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Compañías Productoras Productora Asociada Con la participación de Con el apoyo de of love and other demons Index Synopsis Film credits Cast Director’s note Production Note Production companies Cast Crew Contact Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Synopsis During a time of inquisition and slavery, Sierva María wants to know what kisses taste like. She is 13 years old, daughter of aristocrats but raised by their African slaves living in colonial Cartagena de Indias. When a rabid dog bites her, the bishop declares she is possessed and entrust Cayetano his pupil, with her exorcism. The priest and the girl Hill find themselves seduced by a demon more powerful than faith and reason. With an intimate, personal narrative and a visual lenguaje reminiscent of Renaissance paintings, Of love and other demons is base don one of Gabriel García Márquez`s (Nobel Literatura Prize 1982) most harrowing love stories. Technical data Original title: Del amor y otros demonios English title: Of love and other demons Original language: Spanish Subtitles: English Costa Rica and Colombia Drama 97 minutes 35 mm /Color/ 1:1:85 /Dolby digital 5.1 Shot in Cartagena de Indias and Bogota, Colombia 2009 Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Films Credits Production Companies Based on the novel Written and Directed by Producers Associate Producer With participation of With support of Associate Producer Director of Photography Production Director Art Director Casting Editor Sound Director Sound Design Music composer Animation Costume Design Makeup Design Hair Design Postproduction Alicia films ® Alicia Films and CMO Producciones Of love and other demons, by Gabriel García Márquez Hilda Hidalgo Laura Imperiale Clara María Ochoa Laura Pacheco Hilda Hidalgo Cacerola Films Of love and other demons Trust fund RCN Cine ENNOVA DHL Ibermedia Program Veritas University Cinergia Film Development Fund, Colombia New Latin Film Foundation Jorge Sánchez Marcelo Camorino ADF Ana Piñeres Juan Carlos Acevedo Silvia Amaya (Colombia) Laura Cepeda (España) Tania Ceballos (Cuba) Mariana Rodríguez Nerio Barberis Nerio Barberis Miguel Hernández Fidel Gamboa Marte Studio Adán Martínez Helmut Karpf Tina Arévalo Pedro de la Garza www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Cast Cayetano Pablo Derqui Sierva María Eliza Triana Bishop Jordi Dauder Marquis Joaquín Climent Marchioness Margarita Rosa de Francisco Abrenuncio Damián Alcázar Sister Agueda Martha Leal Abbess Alina Lozano Martina Carlota Llano Caridad Linnett Hernández Viceroy Humberto Dorado Dominga Leonor González MIna Lathe operator Victoria Hernández Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Director’s Commentary To love may entail coupling desire and compassion in a single flame. When that so happens, fire burns and transcends simultaneously, and one may speak of mystical love. Forbidden loves often tell tales of a mystical love. The novel Love and other Demons caught my attention, recently published, when I first read it back in 1994. As I worked through it in a single reading, I could not avoid the incessant flow of images as in a film. The subversive kind of mysticism, stepping beyond age and belief, and ultimately death, captured my imagination. I shall speak of chance, and yet, not quite a chance, the fact that García Márquez provided me with the extraordinary opportunity of turning his novel into a film. I have approached the film intimately, as one does with a close, familiar story. I tell the tale through the eyes of thirteen-year old Sierva María. Living in colonial Cartagena and unwilling to obey rules, this white child brought up by black slaves, is used to solitude and in the mood for anything, including love. The film depicts her desire, her sexual-amorous awakening. After a rabid dog bites her, she is accused of demon possession, and deemed in need of exorcism. The Church assigns Cayetano the task of her salvation. Girl and priest find themselves irrevocably attracted, their souls entwined in that coupling of desire and compassion; touched by a flame that simultaneously dams and transcends, taking them beyond death. Sierva María’s free, vital sensuality shakes the inquisitorial, severe and guilt ridden world of colonial life. Gaps and fears lying dormant under intolerant obscurantism come to the fore. The regime of political-religious authority crumbles. Thus the story of the girl interweaves with the history of the city. In writing the script, my take on Cartagena de las Indias was pretty much the same as if I were writing a documentary fiction and history came together in a search where it was difficult separating one from the other. Sierva María’s residence is the Marquis de Valdehoyos house on Factoria street: its four internal patios, its halls with wooden paneled ceilings, the chiaroscuro of the corridors. Abrenuncio, the Portuguese physician who assists the rabid girl, resembles Juan José Méndez Nieto, a Portuguese physician who actually lived in Cartagena during the seventeenth century. Descendants of those black slaves who brought her up, actually inhabit the San Basilio Palenque enclave today. A mere half hour drive from the city, the colony inhabitants have been able to successfully preserve their language, African culture and traditions for three centuries. In a sense, Sierva María tells an unofficial story of the city. Its portrayal of slaves, ecclesiastical authorities, noble men and inquisitors depicts a Latin America fraught with fear and vulnerability. It is an interior film, in which I have attempted to engage the viewer in an introspective world of the characters’ ineffable urges and desire. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Production Notes The idea for the film Of love and other demons was sparked in 2004, when Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez offered screenwriter and director Hilda Hidalgo the chance to adapt his novel of the same name for the big screen. During a workshop at the International School of Film and Television in Havana, Cuba, the famous author overheard Hilda say that Of love and other demons was his most cinematic work to date, that the novel felt like it had been written as a screenplay and that she wondered why a film based on the book had not been created yet. García Márquez challenged her: “Would you like to make it?” Hilda didn’t think twice. “Of course I would, Gabo!” “Well then make it!,” he answered. His only condition was for her to produce it “like a work of art” and never lose her creative freedom. Hilda returned to Costa Rica and threw herself into the project. With the help of her partner in Aliciafilms, Laura Pacheco, she began searching for allies. María Lourdes Cortés, at the time the director of the Costa Rican Film Production Center, helped them bring on board Ronald Sasso, executive director of Costa Rica’s Veritas University, The university supported the first two years of the project’s development phase, which included all historical research and location scouting in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias, as well as the writing of the first versions of the screenplay and the outline of the financial plan. At the beginning of 2005, Hilda finished the second version of the screenplay and brought on renowned Mexican producer Laura Imperiale, from Cacerola Films (Cinco días sin Nora, Nicotina, El crimen del Padre Amaro, La perdición de los hombres, and Así es la vida, among others): “I read the screenplay and I felt that the characters were presented in a very sensual and complex manner. The