Utopia
Points of light, volatile images of a computer screen and motherboard, faces hidden behind virtual reality goggles, voices cut into fragments that bring Cuba's past, colonization and revolution to the fore...all these elements help to paint a picture of the virtual reality game, Utopia 360. Two young Cuban gamers try out this virtual reality experience where, through a series of flashes and snippets, the viewer becomes the architect who controls the overall course of the game.
Experimental Documentary, Cuba 2019.
Script & Direction: Violena Ampudia
Production: Mar Quio and Violena Ampudia
Direction of Photography: Violena Ampudia
Revealed: Violena Ampudia & Reggis Guedes.
Edition: Emilia Vergara and Violena Ampudia
Sound Design: Violena Ampudia
Mix: Marisol Cao Milan / Moorings
Transfer & Color Correction: Otávio Almeida
Festivals & Awards:
2022- Render University Film Festival. Peru.
2021- Official Selection at the 32 Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival. Short Kinoforum.
2021- Official Selection Equinox University Festival. Colombia.
2021 - Best Film Award in the Film Revolutions Competition: Atemporal FICL, Peru.
2021- Exhibition of Young Cuban Cinema in the South. Montevideo. Uruguay.
2021 - International Independent Film Festival Outside the Walls.
2020 - Official Selection in Ji.lhava IDFF, Czech Republic.