Is That You?
¿Eres tú, papá?
Cuba / 2018 / 107 min. / Horror / Texas Premiere
Rudy Riverón Sánchez (Director) will be present for Q&A after the screening.
Rudy Riverón Sánchez’s atmospheric feature debut takes place in Cuba’s countryside where a mother and a daughter live in fear of the domineering Eduardo. He controls every aspect of their lives, imposing his rather conservative values on them. Even though his sudden death should set them free, they are so dependent on Eduardo that his daughter uses a black magic ritual to bring him back to life with disastrous consequences for all.
About The Director
Rudy Riverón Sánchez is an award winning director. He is a Cuban national, born in Holguin in the south east of the island. After working in theatre as an actor in Holguin, he moved to Havana to study Film Direction at El Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) while also working as a 2nd assistant director on channel Tele Rebelde at the Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television (ICRT). He moved to the UK in 2002 and undertook a BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production at York St. John University. He was awarded a prize for the student who contributed most to the course and his short film ‘Beyond Reach’ was nominated for the 2009 Royal Television Society Student Award for the Yorkshire Region. In 2010, Rudy returned to university to undertake the Northern Film School MA Filmmaking. Shortly after this, Rudy set up AlmostFilm Productions through which he directed a strong portfolio of music videos. He then wrote his first feature film, ‘¿Eres tú, papá?’, the first psychological horror film to be made in Cuba. Rudy is currently developing his next feature film which has the working title ‘Carlitos’.