story was told from a woman’s point of view – it was a unique approach to the work of García Márquez. We saw eye to eye on the kind of movie that we thought should be made.” Imperiale joined the project at a crucial moment. Her presence allowed the production to be conceived with a financial structure new to Central America, which made it possible to create a movie that combines technical mastery with artistic and creative freedom. This is the first Costa Rican movie to be financed through an investment trust fund utilizing Costa Rican monies. Financial, management and consulting firms from Costa Rica, including Creación de Capitales, Bufete Zürcher, Odio y Raven, Deloitte and MBA Asociados, created an innovative financial, legal and fiscal structure, and in so doing became pioneers in their fields. Later on, producers Clara María Ochoa and Ana Piñeres, from CMO Producciones (Soñar no cuesta nada, Esto huele mal, Bolívar soy yo, and Como el gato y el ratón, among others) joined the project. CMO Producciones is one of the most solid and successful Colombian film production companies. Both women were interested in the screenplay’s feminine and intimate approach and became closely involved in the movie’s creative process. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Production Notes According to Clara María Ochoa, the screenplay “was a beautiful idea and a wonderful adaptation of the book. We went to work right away. We came up with a budget and a list of all the things we would need and we looked for shooting locations. The casting process was a priority, especially finding the main character, the young girl called Sierva María. We looked at about 700 girls from Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba and even Brazil and Argentina. As it turned out, she was hiding in plain sight here in Colombia. It was amazing that we ended up selecting Eliza Triana for the role of Sierva María.” One of the main achievements during the project’s second phase was securing the support of the global courier company DHL, who offered its services and networks to connect the production teams in Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, Spain and Mexico. Thanks to DHL’s support, the production teams were able to finish the script, cast all the characters, develop the movie’s financial model and raise the necessary funds. In Colombia, CMO Producciones handled the financial contributions from private investors and brought Colombian film production companies RCN CINE and E-NNOVVA to the project. Carolina Angarita participated in representation of the two companies, which belong to the Colombian conglomerate Organización Ardila Lülle. She read each version of the screenplay and with the support of the group’s board of directors persuaded several of the member companies (including Postobón and Incauca) to join the production. The project was also supported by Cinergia – the Central American Filmmaking Fund –, by the Colombian Film Development Fund and by the New Latin American Cinema Foundation. In 2007, Aliciafilms and CMO Producciones signed several coproduction agreements, making it possible to cover practically the entirety of the movie’s budget. The following year, Costa Rica joined the Ibermedia Program, and because Colombia is also one of the program’s members, the project’s producers were able to apply for, and receive, the last funding they needed. CASTING Eliza Triana was 11 years old when she initially auditioned for the role of Sierva María. She was too young for the part and was not selected. The search for the movie’s main character continued and Eliza participated actively in the process alongside her mother Silvia Amaya, the film’s casting director in Colombia. Eliza invited her girlfriends to audition and helped other actresses practice their lines. Two years later, Hilda Hidalgo heard Eliza’s voice on several test recordings in which she acted off camera. Hilda was impressed by the precise, yet natural, way in which Eliza performed the scenes. She was now thirteen years old, and had inadvertently become Sierva María. According to Eliza, the script was “a masterpiece. When I read it, I could imagine every scene. The entire process has been very exciting for me. Sierva María is a very mysterious character who is constantly exploring and revealing her feelings.” Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Production Notes Hilda has repeatedly praised Eliza’s talent, calling her “one of the best actresses I’ve ever worked with”. Despite her youth, “she is incredibly disciplined and a consummate perfectionist. We developed a very deep and intimate working relationship. There wasn’t a single scene in which she didn’t give 100 percent. She kept asking me if there was something she could do better and if the scene had come out as I dreamt it. She is a very talented and intuitive girl and she quickly grasped the essence of her character.” The director added that it was beautiful to see how “Pablo and Eliza grew more and more attached to their characters each day. They poured their heart and soul into their work and made the characters come alive and exist.” From the very first screen tests, Hilda was mesmerized by young Catalan actor Pablo Derqui and by his potential to express Cayetano’s deep spiritual and intelectual qualities. Cayetano not only struggles to understand the mysteries of his own existence. He is also very innocent and, at 36, falls in love for the first and only time in his life. Pablo Derqui was attracted to Hilda’s feminine perspective and to the world conceived by García Márquez. “This is the first time that one of his novels has been presented from such a personal point of view. The fact that the movie is a Latin American production, filmed in Latin America with a cast of Latin American actors, as well as Hilda’s unique take on this story, will definitely make the movie feel very authentic.” The Colombian and Spanish cast portrayed characters full of nuances and humanity who embodied the contradictions of an era torn between the Inquisition’s repression and the discovery of the pleasures of the body. FILMING PROCESS Of Love and Other Demons was filmed during nine and a half weeks in March, April and May of 2008 in the colonial city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Filming in Cartagena was a magical experience. The walled city maintains the essence of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Being there is almost like travelling back in time. The crew was given the rare privilege of filming in extraordinary locations such as the Inquisition Palace, the Palace of the Marquis of Valdehoyos, the San Pedro Claver Cloister, the San Felipe Castle and the Casa de Huéspedes Ilustres. Marcelo Camorino, the film’s director of photography shared the director’s vision regarding the use of light and color. Through the use of chiaroscuro, they created a visually impeccable, sensuous world. They both found inspiration in Italian painter Caravaggio as they set out to recreate the city’s atmosphere in that period and link it to the characters’ emotional state. