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El Ring

Director Carl Valiquet & Richard Gravel
Producer Pascal Maeder
Country Canada
Format 35 mm
Length 9 min
Year 2002
Release Canada: October 21, 2002
Distributors Atopia (Canada, USA, International)
El Ring

short film

A glimpse at the lives of young Cuban boxers in Havana

Based on a series of Black & White stills by Photographer Carl Valiquet, Filmmaker Richard Gravel edited and animated a captivating portrait of young Cuban Boxers and their struggle in the Centro Havana neighbourhood.

Awards

  • Sevilla Film Festival — Best Short
  • San Francisco Bay Area Latino Film Festival — Best Short Doc

Festivals

  • Festival International du Nouveau Cinéma et des Nouveaux Médias de Montréal
  • Havana Film Festival, Cuba
  • Tampere Film Festival, Finland
  • Images du Nouveau Monde, Québec
  • Hot Docs, Toronto
  • St Petersburg, Russia
  • Sevilla Film Festival
  • San Francisco Bay Area Latino Film Festival

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