Alpha Kings
A look into a novel economy of online domination and the new faces of sex work.
15'
United States
IFFR 2023
When the woman who comes to cut the power on customers behind on their bills shows up at the door, no one is happy. But when one of those customers, Lilí, dies, our protagonist must put her job and its mundane tedium aside and let the spirits around her help her get the right signal.
– Cristina Kolozsvary-Kiss
IFFR 2023
- 12'
- Dominican Republic
- 2022
- Director
- Lorena Durán
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Countries of production
- Dominican Republic, United States
- Year
- 2022
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 12'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- A Farewell to Kindness
- Language
- Spanish
- Producers
- Gregorio Rodríguez , Guillermo Zouain, Wendy Muñiz
- Sales
- Lorena Durán
- Screenplay
- Lorena Durán
- Cinematography
- Sofia Marcos
- Editor
- Juan Pablo Daranas Molina, Caitlin Carr
- Sound Design
- Wellington Mejia
- Cast
- Isabel Spencer, Venecia Félix
Also in this combined programme
Angelo
A young Bolivian shoeshiner mythologises his own story to cope with a harsh, everyday reality.
9'
Bolivia
IFFR 2023
Stillness of Labor
An abandoned garment factory is reconstituted and reimagined as a labyrinth of labour.
8'
United States
IFFR 2023
YUGOTRANSPORT - Wir sitzen alle im selben Bus
Contemporary gastarbeiter comedy with a strong feminist undercurrent, an homage to Yugo-land.
23'
Germany
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Lorena Durán
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Countries of production
- Dominican Republic, United States
- Year
- 2022
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 12'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- A Farewell to Kindness
- Language
- Spanish
- Producers
- Gregorio Rodríguez , Guillermo Zouain, Wendy Muñiz
- Sales
- Lorena Durán
- Screenplay
- Lorena Durán
- Cinematography
- Sofia Marcos
- Editor
- Juan Pablo Daranas Molina, Caitlin Carr
- Sound Design
- Wellington Mejia
- Cast
- Isabel Spencer, Venecia Félix
Programme IFFR 2023
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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An affecting meditation on the pain experienced by refugees forced to live in limbo.
12'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023
3 Lieder
Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A tribute to early film.
7'
Germany
IFFR 2023
3 Peonies
Flowers are stuck down and covered by tape: a wry comment on 20th-century modernist art.
3'
United States
IFFR 2023