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Production Notes The job of Colombian art director Juan Carlos Acevedo started months before shooting the movie, when he prepared the first sketches depicting the film’s locations. Although it was essential to reproduce the historical moment accurately, the main goal of this process was to create a specific atmosphere, a subjective universe with a life of its own. Both Adán Martínez, in charge of costume design and Helmut Karpf, the movie’s make up artist and special effects expert, helped Acevedo find artistic and pictorial references to the story’s historical period. The result is flawless imagery that successfully conveys the feel of the city’s decadence, as well as the mixture of ethnic groups, ideas and delusions. POST-PRODUCTION ”The post-production stage was a team effort,” says the film’s director. “We fed off of each other’s ideas and created the movie together.” The editing was a meticulous process during which the director and the movie’s editor, Mariana Rodríguez, continued the screenplay’s sober and minimalist style. The broad structure of the film, as well as the structure of each individual scene, were pared down to reveal the essence of the movie’s emotions and characters. The film’s score was a central part of the film’s sound, and the film’s sound had to be musical; therefore, music and sound needed to exist as one throughout Of Love and Other Demons. With this in mind, and following the mandate to create a minimalist soundtrack using no more than two or three instruments and a Baroque-inspired structure, Costa Rican composer Fidel Gamboa created melodies that portrayed the essence of the film’s characters. Nerio Barberis and Miguel Hernández, responsible for the sound design, created a tapestry of naturalistic sounds that isn’t merely descriptive and realistic, but instead opens up to the vibrations and whispers of the human soul. The movie’s animations and special effects were created by a team of experts from the Costa Rican company Martestudio, led by Oliver Zúñiga and Christian Glenewinkel. The emphasis was placed on the texture of the characters’ dreams, which had to be realistic, yet maintain the levity of fantasy. Several special effects were approached in a completely realistic way, among them the design of the eclipse, the walled city and the insects. That was the last step in the process of creating a film that began with an act of magical realism on García Márquez’s part and whose producers’ main challenge was to never lose contact with the amazing world in which the love between Sierva María and Cayetano was born. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Alicia films ® Film Companies ALICIAfilms An independent film and video company, based in Costa Rica, Alicia Films is the creation of director Hilda Hidalgo and producer Laura Pacheco in 2000. Inspired in Lewis Carroll’s character, they aim towards an innovative-transgressing gaze from «the other side of the looking glass». Their record includes both short fiction and documentary on a variety of social topics including gender and sustainable development. With a an emergent audiovisual industry, thanks partly to Hidalgo’s and Pacheco’s active lobbing, Costa Rica now belongs to the Ibero-American Council of Film Entities (Conferencia de Autoridades Cinematográficas de Iberoamérica), as well as to the Spanish government Ibermedia project (starting in 2008). They are founding members of the first Costa Rican producers and directors association, Cinema Alliance (Cinealianza). They helped advance a new bill regulating film industry for the first time, currently under review at Congress. In 2009, Alicia Films along with the Colombian CMO Productions (CMO Producciones) coproduces Of love and other demons (Del amor y otros demonios), written and directed by Hidalgo. Their first feature film is based on a novel with that same title, by 1982 Nobel laureate, Garcia Márquez. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Film Companies CMO PRODUCCIONES Colombia’s CMO Producciones is a TV and Film Production firm created more than ten years ago by Clara María Ochoa Dominguez. Both for its international experience and trajectory, it is today’s best known film production and TV series company in Colombia. Its socially shocking, attractive and highly original, technically and visually impecable productions have earned it international aclaim at the Oscar Awards Ceremony (US), Cannes International Film Festival (France), Goya Awards (Spain), San Sebastián International Film Festival (Spain), Ariel Prizes (México), Rotterdam International Film Festival (the Netherlands) and the Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina), among others. Its credits include feature films such as Like cat and mouse (Rodrigo Triana), Bolívar, I am (Jorge Alí Triana), Rosario Tijeras (Emilio Maillé) development, casting and preproduction, A ton of luck (Rodrigo Triana) and Lies (Jorge Alí Triana); all of which have succeded in providing viewers with a remarkable, lasting experience. In 2009, along with Alicia Films (Costa Rica), it will premiere Of love and other demons, written and directed by Hilda Hidalgo, at the Pusan Festival in South Korea. Towards the beginning of 2009, it released the much praised thirty one hour episodes of the TV series Back to the hidden booty all shoot in natural settings with top of the line technology. CMO Producciones, with the partnership of its two current associates Clara María Ochoa and Ana Piñeres, is involved in: the preproduction of Family Dreams, a Colombian-Mexican coproduction, three Spanish-Mexican coproductions and seven TV series (in film format). Along with Mexican Salamandra Productions, is at work in the First Workshop for Screenplay Writing, to be held at the Film and Creation Institute in Cartagena, in 2010. It has started a writing project for a book, as well, on coproductions in Ibero America. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Cacerola Films Associate Producer CACEROLA FILMS Devoted to feature films and documentaries, this Mexican Production firm was started in 2002 by Laura Imperiale. Their first production «Nicotine», a Mexican-Argentinian-Spanish coproduction directed by Hugo Rodríguez, became an instant comercial success sold in over twenty countries including USA, France, Spain, Italy and Brazil among others. It made the festivals’ circuit in Toronto, San Sebastian, and American Film Festival in Miami. In 2005, it produced the documentary Cavallo between bars, a Spanish coproduction directed by Suana Erenberg, Laura Imperiale and María Inés Roqué. It was awarded the prize of best documentary both at the Lleida Festival, as well as, at the Rosario Festival in Argentina. In 2007, it produced Five days without Nora, written and directed by Mariana Chenillo, which won audience awards both at the Morelia and the Miami Film Festivals. It won the award of best direction at the Moscu Film Festival, and that of best screenplay at Skipe City in Japan. In 2008 it acts as Associate Producer for Of love and other demons along with Alicia Films. This Costa Rica-Colombian coproduction, written and directed by Hilda Hilda, is a feature film based on Gabriel García Márquez’s novel. