Casa de Mi Madre
Frank Mosley
Drama | USA, Cuba | 2016 | 11min 56sec
[Tuesday 20th June at 2pm at the Lincoln Theater : no intermission]
A fire rages in the woods near a village. This fire triggers a memory in a lonely, middle-aged woman. And this memory pushes her to utter aloud the words she's always wanted to say.
Produced in Cuba with the support of Black Factory Cinema and Escuela Internacionales de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV), and made under the guidance of master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
Carmen Rodriguez, Nilda Diaz, Christian Jaime
Frank Mosley has been called "a superb actor and filmmaker" (RogerEbert.com) and "the sort of experimentalist we don't see often enough" (Keyframe). He is an alumnus of the 2015 Berlinale Talents and a graduate of Black Factory Cinema's 2016 Workshop for Auteurs with Abbas Kiarostami. His directing work is available exclusively on Fandor, including his 2014 feature "Her Wilderness", called "a unique work with a distinctive voice" (Indiewire). He's acted in award winning films by the likes of Shane Carruth, Dustin Guy Defa, and Jon Jost. His recent leading role in Cameron Bruce Nelson's "Some Beasts" has been called "one of his best performances to date" (Hammer To Nail). He lives in Austin, Texas.
