THE DROUGHT

A film by Diego Rivera-Kohn

Directed by

Diego Rivera-Kohn

Languages

Spanish

Produced by

Diego Rivera-Kohn (Green Gound Productions)

21 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2012

Synopsis
Temporada Seca (The Drought) tells the story of Domingo, a mexican indigenous farmer who is grief-stricken at the passing of his wife and the loneliness and poverty that have since overshadowed him. With an atmospheric camerawork, minimal dialogue and solid sound design, the film sweeps the viewer along the mental state of Domingo while he makes a desperate effort to end the climate of decimation that has permeated his life.

 

Credits
Screenplay and Direction : Diego Rivera-Kohn

Direction of Photography : Glauco Bermudez

Sound : Federico O’Railly

Production : Diego Rivera-Kohn

Production : Green Ground Productions

 

Partenaires financiers

Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec

Diego Rivera-Kohn

Diego Rivera-Kohn is a film and interactive media director-producer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His films have screened at festivals in Europe, Asia, and North and South America, including several very prominent festivals such as IDFA 2000 (Amsterdam, Netherlands), HotDocs 2008 (Toronto, Canada), 2009 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Thessaloniki, Greece), and others. His film, Ex-voto for Three Souls (2008), won a Golden Frog Award at the Plus Camerimage Festival (2008). Diego completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Audiovisual Media Production in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in affiliation with the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel in Paris (INA), France. He also completed a Masters of Fine Arts (Film Production) at Concordia University in Montreal and graduated from the prestigious Interactive Media training program at the Institut National de l’Image et du Son (I.N.I.S.) in Montreal, Canada.