Great news that after screening across the UK, including most recently at Edinburgh Filmhouse, Chico Pereira’s award-winning feature film Donkeyote will be screening in Dundee, Inverness and Orkney.
Donkeyote tells the story of Manuel Molera Aparicio and his ten year old Andalusian donkey, Gorrión. Against the advice of his doctor, 76 year old Manuel plans one last walk re-tracing the Trail of Tears, the brutal forced 2200 mile march by the Native American Cherokee Nation. Written and directed by Chico with cinematography by long time collaborator (and fellow Screen Academy graduate) Julian Schwanitz, Donkeyote was co-produced by Chico Pereira, Igmar Trost and Sonia Henrici of the Scottish Documentary Institute.
Donkeyote is the much anticipated follow up to Chico Pereira’s award winning Pablo’s Winter which was his graduation film for the MFA Advanced Film Practice at Screen Academy Scotland, Edinburgh Napier and screened at over 40 festivals world wide garnering a host of awards.
UPCOMING SCREENINGS IN SCOTLAND:
16 & 18 November – Dundee Contemporary Arts centre TICKETS
22 November – Pickaquoy Cinema, Orkney TICKETS
27 November – Eden Court, Inverness TICKETS
Donkeyote was recently reviewed in the Guardian where it was called ” a pure delight” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/26/donkeyote-review-one-man-and-a-donkey-road-movie
Donkeyote has won a string of awards and screened at film festivals around the world, including:
WINNER best documentary Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017
Creative Recognition Award for Best Writing at the International Documentary Awards 2017
World Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Big Screen Competition (2017)
True/False 2017
Festival Malaga 2017 – Winner Audience Award
San Francisco Film Festival 2017 (Documentary Competition)
Hot Docs 2017
Festival L’Europe autour de L’Europe (Paris) 2017 – Winner – Prix Luna & Special Mention Prix Sauvage
Documenta Madrid 2017 – Winner – Best Spanish Director
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 – Winner Best Documentary
Filmfest München 2017
Dokufest 2017 (Main Competition)
Yamagata 2017 (Main Competition)
Alcances Cadiz Documentary Festival 2017 – Winner Best Director
OFFICIAL TRAILER:
https://donkeyotefilm.com/