Looking for a donkey
Juan Vicente Manrique
Mexico | 2024 | 17 min
Credits:
Directing: Juan Vicente Manrique
Cinematography: Juan Vicente Manrique
Editing: Juan Vicente Manrique, Alan Ohep
Sound: Marco Salaverria
Music: Miranda en la carraca
Producer: Función cine / Juan Vicente Manrique & María Benítez
Synopsys:
In a little town of the Venezuelan Andes, two firefighters recorded a video of a donkey as if he was the President of Venezuela visiting their rundown facilities. That same day the firefighters were taken to prison, but little is known of what happened to the donkey.
Festivals and Awards:
- Visa pour l’image Perpignan 2024 (Out of competition)
- 22 Morelia International Film festival (Winner Ojo to best Mexican short documentary, Morelia, México) October 2024
- Clermont Ferrand (Official selection, France), 2025
- SXSW (Winner Jury award, Official selection, Austin, USA) 2025.
- Hot Docs (Official selection, Toronto, Canada) April 2025.
- Semaine de la critique Cannes (Out of competition, Cannes, France) 2025
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca (Winner of Ibero American documentary, Huesca, Spain) 2025