el huaso
Struggling with short-term memory loss, Gustavo has retired from his business and finds some solace in his homeland of Chile by pursuing a childhood dream – competing as a “huaso” in rodeos. Awaiting the results of tests to determine whether he has Alzheimer’s, and having long professed he would end his life if it became unbearable, Gustavo begins making preparations for his death, while his family struggles to accept his decision to end his life.
El Huaso explores the pivotal point in one man’s life where he takes it upon himself to shape his own mortality.
Canadian Distributor: Les Film Du 3 Mars
Chilean Distributor: Miradoc
US Distributor: Magic Lantern
EPK
status: Complete - 2012
credits
director: carlo guillermo proto
writers: carlo guilllermo proto / gustavo guillermo proto
cinematography: benjamin r. taylor
second camera: carlo guillermo proto / carlos ferrand
editors: ariel escalante / carlo guillermo proto
story editor: guillermo verdecchia
music: mitchell akiyama
sound recordist: daniel ducheck / pablo villegas / marcel fraser
re-recording mixer: cory rizos, CAS
producer: carlo guillermo proto
executive producer: sergeo kirby / carlo guillermo proto / arianne shaffer
director: carlo guillermo proto
writers: carlo guilllermo proto / gustavo guillermo proto
cinematography: benjamin r. taylor
second camera: carlo guillermo proto / carlos ferrand
editors: ariel escalante / carlo guillermo proto
story editor: guillermo verdecchia
music: mitchell akiyama
sound recordist: daniel ducheck / pablo villegas / marcel fraser
re-recording mixer: cory rizos, CAS
producer: carlo guillermo proto
executive producer: sergeo kirby / carlo guillermo proto / arianne shaffer
screenings:
2011 Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal - World Premiere
2012 DocsBarcelona - International Premiere
2012 Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois
2012 It's All True (Brazil)
2012 BAFICI (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2012 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival (Toronto)
2012 Lima International Film Festival
2012 Monterrey International Film Festival
2012 Santiago International Film Festival
2012 Quebec City International Film Festival*
2012 Louisville International Film Festival
2012 Hamptons International Film Festival
2012 Denver International Film Festival
2012 Cork International Film Festival
2012 Vina Del Mar International Film Festival (Chile)
2012 Santiago Festival Cine B (Chile)
2012 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (China)
2013 Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico)
2013 Cleveland International Film Festival
2013 Quito International Documentary Film Festival (Encuentros del Otro Cine - EDOC)
2013 Guayaquil International Documentary Film Festival ('Encuentros del Otro Cine - EDOC)
2013 Festival Nuits Documental (Lille, France)
2013 Human Rights Arts Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
*Best First Feature Film / Audience Award for Best Canadian-Quebecois Film
Cinema Excentris - Montreal, Quebec - Two week run: September 28th to October 10th, 2012
Cinema Cartier - Quebec City, Quebec - Four week run: October 12th to 25th, 2012
Ciné-club Paraoleil - Rimouski, Quebec: November 9th, 2012
Ciné-Campus of Université de Montréal - Montreal, Quebec: November 13th and 14th, 2012
CINÉ-CLUB D’HECTOR- L’Assomption, Quebec: March 11th, 2013
Projections Cinédit - Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec: March 12th, 2013
Ahuntsic College - Montreal, Quebec: April 2nd, 2013
Chile Theatrical Release - August 2013: Teatro Estibadores Marítimos - Iquique / Teatro Centenario - La Serena / Centro Cultural Municipal - Ovalle / Teatro Condell (Insomnia Alternativa de Cine) - Valparaíso / Cine Club The Oz - Chillán / Los Centros Culturales Balmaceda Arte Joven y Alianza Francesa - Concepción / Cine Club (Universidad Austral) - Valdivia / 1 Cine - Puerto Varas / Mafalda Mora del Centro Cultural Diego Rivera - Puerto Montt / Cine Estrella - Punta Arenas / Cineteca Nacional - Santiago / Museo de la Memoria - Santiago / Cine Pavilion Gran Avenida - Santiago / Café Literario Parque Balmaceda - Santiago / Cine Radical (Bar The Clinic) -Santiago
2011 Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal - World Premiere
2012 DocsBarcelona - International Premiere
2012 Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois
2012 It's All True (Brazil)
2012 BAFICI (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2012 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival (Toronto)
2012 Lima International Film Festival
2012 Monterrey International Film Festival
2012 Santiago International Film Festival
2012 Quebec City International Film Festival*
2012 Louisville International Film Festival
2012 Hamptons International Film Festival
2012 Denver International Film Festival
2012 Cork International Film Festival
2012 Vina Del Mar International Film Festival (Chile)
2012 Santiago Festival Cine B (Chile)
2012 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (China)
2013 Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico)
2013 Cleveland International Film Festival
2013 Quito International Documentary Film Festival (Encuentros del Otro Cine - EDOC)
2013 Guayaquil International Documentary Film Festival ('Encuentros del Otro Cine - EDOC)
2013 Festival Nuits Documental (Lille, France)
2013 Human Rights Arts Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
*Best First Feature Film / Audience Award for Best Canadian-Quebecois Film
Cinema Excentris - Montreal, Quebec - Two week run: September 28th to October 10th, 2012
Cinema Cartier - Quebec City, Quebec - Four week run: October 12th to 25th, 2012
Ciné-club Paraoleil - Rimouski, Quebec: November 9th, 2012
Ciné-Campus of Université de Montréal - Montreal, Quebec: November 13th and 14th, 2012
CINÉ-CLUB D’HECTOR- L’Assomption, Quebec: March 11th, 2013
Projections Cinédit - Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec: March 12th, 2013
Ahuntsic College - Montreal, Quebec: April 2nd, 2013
Chile Theatrical Release - August 2013: Teatro Estibadores Marítimos - Iquique / Teatro Centenario - La Serena / Centro Cultural Municipal - Ovalle / Teatro Condell (Insomnia Alternativa de Cine) - Valparaíso / Cine Club The Oz - Chillán / Los Centros Culturales Balmaceda Arte Joven y Alianza Francesa - Concepción / Cine Club (Universidad Austral) - Valdivia / 1 Cine - Puerto Varas / Mafalda Mora del Centro Cultural Diego Rivera - Puerto Montt / Cine Estrella - Punta Arenas / Cineteca Nacional - Santiago / Museo de la Memoria - Santiago / Cine Pavilion Gran Avenida - Santiago / Café Literario Parque Balmaceda - Santiago / Cine Radical (Bar The Clinic) -Santiago