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© Gabriel Gauchet
fiction, 28 minutes, 35mm, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital, Cuba/ Germany, 2010
Night-time in a quarter of Havana. A couple of men are playing a game of dominos while the women pass the time gossiping. Out of the blue, a man finds the granddaughter of Mercedes and Ramón at a park close by. It looks like she's been raped. The situation escalates, as chauvinist tendencies are incited to the point that a culprit must be found at any cost.
The plot of the movie was inspired by real events. The law of retaliation, which appeared in the first, most primitive societies, follows the concept of "tit for tat". For Ramon and his friends this concept takes on a special and modern aspect, since the male characters choose an equally primitive and perverse solution when they face the crime. A solution very similar to the crime itself, which was the cause of this tragedy in the first place.
Efecto Dominó in festivals
European Film Festival Lille 2010 (February 26 - March 5) European Competition
Independent Days Karlsruhe 2010 (April 21 - 25) Official Competition
Festival MendoKino Mendoza 2010 (30. April – 2. May) Official Selection
Shortfilm Corner at the Cannes Film Festival (12. - 22. May)
Curtocircuíto International Short Film Festival (23. – 30 May) Official Selection
2nd Leiden International Short Film Festival (28. - 30. May) International Competition
Huesca International Film Festival (4. - 12. June) Iberoamerican Competition
Kino Latino Cologne (5. - 10. June) Official Selection
International Videofestival Bochum 2010 (10. – 12. June) International Competition
Norwegian Short Film Festival (Grimstad) 2010 (16. – 21. June) International Competition
TOFIFEST International Film Festival Torún (26. June - 2. July) International Competition
Shorts at Moonlight 2010 (15. July – 14. August) Official Selection
Avanca Film Festival 2010 (23. July – 1. August) International Competition
Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário 2010 (28. July – 8. August) International Competition
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 2010 (12. – 16. August) Official Selection
Fresh Film Fest Karlovy Vary 2010 (25. – 29. August) Official Selection
9th Paris Short Film Festival Silhouette (28. August – 5. Sept.) Official Selection
9th International Best of Short Films Festival La Ciotat (10. – 12. September) Official Selection
Festival de Cine Latinoamerico La Plata 2010 (11. – 18. September) International Competition
International Film Festival Molodist Kiev 2010 (23. – 31. October) International Competition
Festival du film court de Dijon "Fenêtres sur courts" (28. Oct. – 2. November) European Competition
Landau International Short Film Festival (31. October – 5. Nov.) International Competition
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival 2010 (5. – 13. November) Official Competition
Film Lab Festival London 2010 (9. November) International Competition
25th Mar del Plata Internacional Film Festival 2010 (13. – 21. November) International Competition
FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos, Mainz 2010 (23. – 28. November) Official Competition
Filmfest Düsseldorf 2010 (24. – 26. November) Official Competition
Grand OFF Awards 2010 in Warsaw (26. - 28. November) Nominated in the category "Best Fiction"
International Short Film Festival Leuven 2010 (4. – 11. December) European Competition
CORTO TOKYO 2010 (18. – 20. December) Official Competition
American International Film Festival 2011 (January) - Official Competition
21st Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2011 (17. - 23. January) Official Competition
12th Irish Latin American Film Festival, Dublin 2011 (20. - 22. April) Official Selection
UNCIPAR, Argentina 2011 (21. - 23. April) International Competition
14th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Texas 2011 (21. – 28. April) Official Selection
KAN Film Festival 2011, Poland (4th - 8th May) Foreign Film Competition
Tabor Film Festival 2011, Croatia (8th - 12th June) International Competition
SHQIP Film Festival 2011, Kosovo (25th - 30th June) International Competition
Sardinia Film Festival 2011, Italy (28th June - 2nd July) International Competition
Durban International Film Festival 2011, South Africa (21st - 31st July) International Competition
Opuzen Film Festival 2011, Croatia (20th - 27th August) International Competition
FIC La Noche De Los Cortos 2011, Peru (21st - 28th September) International Competition
Internationales Filmfest Eberswalde 2011, Germany (1st - 8th October) International Competition
Efecto Dominó awarded
International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2010 - Youth Jury Award
Official Competition of the European Film Festival Lille 2010 - Young Talent Award
Low-Budget Competition of the Independent Days Karlsruhe 2010 - 2nd Audience Award
International Competition of the 2nd Leiden International Short Film Festival - LisFE Award
International Competition of the Int. Videofestival Bochum 2010 - 3rd Jury Award
International Competition of the Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário 2010 - Audience Award
Grand OFF Awards 2010 in Warsaw 2010 - Nominated in the category "Best Fiction"
25th Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2010 - Award for Best Latin American Short Film
American International Film Festival 2011 - Best Foreign Language Film
American International Film Festival 2011 - Best Director
American International Film Festival 2011 - Best Actress (Alina Rodríguez)
American International Film Festival 2011 - Best Actor (Enrique Molina)