Beauty Kingdom
TFI Suppport
Logline
Old friends in their mid-60s reconnect on a Caribbean island to shoot one last film; the re-emergence of one’s late son blurs the line that divides reality from fantasy.
Laura Amelia Guzmán
Director
The Mexico-Dominican duo of Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) and Israel Cárdenas (Mexico, 1980) has directed, written, produced, and photographed several feature films to date. Among them figure Cochochi (2007) and Jean Gentil (2010), both celebrating their world premieres in the Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale; the documentary Carmita (2013); Sand Dollars (2014), starring Geraldine Chaplin, has been internationally renowned. Presently, they are premiering Sambá at Tribeca Film festival and the documentary Noeli Overseas at Visions du Réel. Their next feature Beauty Kingdom will be produced in the Dominican Republic in Summer 2017.
Israel Cárdenas
Director
The Mexico-Dominican duo of Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) and Israel Cárdenas (Mexico, 1980) has directed, written, produced, and photographed several feature films to date. Among them figure Cochochi (2007) and Jean Gentil (2010), both celebrating their world premieres in the Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale; the documentary Carmita (2013); Sand Dollars (2014), starring Geraldine Chaplin, has been internationally renowned. Presently, they are premiering Sambá at Tribeca Film festival and documentary Noeli Overseas at Visions du Réel. Their next feature Beauty Kingdom will be produced in the Dominican Republic in Summer 2017.
Benjamín Domenech
PRODUCER
Benjamín Domenech created Argentine production company REI CINE SRL, a creative platform for ground-breaking filmmakers. His feature film credits as producer include: (2016, Tribeca International Competition); History Of Fear (2014, dir. Benjamin Naishtat, Berlinale Competition); (2014, dir. Laura Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas, Toronto World Contemporary Cinema); Zama (dir. Lucrecia Martel).
Nicolás Celis
PRODUCER
Nicolás Celis, founder of Pimienta Films, is a Mexican producer who has worked with acclaimed directors like Amat Escalante, Tatiana Huezo, Jonás Cuarón, Walter Salles y Rafi Pitts, among others. He is producer to Alfonso Cuarón’s new feature Roma.
Gabriel Tineo
PRODUCER
Gabriel Tineo is an executive with extensive experience in finance and entrepreneurship. He founded Batú Films with the intention to develop projects based in authentic stories with the potential to transcend frontiers. He roduced Falling by Ana Rodríguez; Siete Muertes by Gerardo Herrero, and associate produced of El Rey de La Habana by Agustí Villaronga.