Pepe
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Pepe
Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
© Monte & Culebra
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Pablito
Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
© Monte & Culebra
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Namibia
Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
© Monte & Culebra
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Caribe
Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
© Monte & Culebra
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Candelario
Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
© Monte & Culebra
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Heli
Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
© Monte & Culebra
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Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
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Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
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Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
DOM, NAM, DEU, FRA 2024, Competition
With
- Jhon Narváez (Pepe)
- Sor María Ríos (Betania)
- Fareed Matjila (Pepe)
- Harmony Ahalwa (Pepe)
- Jorge Puntillón García (Candelario)
- Shifafure Faustinus (Pepe)
- Steven Alexander (Cocorico)
- Nicolás Marín Caly (Ángel)
Crew
Director | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias |
Screenplay | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias |
Cinematography | Camilo Soratti, Roman Lechapelier, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias |
Editing | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias |
Music | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias |
Sound Design | Nahuel Palenque, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos |
Sound | Nahuel Palenque |
Production Design | Daniel Rincón, Melania Freires |
Costumes | Laura Guerrero, Erik Paredes |
Make-Up | Mariana Correa, Nancy Rodriguez |
Casting | Laura Cano, Sara Vergara, Kulan Ganes, Karel Solei |
Animation | Erwin Jiménez, Manuel Barenboim |
Producers | Pablo Lozano, Tanya Valette, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias |
Co-Producers | Andrea Queralt, Mani Mortazavi, Christoph Friedel, Claudia Steffen, Joel Haikali, Sophie Haikali |
Co-Production |
4 A 4 Productions Paris Pandora Film Köln Joe’s Vision Windhuk |
Produced by
Monte & Culebra
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Film Team
At the Photo Call.
Pepe · Competition · Feb 20, 2024
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Jhon Narváez
The actor at the premiere.
Pepe · Competition · Feb 20, 2024
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Fareed Matjila
The actor at the premiere.
Pepe · Competition · Feb 20, 2024
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Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
The director at the premiere.
Pepe · Competition · Feb 20, 2024
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Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
The director on his way to the Award Ceremony.
Pepe · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Director · Feb 24, 2024
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Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
The Dominican director received the Silver Bear for Best Director.
Pepe · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Director · Feb 24, 2024
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Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
Pepe · Competition · Feb 20, 2024
© Jens Koch
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Jhon Narváez
Pepe · Competition · Feb 20, 2024
© Jens Koch
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Fareed Matjila
Pepe · Competition · Feb 20, 2024
© Jens Koch
Nahuel Palenque, Fareed Matjila, Jhon Narváez, Pablo Lozano, Tanya Valette, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
Pepe
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 20, 2024
Press Conference at full length
Nahuel Palenque, Fareed Matjila, Jhon Narváez, Pablo Lozano, Tanya Valette, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
Pepe
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 20, 2024
Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
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The Dominican director studied film in Buenos Aires and Edinburgh and has an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. His first short film SheSaid HeWalks HeSaid SheWalks won a BAFTA Scotland in 2009 while his documentary You Look Like a Carriage… was part of the major Latin America art exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. His graduation film Santa Teresa & Other Stories won the Prix Georges De Beauregard at FIDMarseille; Cocote won the Signs of Life Award at Locarno. He developed Pepe while participating in the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin programme.
Filmography
2009 SheSaid HeWalks HeSaid SheWalks; animation 2010 Should We Go Home?; short film 2011 La última golosina; short film 2013 Pareces una carreta de esas que no la paran ni los bueyes (You Look Like a Carriage that Not Even the Oxen Can Stop); documentary 2015 Santa Teresa & Otras Historias (Santa Teresa & Other Stories) 2017 Cocote 2024 Pepe
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024