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Cayetano (Spain) PABLO DERQUI PABLO DERQUI He is the most important young actor of his generation, and in just a few years has built a promising career in theater, film and television. He studied at the Institute of Theater in Barcelona, and is as good working in Spanish as he is in Catalan, English and French. In 2007 he filmed Ventura Pons’s most recent movie, Barcelona (a map), Roser Aguilar’s The best of me, and Fort Apache by Jaume Mateu Adrover. He received the Butaca XIII award to the best theater and movie actor of Catalonia in 2007. This year he won the Best Actor award in the Short Film section of the Malaga Film Festival. CAYETANO He is a thirty-six year old Spanish priest and librarian of the Diocese of Cartagena de Indias. Early on he leans towards mysticism and spiritual truths. He cherishes chastity. Engages his intellect to physical exhaustion. Yearns for divine ecstasy. He imagines God’s face dwelling in him and a complete unity with the One. Relentlessly, sleep proves stronger than faith. The Bishop acts as his mentor and teacher. They argue on divine nature, the trinity, and the origin of evil. He memorizes Golden Age poets; Garcilaso de la Vega in particular. Cayetano believes Garcilaso was his great grandmother’s grandfather. When ordered by the Bishop to exorcise the girl, he regards himself unfit on theological and emotional grounds. Gradually he becomes aware that she is not possessed, but a victim of circumstances. Cayetano hopelessly falls in love and eventually understands the sense of Garcilaso’s verse: «Because of you I was born, because of you I have this life, because of you I shall die and because of you I am dying». FILMOGRAPHY Los ojos de Julia dir. Guillem Morales Of love and other demons dir. Hilda Hidalgo Aviones dir. Alex Rademakers Expulsados 1609, la tragedia de los moriscos dir. Miguel E. López Lorca Barcelona (a map) dir. Ventura Pons The best of me dir. Roser Aguilar dir. Jaume Mateu Adrover Fort Apache Salvador dir. Manuel Huerga Tokyo dir. Alex Rademakers The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story dir. Peter Greenaway Alicia films ® (2010) (2009) (2009) (2009) (2007) (2007) (2007) (2006) (2003) (2003) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Sierva María (Colombia) ELIZA ELIZA TRIANA Of love and other demons is her first film, on which she participated at the age of 13. In spite of her young age, she is a professional actress of extraordinary talent and dedication. Thanks to her intuition and capacity, she understood the mystery of the character and she committed herself to the creative process with enthusiasm. Daughter of Colombian filmmaker Jorge Ali Triana and producer Sylvia Amaya, filmmaking runs in her blood, and she devoted herself to the film with passion and discipline. Currently she is 15 years old and attends the ninth grade at the Fontana school. SIERVA MARÍA A noble girl brought up by african slaves, Sierva María is white and black. She speaks african languages, collects insects and has acquired a spirit of rebelliousness, sensuousness and distrust. Her exceedingly long red hair, an offering to the virgin, is not to be cut until marriage. Dominga’s death -her black stepmother- leaves her pretty much on her own. Forced to live in a forlorn house with a very ill mother and an indifferent father, in colonial Cartagena de Indias. These are times of Inquisition, when fear still prevails throughout the spanish empire. At thirteen she wants to try the taste of kisses, but is abruptly bitten by a rabid dog, officially declared possessed by the catholic church, and confined to a convent where she awaits to be exorcised. In charge of the exorcism, Cayetano enters her life as a firefly in the dark. He is her only contact with the outside world, feeding her, healing her wounds, talking to her. At the beginning she refuses but then submits to his care. Seduced by his love she fantasizes with his gestures, with the lines of his hands. She dreams with him and wants him. Together they will live a first and only love. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons dir. Hilda Hidalgo (2009) Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Bishop (Spain) JORDI DAUDER Theater, film and television actor. During his long and prolific career he has performed in over 60 films and 50 theater plays in the most important drama centers of Spain. In 1991 he received the Best Spanish Actor Critics Sant Jordi Award for his starring role in Puente de Varsovia, by Pere Portabella, and the Best Catalan Actor Viewers Award for Caricias, by Ventura Pons. In 2009 he received the Goya award for his role in the movie Camino, by Javier Fesser, and the award from the Actors Union. He also won the Gaudi award from the Catalan Film Academy for his role in Azaña. Cuatro días de julio, by director Santiago San Miguel, in which he portrays the last president of the Republic during the Spanish civil war. FILMOGRAPHY Negro Buenos Aires dir. Ramon Térmens Of love and other demons dir. Hilda Hidalgo Azaña dir. Santiago San Miguel Camino dir. Javier Fesser Doghead dir. Santi Amodeo Somne dir. Isidro Ortiz Pasos dir. Federico Luppi A la recerca del grial dir. David Grau Idiot love dir. Ventura Pons Youth dir. Ramon Térmens, Carles Torras The weakness of the bolshevik dir. Manuel Martín Cuenca The impatient alchemist dir. Patricia Ferreira The mameless dir. Jaume Balagueró Beloved/Friend dir. Ventura Pons Land and freedom dir. Ken Loach Alicia films ® (2009) (2009) (2008) (2008) (2006) (2005) (2005) (2005) (2004) (2004) (2003) (2002) (1999) (1999) (1995) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Marquis (Spain) JOAQUIN CLIMENT Theater, film and television actor. Since the decade of 1980 he has worked with some of the best Spanish theater directors like Miguel Narros, Adolfo Marsillach and Natalia Menendez. He has participated in over 30 films directed by Luis Garcia Berlanga, Pedro Almodovar and Fernando Leon among other filmmakers. He has also acted in several television series and the comedy Tres versiones de la vida by Yasmina Reza. Between 1998 and 2007 he had important success in the television series El comisario. In 2007 he acted in the movie Pudor by Tristan and David Ulloa and in the television film Camping by Lluis Arcarazo. He was part of the cast in the television series Fisica o quimica for Antena 3 channel until 2009, and is currently participating in several miniseries. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Pudor Salvador The hidden Héctor Sleeping luck Mondays in the sun The other side Paris-Timbuktu Goya in Bordeaux The color of the clouds Kika Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Tristán Ulloa dir. Manuel Huerga dir. Antonio Hernández dir. Gracia Querejeta dir. Ángeles González Sinde dir. Fernando León de Aranoa dir. Salvador García Ruiz dir. Luis García Berlanga dir. Carlos Saura dir. Mario Camus dir. Pedro Almodóvar (2009) (2007) (2006) (2005) (2004) (2003) (2002) (2000) (1999) (1999) (1997) (1993) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Bernarda (Colombia) MARGARITA ROSA DE FRANCISCO This film and television actress jumped to fame in 1994 through her role in the soap opera Cafe con aroma de mujer, for which she received several prizes in Colombia, Mexico and the United States. In 1995 she starred in the film Ilona llega con la lluvia by Sergio Cabrera, and she won the Best Actress awards at the festivals of Biarritz, France, and Gramado, Brazil. In 2000 the Cartagena Festival chose her as the Best Colombian Actress of the 20th Century. In 2001 she acted in the historic film Fidel by David Attwood, and in 2008 in the movie Paraiso travel, by director Simon Brand. She just finished filming the Colombian-Brazilian movie Garcia in Bogota, the first long film by director Jose Luis Rugeles. