El Aljibe

Alejandro Ferlini | 10 MIN | Costa Rica

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SYNOPSIS

Antonio and Alberto live in a world without water. Facing his brother’s illness, Antonio climb to the top of the Volcano in search of the sacred water contained in El Aljibe.

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SPECIFICATIONS

International title	The Aljibe
Director	Alejandro Ferlini
Screenplay	Alejandro Ferlini
Country	Costa Rica
Year	2022
Length	10′
Language	Spanish
Subtitles	Catalan
Production	–

DIRECTOR

Alejandro Ferlini

Filmmaker formed in Argentina and also a geographer graduated from the University of Costa Rica. He has made more than 10 short films in countries such as Costa Rica, Argentina, Panama and Spain. His work is interdisciplinary as he seeks to unite his narratives between cinema and geography, creating cinematographic stories based on concepts and geographical contexts such as territorial identity, socio-environmental struggles, defense of territories and community cinema. With Hierve el Agua Producciones, he is developing his first feature film entitled JAGUAR.

FILMOGRAPHY: CARMEN (2021) EL RESGUARDO (2019) EL JAUL (2017) NADO (2016) TIERRA FRESCA Y MOJADA (2013) BOTAS CON MACHETE (2012)

FESTIVALS

10 Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine (CRFIC). Costa Rica Green Screen
16 International Wildlife Film Festival. Germany
15 Festival de Cortos Villa de Orotava. Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Islas Canarias) Spain
11 Muestra internacional de cortometrajes “La Mida no importa”. Barcelona (Cataluña) Spain
… among others