiro RussoDIRECTOR & PRODUCER

Kiro Russo was born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1984. Studied Film Directing at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. His Shorts: Enterprisse (2010), Juku (2012) premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Prize for Shortfilm at IndieLis-boA, Best shortfilm award at Ficunam and Best shortfilm green in Kaohsiung film festival . New Life and The Beast (2015) are his new shorts. Recently NEW LIFE (2015) won the Jury Special Mention at Locarno Film Festival , and five awards in San Sebastian Film Festival. Dark Skull is his first feature film.

Pablo PaniaguaPRODUCER

Pablo Paniagua (Bolivia 1985). Producer, DoP and Editor. Studied at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. Producer of 10 shortfilms from Socavoncine among which stand out “Amazo-nas” (European Premiere in Cler-mont-Ferrand Short Film Festi-val 2016), and New Life (Jury-Mention at Festival del Film Locarno 2015). As DoP and Editor has worked on several productions in Boivia, Argentina and Brazil. He has directed and produced two Shortfilms; “One”(2010) and Valediction (2015), winner of a Jury Mention at XVII BAFICI 2015.

MARTES DE CHALLA (2008) CARLOS PIÑEIROBest Shortfilm Amalia Gallardo contest

MAX JUTAM (2010) CARLOS PIÑEIROBest SHortfilm Amalia Gallardo contestBest shortfilm Foro de Creación Oaxaca Mexico

PLATO PACEÑO(2012) CARLOS PIÑEIROBest Shortfilm Premios Eduardo Abaroa Best Shortfilm Festival Pachamama Cinematography MentionFestival San JuanBest Shortfilm Tigre Film Festival ArgentinaBest Director Rosario Film Festival, ArgentinaBest Production Design, Rosario Film Festival Argentina

AMAZONAS (2015) CARLOS PIÑEIROWorld Premiere Mar del Plata Film FestivalOficial Selection Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival

DESPEDIDA (2015) PABLO PANIAGUAJury Mention, XVII BAFICI

ENTERPRISSE (2010) KIRO RUSSO

Oficial Selection Praga FreshFilmFest - CHE Oficial Selection La Alternativa - Barcelona - ESP

Oficial Selection Munich Film Festival - ALE Winner 2nd Prize “Toma Única” - ESP

Winner, Best director Cambridge Festival - ENG

JUKU (2012) KIRO RUSSO

Mejor cortometraje, festival internacional de la UNAM de México DF -MEX Best Shortfilm award, IndieLisboa Film Festival - POR

Best Shortfilm award, Kaosiuhng Film Festival- TAIBest Shortfilm, Best Documentaryl. FEISALP -ARG

Jury Mention Kino Forum Sao Paulo-BRWorld Premiere Sundance Film Festival -US

Oficial Selection La Alternativa -ESP Oficial Selection Reencontres de Toulouse -FRA

Oficial Selection Londres Documentary Film Festivals -ING Oficial Selection Berlin Latino Film Festival –ALE

NUEVA VIDA (2015) KIRO RUSSO

MenJury Mention. Festival del Film Locarno 2015Best Shortfilm San Sebastian Film Festival

Best Documentary Jilavva Film FestivalBest Director Pachamama Film Festival

Founded in 2009, SocavónCine is active in introducing and supporting fresh gazes, new narrative forms and experi-mental films in Bolivia. In the last years, our La Paz based company has produced the most awarded Shortfilms of the country.

-COMPANY PROFILE-AWARDS

FEATURE FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT

VIEJO CALAVERA FICTION 90 MIN. (DIRECTED BY KIRO RUSSO)

ANTAWARAFICTION 90 MIN. (DIRECTED BY CARLOS PINEIRO)

DEVELOPMENT LOBO LAB” MAR DEL PLATA FILM FESTIVAL.- WINNER, JURY MENTION LOBO LAB 2015.

LAS EDADESDOCUMENTARY 75MIN. (DIRECTED BY MIGUEL HILARI)

-SELECTED IN EDOC FILM LAB (ECUADOR)-WINNER "A CIELO ABIERTO" FILM FESTIVAL 2014 (BOLIVIA)

- SHORTFILMS -

CREDITSCAST

Julio Cesar TiconaNarciso ChoquecallataAnastasia Daza Lopez

Directed byKiro Russo

Asociate ProducerCamilo Restrepo

Director of PhotographyPablo Paniagua

Production AssistantsMiguel Hilari

Fernando Ballivián

SoundPepo Razzari

Gilmar Gonzales

Line Producer

Production Designer

Juan Pablo Pineiro

Carlos Pineiro

ProducersKiro Russo

Pablo PaniaguaGilmar Gonzales

DRAMA / 95 MIN. / 1,85:1 / COLOR

TECHNICAL SPECS

SHOOTING FORMATUHD 4K ProRes HQ 3840 x 2160px

SUBTITLESEnglish

EXHIBITION FORMATDCP 2K

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTIONBOLIVIA

LANGUAGESpanish

LOS MINEROSILOS YUNGAS

COROICOLA PAZ

2016

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