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Cartagena Paraíso travel Ilona arrives with the rain Heels Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Alain Monne dir. Simon Brand dir. Sergio Cabrera dir. Inti Pascual (2009) (2009) (2008) (1996) (1981) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Abrenuncio (Mexico) DAMIÁN ALCÁZAR He is one of the most important Ibero-American actors of our times. His performing ambition and versatility are widely recognized, and this has led him to participate in great productions Chronicles of Narnia as well as in low budget films. He studied at the Performing School of the National Institute for the Arts and the Theater Experimentation Center. He has created unforgettable characters in movies like La ley de Herodes (1999) by Luis Estrada, The crime of father Amaro (2001) by Carlos Carrera and Chronicles (2004) by Sebastian Cordero, for which he received several international awards. In Colombia he filmed the successful Satanas (2008) by Andres Baiz, and Garcia (2009) by the young director Jose Luis Rugeles, with Margarita Rosa de Francisco. FILMOGRAPHY Memories of my melancholy whores On childhood Of love and other demons Don't let me drown The chronicles of Narnia: prince Caspian Satanas Borderland Chronicles Héctor The crime of father Amaro The blue room Under California: The limit of time Algunas nubes Bandits Alicia films ® dir. Henning Carlsen, Ricardo Del Río-co dir-(2010) dir. Carlos Carrera (2009) dir. Hilda Hidalgo (2009) dir. Cruz Angeles (2009) dir. Andrew Adamson (2008) dir. Andrés Baiz (2007) dir. Zev Berman (2007) dir. Sebastián Cordero (2004) dir. Gracia Querejeta (2004) dir. Carlos Carrera (2002) dir. Walter Doehner (2002) dir. Carlos Bolado (1998) dir. Carlos García Agraz (1995) dir. Luis Estrada (1991) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Sister Agueda (Colombia) MARTHA LEAL She is a theater, film and television actress. Throughout her career she has participated in long films like Es mejor ser rico que pobre, by Ricardo Coral-Dorado; short films like Juanito bajo el naranjo, by Juan Carlos Villamizar, in numerous television series, and in the soap operas Sobrevivir, Soledad, La sombra del deseo and Corazón prohibido, among others. One of her most popular roles was as “Libia” in the soap opera Pecados capitales, for Caracol TV. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Tres hombres tres mujeres La decisión de San Mateo Es mejor ser rico que pobre Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Carlos Hernández dir. Iván Benjumea-Rey dir. Ricardo Coral (2009) (2003) (2001) (1999) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Abbess (Colombia) ALINA LOZANO This theater, film and television actress is famous in Ibero-America for her performance in the soap opera Pedro el escamoso. In her role as “Doña Nidia” she obtained the India Catalina, INTE and TV y Novelas awards. She studied at the National School of Performing Arts and Santiago Garcia’s Permanent Workshop on Theatre Investigation. In 1998 she participated in the film Time out by Sergio Cabrera and since then she has participated in several television series and soap operas. In 2002 she acted in the film Like cat and mouse by Rodrigo Triana and in 2004, with great success, in the soap opera Luna la heredera (2004). Currently she is part of the cast in the television series Las detectivas del Víctor, for RCN channel. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and ohter demons Tres hombres tres mujeres Like cat and mouse Time out De amores y delitos: El alma del maíz Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Carlos Hernández dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. Sergio Cabrera dir. Patricia Restrepo (2009) (2003) (2002) (1998) (1995) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Martina (Colombia) CARLOTA LLANO She has been actress and managing director of the Teatro Libre de Bogotá and its drama school. She has a masters degree in theater and living arts from the National University and masters in acting performance obtained in London. She was assistant director of the Institute of Culture of Bogota. She performs the monologue Mujeres en la guerra, which has been one of her most important roles, and she created the multimedia show Columpio de vuelo, which is still running. FILMOGAPHY Of love and other demons Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo (2009) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Caridad (Cuba) LINETTE HERNANDEZ This theater actress made her film debut as the beautiful and sensual Maria in the Cuban movie Kangamba by Rogelio Paris. In Colombia she participated in the theater play Doña Flor y sus dos maridos by Jorge Amado, directed by Jorge Ali Triana. This year she was part of the first Cuban theater group to enter the United States since 2003, event made possible by a decision of president Obama, with the objective of going on tour with the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare. FILMOGRAPHY Cartagena Of love and other demons Kangamba Alicia films ® dir. Alain Monne (2009) dir. Hilda Hidalgo (2009) dir. Rogelio París (2007) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Viceroy (Colombia) HUMBERTO DORADO During the past 20 years he has been one of Colombia’s main playwrights and scriptwriters, besides theater, film and television actor. His scripts have been taken to the big screen by Sergio Cabrera with great success among the critics and viewers in films like Details of a duel (1988), Snail's strategy (1993), Eagles don't hunt flies (1994) and Time out (1998). In 1996 he played the role of “Maqroll el Gaviero” in the adaptation of Alvaro Mutis’ novel Ilona arrrives with the rain, also directed by Cabrera. Besides these films, he has participated in popular television series and soap operas like La baby sister (2000) and Hasta que la plata nos separe (2006). FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons The art of losing El Cristo de plata Salwa La toma de la embajada Time out The debt Ilona arrrives with the rain De amores y delitos: El alma del maíz De amores y delitos: Bituima 1780 Eagles don't hunt flies Kingdom of heaven Snail's strategy Un hombre y una mujer con suerte Details of a duel (A matter of honour) Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Sergio Cabrera dir. Ramiro Meléndez dir. Sara Harb dir. Ciro Durán dir. Sergio Cabrera (2009) (2004) (2004) (2003) (2000) (1998) dir. Manuel José Álvarez, Nicolás Buenaventura (1997) dir. Sergio Cabrera (1996) dir. Patricia Restrepo (1995) dir. Luis Alberto Restrepo (1995) dir. Sergio Cabrera (1994) dir. Patricia Cardoso (1994) dir. Sergio Cabrera (1993) dir. Gustavo Nieto Roa (1988) dir. Sergio Cabrera (1988) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Dominga (Colombia) LEONOR GONZALEZ Lovingly called “La Negra Grande de Colombia”, as she is known inside and out of her country, she is a legend of afro-caribbean culture and folklore throughout Latin America. In her seventy years of age she has developed a vast career as folk artist, singer, film and television actress, cultural ambassador and fundamental icon of african-colombian descent. In 1987 she had a role in the film adaptation of Garcia Marquez’s novel Chronicle of a death roretold, directed by Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Chronicle of a death foretold El manantial de las fieras El último asalto Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Francesco Rosi dir. Ramiro Meléndez dir. Ramiro Meléndez (2009) (1987) (1982) (1982) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Lathe Operator (Colombia) VICTORIA HERNÁNDEZ She is a theater, film and television actress, and drama professor. Over the last 15 years she has trained some of the most famous actors and actresses of her country and has trained whole casts for colombian television shows. She studied at the Teatro Libre de Bogota, the Casa del Teatro Nacional and the theater an der Rühr, in Germany. She has worked at the Colombian Theater Corporation as director, and has acted in plays like El local, En carne propia and Venezia, among many others. Two years ago she took up her career as film actress again, and participated in the films Paraiso travel, by Simon Brand, and Gabriel's passion, by Luis Alberto “Peto” Restrepo, besides working on television series and soap operas. