Synopsis
Dario follows the footsteps of his famous ancestor to uncover a hidden chapter of his family history. His journey takes him from Ecuador to Dresden, Germany. A film about pride, forgetting, and the narratives that shape who we believe ourselves to be.
- A Film by Darío Aguirre
- Documentary | 98 min
- Status: Finished
- Festivals 2025
- Cinemas Germany: January 22, 2026
- Funding: BKM (Treatment Development and Production Fund), MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Project Development and Production Fund), Goethe Institut, Bogotá, Humboldt Association Quito, CCEA Guayaquil.
- Markets: IDFA Docs for Sale 2024, Dok Forum München 2021, CONNECTA Chile, BAM Colombia.
- Participant at Labs: Campus Latino 2020-2021, FIRST CUT LAB 2022
- FESTIVALS:
EDOC International Documentary Film Festival (Ecuadorian National Premiere), September 2025; EUROCINE Film Festival (Ecuador), September 2025; Cámara Lúcida International Documentary Film Festival (Ecuador), September 2025; 67th Nordic Film Days Lübeck – Filmforum (German National Premiere), November 2025; 21st MOVE IT! November 2025, Human Rights Film Festival Dresden, November 2025; 42nd Kassel Documentary Film Festival November 2025; 39th LAFITA Munich November 2025. - AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:
Nomination for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Award (42nd Kassel Documentary Film Festival 2025). - FUNDED BY:
