World Cinema
Pepe / Pepe
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 13th December
- 12.00 pm
- Sree
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 8.30 pm
- audi 6
Screening 3
- 18th December
- 8.45 pm
- new 3
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
Director's bio
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, born in 1985 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, is a talented director and writer. He is known for his work on films such as "Pepe" (2024), "Cocote" (2017), and "Santa Teresa y otras historias" (2015). De Los Santos Arias studied creative writing and media art at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) and later pursued film studies in Buenos Aires and experimental film at the Edinburgh College of Art2. His first film, "She Said He Walks," won a BAFTA Award in 2009.
Synopsis
A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn’t understand the perception of time. Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas, tells his story with the overwhelming orality of these towns.
Details of Cast
Harmony Ahalwa, Shifafure Faustinus, Jhon Narváez, Fareed Matjila, Jorge García Puntillón, Sor María Ríos
Details of Crew
DoP Camilo Soratti, Roman Lechapelier, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias Sound Design Nahuel Palenque, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos, Editor and Music Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
Producer Details
Pablo Lozano, Tanya Valette, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
Writer Details
Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
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