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Gabriel's passion Paraíso travel Mi hijo no es lo que parece The Loreley's grasp Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Luis Alberto Resrepo dir. Simón Brand dir. Angelino Fons dir. Amando de Ossorio (2009) (2008) (2008) (1974) (1974) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Director and Scriptwritter HILDA HIDALO Costa Rican filmmaker graduated as director at the International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. She has written and directed half a dozen short films and documentaries in Costa Rica and locations such as Italy, France, Buthan, Benin and The Netherlands. Her documentaries deal with social and genre issues. Her fiction stories deal with desire, sensuality and the oneiric. Her films have been shown at film festivals in Turkey, Cologne, Cuba, Cartagena, Rímini, Creteil, Amsterdam, San Francisco and Chicago, among others. In 2003, she wrote her first feature film project, Violent Seasons, which won the Best Treatment Award at Costa Rican Film Festival in 2002 and was granted a Fundación Carolina’s and Casa de America’s Scholarship under Paz Alicia Garciadiego tutorship. Together with producer Laura Pacheco, Hidalgo funded the Costa Rican based production company, Alicia Films, where she works as scriptwriter, director and producer. Del amor y otros demonios (Of love anf other demons) based on Gabriel García Márquez’ homonimous novel is her first feature film. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons -filmBernarda Alba´s house -dance videoRio+10/4= -documentaryStardust -documentaryPlaza Siglo XXl -sitcomOur lady´s passion -short filmEl Barrio -sitcomUder the blue sky -documentaryHistoria de las Mareas -documentarySacramento -short filmA punto de -documentaryLa niña en los naranjos -short film- Alicia films ® (2009) (2004) (2002) (2001) (2000) (1998) (1997) (1997) (1995) (1993) (1992) (1991) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Author of the novel Gabriel García Márquez, 1982 Nobel Prize for literature Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia, 1927) is one of the best known twentieth century writers -perhaps the most prominent-. He published his first novel La hojarazca in 1955. It was followed by No one writes to the Colonel (1961), Big Mama’s Funeral (1962), In evil hour (1962). One hundred years of solitude came out in 1967. It was an instant commercial and literary success. Both novel and writer, have become since, classics of contemporary world literature. Other work followed: Cándida Eréndira and her heartless grandmother (1972), The autumn of the patriarch (1974), and Chronicle of a foretold death (1981). In 1982 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and towards the end of 1985 came Love in the time of cholera. In 1989 he published The general in his labyrinth and in 1993 the short story collection Strange Pilgrims. A year after he edited Of love and other demons, his latest novel before the recent Memories of melancholy whores. His passion for film and filmmaking has led him to participate in some of the adaptations of his novels to film and in screenwriting. In 1985 he played a major role in the creation of the New Latin Film Foundation and the Film and TV international School in Cuba. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Producer LAURA IMPERIALE Buenos Aires, Argentina . Lives in Mexico City since 1979. Naturalized Mexican in 2006 She is currently an independent producer.- In 2002 she creates Cacerola Films, her current production house. From 1998-2000 she was part of the company Filmanía, where she produced three feature films. Between 1990- 2000 she was the producer of the company Producciones Amaranta devoted to the production of feature Films and documentaries. 1985-1990 she participated in Televisiva productions, and in cultural TV shows for Canal 11. 1979- 1986 She took part in the editing and sound of many documentaries: Malvinas, Historia de traiciones, Otro Gallo nos canta, Entre el cielo y la tierra, Trece años y un día. She began her work in films doing sound in 1976, and as an editing assistant in 1978. Since 1980 she ventures into production. She has collaborated with the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía in production work shops, and with the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica and the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos en el Taller de Operas Primas (First Work Workshops). FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons dir. Hilda Hidalgo Five days without Nora dir. Mariana Chenillo Burn the bridges dir. Francisco Franco Horse between bars dir. Shula Erenberg, Laura Imperiale, María Inés Roqué One more day dir. María Inés Roqué Nicotine dir. Hugo Rodríguez. The crime of father Amaro dir. Carlos Carrera. Francisca dir. Eva López Sánchez. The ruination of men dir. Arturo Ripstein. Such is life dir. Arturo Ripstein. In the country where nothing happens dir. Maricarmen de Lara No one writes to the colonel dir. Arturo Ripstein. Divines dir. Arturo Ripstein. Cine de lágrimas en América Latina dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos Sucesos distantes dir. Guita Shyfther My dear Tom Mix dir. Carlos García Agraz. Con el amor no se juega dir. Carlos García Agraz, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea y José Luis García Agraz, Algunas nubes dir. Carlos García Agraz Intimo terror dir. Walter Dohener Alicia films ® (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006) (2004) (2003) (2002) (2001) (2000) (1999) (1999) (1998) (1997) (1995) (1993) (1991) (1990) (1988) (1988) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Producer CLARA MARIA OCHOA Graduate in Social Communications from Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, and in Film and TV Production in Spain and Italy. Promoter, along with her CMO Produccciones, of Colombia’s growing film industry. Her interest in the film industry goes back to grandfather Hernando Dominguez -founder of DI Doménico Brothers, first Colombian film company. During the past ten years, CMO Produccciones, her own production firm, has inspired a whole generation of young professionals of Colombia’s nascent audio visual and communications industry. Before then she helped create Proyectamos Television, a TV producer, in charge of directing, editing and producing over three thousand hours of television time in Colombia. Currently she contributes generating strategic alliances for high quality film and TV productions in Latin America. