
De Memoria y Escombros / Of Memory and Debris
Venezuela, Canadá - 2020 16”
Rodrigo Michelangeli
- Producción / Production: Jorge Thielen Armand, Rodrigo Michelangeli
- Guión / Screenplay: Rodrigo Michelangeli
- Fotografía / Photography: Rodrigo Michelangeli
- Montaje / Mounting: José Ostos
- Casting / Cast: Luis Rivas Larrazábal, Maritza Sosa, Noemí Peñaloza, Jaime Tugues, Fabiana Briceño
Un retrato íntimo de los abuelos del director, quienes se mantuvieron en Venezuela luego de que sus familias huyeron de la crisis política y económica. Ababo hurga las cañerías de una fábrica de procesamiento de oro abandonada y Opa lucha con la soledad al perder a su esposa con Alzheimer.
An intimate portrait of the director's grandparents, who remained in Venezuela after the majority of their families fled from the political and economic crisis. Ababo scrapes the sewers of an abandoned gold processing factory, and Opa struggles with solitude after losing his wife to Alzheimer's.
Competencia Internacional - ZINEBI, 2020, España
Rodrigo Michelangeli

Cineasta venezolano residente en Toronto. Recientemente produjo 'Father Plays Himself' (Mo Scarpelli, Mención Especial en Visions du Réel 2020) y 'La Fortaleza' (Jorge Thielen Armand, Tiger Competition Rotterdam 2020) en la cual participó también como co-guionista y director de fotografía, al igual que en 'La Soledad' (Jorge Thielen Armad, Venecia 2016). Rodrigo ha sido parte del Biennale College de Venecia, Buenos Aires Lab, Berlinale Talents, RIDM Lab y Hot Docs Accelerator.
Canadian-Venezuelan filmmaker based in Toronto. He is the co-writer, cinematographer and producer of the feature film 'La Soledad' (Jorge Thielen Armand, 2016), which premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and 'La Fortaleza' (2020) which premiered in the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He's an alumni of RIDM's Talent Lab, Hot Docs Accelerators Program, Venice Biennale College, BAL and Berlinale Talents Camera Studio.