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Back to the hidden booty Angel of the acordeon Lies A ton of luck Rosario Tijeras Bolívar I am Like cat and mouse Heels The dark side of the white peak Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. María Camila Lizarazo dir. Jorge Alí Triana dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. Emilio Maillé dir. Jorge Alí Triana dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. Inti Pascual dir. Inti Pascual (2009) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006) (2005) (2003) (2002) (1982) (1981) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Producer LAURA PACHECO Has a broad production experience in advertising and staging. In 1998 she became partner with Hilda Hidalgo in Alicia Films -as executive producer and director of productionHas worked in film distribution both nationally and internationally -La Habana, Cartagena, Biarritz, Washington, Cologne y San Francisco among other. Founding member of Cinealianza (Cinema Alliance) -first Costa Rican producers and directors association, Helped advance a new bill regulating film industry for the first time, currently under review at Congress. She has actively supported Costa Rica’s incorporation to the CAACI (Ibero-American Council of Film Entities) and Ibermedia Program. Currently she is Vice-Minister of Culture -until May 2010, working mostly with performing arts and the audiovisual industry. FILMOGRAPHY —as executive producer Of love and other demons -feature filmBernarda Alba’s House -dancefilmRio+10/4= -documentaryWind of change -institutionalJoin the game -animationStardust -documentaryOur lady’s passion -shortfilm- Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Susana Fevrier dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Hilda Hidalgo (2009) (2004) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2001) (1998) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Associate Producer Jorge Sánchez was born in Veracruz Mexico. He has been developed his career in association with Gabriel García Márquez he founded AMARANTA PRODUCTIONS in Mexico. In 1989, inspired on Gabriel García Márquez ideas, he produced the television series Do Not Play with Love by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Carlos García Agraz y José Luis García Agraz. Since 2005, this film producer and distributor is the Guadalajara Film Festival´s director. member of the Superior Council of the Latin American New Film Foundation and has been President of the Latin American Film and Audiovisual Producers Federation (FIPCA) and President of the Mexican Association of Independent Producers (AMPI). In 1978, as Distributor, Jorge Sánchez collaborated in the creation of ZAFRA CINE DIFUSION (ZAFRA FILM DIFUSSION), in order to assist companies addressed to sell films international rights of high quality, coming from Mexico and Latin America. Among his domestic premieres he includes Pillow Book, Before the Rain and Junk Mail. Moreover, he founds the Distribution Companies LATINA S.A., ZAFRA VIDE and FILMANIA. Filmography The ruination of men Such is life In the country where nothing happens The waiting list Speaking of Bunuel No one writes to the colonel Entangling shadows Divine Edipus mayor The garden of Eden Chronos Danzon Cabeza de vaca My dear Tom Mix Lola Whaddya Think? Crónica íntima Alicia films ® dir. Arturo Ripstein dir. Arturo Ripstein dir. Maricarmen de Lara dir. Juan Carlos Tabío dir. José Luis López-Linares Javier Rioyo dir. Arturo Ripstein (2000) (2000) (2000) (2000) (2000) (1999) dir. Fernando Birri, Federico García Hurtado (1998) dir. Arturo Ripstein (1998) dir. Jorge Alí Triana (1996) dir. María Novaro (1994) dir. Guillermo del Toro (1993) dir. María Novaro (1991) dir. Nicolás Echevarría (1991) dir. Carlos García Agraz (1991) dir. María Novaro (1989) dir. Paul Leduc (1986) dir. Claudio Isaac (1979) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Director of Photography Marcelo Camorino (A.D.F.) He has been director of photography for feature films, documentaries and advertisment; along with directors such as: Eduardo Mignogna, Patricia Ferreira, Ricardo Darín/Martín Hodara, Teresa Constantini, Fabián Bielinsky, Eduardo Milewicz, Hernán Gaffet, Tristán Bauer. Has worked mostly in Spain, France, USA and Mexico. Of love and other demons The signal City in heat The wind Para que no me olvides Cleopatra The Impatient Alchemist Sammy and me The escape Nine queens Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Ricardo Darín, Martín Hodara dir. Hernán Gaffet dir. Eduardo Mignogna dir. Patricia Ferreira. dir. Eduardo Mignogna dir. Patricia Ferreira. dir. Eduardo Milewicz dir. Eduardo Mignogna dir. Fabián Bielinsky (2009) (2007) (2006) (2004) (2004) (2003) (2001) (2001) (2000) (2000) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Production Director ANA PIÑERES She is a graduate in communications, with studies in photography and screen writing. Her experience as producer includes running her own TV show in Colombia and producing documentaries along with Roberto Triana, Paula Gaitán, and Silvia Amaya. With Clara María Ochoa, she is founding partner of CMO Productions; from 2000 on, she has worked as executive producer and director of project development. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Back to the hidden booty -sitcom Angel of the acordeon Lies A ton of luck Rosario Tijeras Bolívar I am Like cat and mouse Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. María Camila Lizarazo dir. Jorge Alí Triana dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. Emilio Maillé dir. Jorge Alí Triana dir. Rodrigo Triana (2009) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006) (2005) (2003) (2002) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Art Director JUAN CARLOS ACEVEDO He teaches at Bogota’s Superior Academy of Art. Has worked as design producer and art director in: Rafa Lara’s The miraculous (2006), Tom Schreiber’s Colombian-German coproduction Doctor Aleman (2007), Hilda Hidalgo’s Of love and other demons (2009), and Juan David Restrepo and Henry Rivero’s ColombianVenezuelan coproduction Coma. FILMOGRAPHY Coma Of love and other demons The miraculous Dr. Aleman Satan Alicia films ® dir. Juan David Restrepo dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Rafa Lara dir. Tom Schreiber dir. Andi Baiz (2009) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Casting (Colombia) SILVIA AMAYA She works in Colombia. Her interests range from TV and film production/direction of fiction and documentary; to cultural production, and visual arts development and research. Has acted as jury for short film and documentary competitions. Now works doing casting for TV and film industry. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Correo de inocentes Back to the hidden booty -sitcomLove in the time of cholera Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo Serie para TV dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. Mike Newell (2009) - CASTING(2009) (2008) (2007) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Casting (Spain) LAURA CEPEDA She grew up between Mexico, Spain and Italy. Studied philosophy and interpretation in Milan. Between 1980 and 2000 she worked as actress in TV and cinema. Now she does casting for films and advertising. Has worked with Antonio Banderas, Michael Radford, Fernando Colomo, Manuel Huerga, Jaime Chavarri, Benita Zambrano y Hilda Hidalgo, among others. FILMOGRAPHY Daga de Rasputín Of love and other demons La vida empieza hoy Rivales Camarón Salvador Habana Blues Ibiza dream Miseralbe life Alicia films ® dir. Jesús Bonilla dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Laura Mañá dir. Fernando Colomo dir. Jaime Chávarri dir. Manuel Huerga dir. Benito Zambrano dir. Igor Fioravanti dir. Fernando Huertas (2009) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2005) (2005) (2004) (2002) (2001) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Casting (Cuba) TANIA CEBALLOS (CUBA) Cuban actress, producer and assistant director, she has worked for the Cuban TV and ICAIC. Her assistant director credits include: Gerado Chijona’s Paradise under the stars (1999); Juan Carlos Cremata’s Nothingness (2000); Benito Zambrano’s Habana blues (2004); Jorge Luis Sánchez’s Benny (2004); Enrique Pineda Barnet’s Anunciation (2006-07) and Juan Carlos Cremata’s Slim chance (2008). FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Slim chance Anunciation Habana blues Benny Nothingness Paradise under the stars Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Juan Carlos Cremata dir. Enrique Pineda Barnet dir. Benito Zambrano dir. Jorge Luis Sánchez dir. Juan Carlos Cremata dir. Gerardo Chijona (2009) - CASTING(2008) (2007) (2004) (2004) (2000) (1999) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Editor MARIANA RODRÍGUEZ She is a graduate in film direction from Mexico’s CUEC-UNAM. Has directed two 35mm short films produced by the Mexican Institute for the Cinema (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía): Ligerita (2003), Siqueiros Model (2005). Her credits as editor include Fernando Eimbcke’s Duck season for which she was awarded the Ariel Prize for best edition. She Co-edited Luis Mandoki’s Innocent Voices and has edited: Luis Estrada’s A wonderful world; Diego Luna’s Julio Cesar Cháves -documentary-; Luis Mandoki’s Fraud -documentary-; Diana Cardozo’s Seven Instances -documentary-; Fernando Eimbcke’s Lake Tahoe; Hilda Hildalgo’s Of love and other demons; and Rubén Imaz’s Cepholopod. FILMOGARPHY No eres tú, soy yo Cepholopod Of love and other demons Lake Tahoe Seven Instances - documentary Stolen, -documentary J.C. Chávez -documentary A wonderful word Duck season Innocent voices Alicia films ® dir. Alejandro Springal dir. Rubén Imaz, Canana dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Fernando Eimbcke dir. Diana Cardoso dir. Luis Mandoki dir. Diego Luna dir. Luis Estrada dir. Fernando Eimbcke dir. Luis Mandoki (2009) (2009) (2009) (2008) (2008) (2007) (2006) (2005) (2004) (2004) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Sound Director / Sound Desing NERIO BARBERIS He is an Argentinean sound engineer now living in Mexico. From 1968 to 1973 sojourned at Buenos Aires’s Phonalex Studios, but has worked freelance since then -in feature films, documentaries and advertising-. He is a founding member of Cuba’s International Film and TV School at San Antonio de los Baños. His portfolio includes direct sound and/or post-production of Mexican, Argentinean and Brazilian feature films. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Purgatory My life inside Cuando las cosas suceden KM 31: Kilometre 31 Una película de huevos Nicotine The crime of father Amaro Francisca Privates lifes Without a trace Kenoma Iremos a Beirute Adiós mamá Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Roberto Rochín dir. Lucía Gajá dir. Antonio Peláez dir. Rigoberto Castañeda dir. Gabriel y Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste dir. Hugo Rodríguez dir. Carlos Carrera dir. Eva López Sánchez dir. Fito Páez dir. María Novaro dir. Eliane Caffé dir. Marcos Moura dir. Ariel Gordon (2009) (2008) (2007) (2007) (2006) (2006) (2003) (2002) (2002) (2001) (2000) (1998) (1998) (1997) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Sound Desing Miguel Hernández This is a musician and sound specialist interested in electro acoustic music and sound art. He won the Bourges (France) 28th International Electro Acoustic Music and Sound Art Competition with his work The Quantic Saint. He has worked for radio, theater and TV as sound engineer, designer and mixer. For his participation in Duck Season, he was awarded Mexico’s 2005 Ariel Prize for best sound; also the 2009 Ariel for best sound with The Desert within. His music has been presented at festivals in France, Spain, Colombia, United States, Chile, Canada and Mexico. He is founding member of Machintosco -a group of artists and musicians devoted to electro acoustic music and sound art. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons Niño de mis ojos The Desert within Lulú la del pez Lake Tahoe American visa Duck season Tu mataste a Tarantino La partida A beautiful secret Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Guadalupe Sanchez Sosa dir. Rodrigo Plá dir. Manolo Caro Serrano dir. Fernando Eimbcke dir. Juan Carlos Valdivia dir. Fernando Eimbcke dir. Teresa Suarez Maceiras dir. Gerardo Tort dir. Leopoldo Laborde (2009) (2008) (2008) (2008) (2008) (2005) (2004) (2003) (2003) (2002) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Soundtrack Fidel Gamboa This Costa Rican is a graduate in history of art from Cuba’s University of Habana. In the mid nineties was awarded Costa Rica’s Aquileo Echeverría Prize for his work Inhombre -a strings, percussion and contralto quartet. For decades has played with Costa Rica’s Adrián Goizueta experimental group. In Costa Rica, he has done the soundtrack for both short and feature films including: Victor Vega’s Witches and Hilda Hidalgo’s Our lady´s passion and Of love and other demons. He now has his own music group Malpaís and works in advertising. He has recorded with Rubén Blades and Pedro Aznar among others. Of love and other demons Marasmo Stardust Our lady´s passion Las Máscaras La Calera Witches Pronóstico del Tiempo Uvieta Alicia films ® dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Mauricio Mendiola dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Hilda Hidalgo dir. Rafael Chinchilla dir. Percy Angress dir. Víctor Vega dir. Luis Naguil Universidad Estatal a Distancia para Televisión (2009) (2003) (2000) (1999) (1998) (1998) (1997) (1996) (1985) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Animation MarteStudio The company stands out among Latin America’s leading computer animation studios. Its award-winning portfolio comprises a wide spectrum of products ranging from advertisement to feature films. Their technical and creative capabilities include: character animation, 3D, visual effects, CGI in combination with filmed action and animation with mixed styles. Its directors strive to provide a personalized attention to clients in the design, planning and execution of complex sequences of effects, as to maximize impact and optimize costs. It owns an Auto-desk Flint suite and an Avid Adenaline system to comfortably work 2K resolutions in editing, motion graphics, real time effects and coloring. Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Costum Desing ADÁN MARTINEZ This Uruguayan, living in Colombia, mostly designs costumes for theater, ballet and opera; and specializes in fifteenth and nineteenth century traditions. For Of love and other demons he did research in European and Latin America’s textiles and fashion -hair, shoes, accessories-, including those of indigenous populations and black slaves of Colonial Cartagena. For the film, however, he emphasized style and looks over historical accuracy. FILMOGRAPHY Of love and other demons dir. Hilda Hidalgo (2009) Alicia films ® www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com of love and other demons Hair Desing TINA ARÉVALO She has worked in costume design and makeup, as well as art direction on long feature films including: Instructions to kill the moon; Saint Mathews decision; Men’s stories only for women; Death inside out. She has worked along with directors such as: Juan Camilo Pinzón; Rodrigo Triana, Jorge Navas, y José Luis Rugeles. For Hilda Hidalgo’s Of love and other demons, she succeeded creating the impression of a natural yet truly fantastic, endless, color of fire hair of Sierva María, the film’s main character. PHILMOGRAPHY La sangre y la lluvia Of love and other demons García Cadabra-miniserie Tiempo Final-serie Bluff A ton of luck Dora la celadora-telenovelaLa decisión de San Mateo Alicia films ® dir. Jorge Navas dir Hilda Hidalgo dir. José Luis Rugeles dir. Felipe Martinez dir. Felipe Martinez dir. Felipe Martinez dir. Rodrigo Triana dir. Juan Camilo Pinzón dir. Iván Benjumea-Rey (2009) (2009) (2009) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006) (2004) (2001) www.aliciafilms.com www.cmoproducciones.com www.delamoryotrosdemonios.com