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Manolo Sarmiento

Manolo Sarmiento

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Biography

Manolo Sarmiento is an Ecuadorian filmmaker, lawyer and journalist. He was a co-founder and since its foundation has been the executive director of the International Documentary Film Festival, Encuentros del Otro Cine - EDOC. He is known for La muerte de Jaime Roldós (2013), Problemas personales (2002) and Aunque tú no lo sepas (2000).

Known For

Toroboro: The Name of the Plants
N/A

A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to stop oil exploitation in the last remaining forests where the isolated Huaoranis still live, who to this day refuse to come into contact with civilization.

Toroboro: The Name of the Plants

2024
The Death of Jaime Roldós
8.6

A portrait of Jaime Roldos, Ecuador's first democratically elected president, who died with his family when their plane crashed in the mountains.

The Death of Jaime Roldós

2013
Esas no son penas
7.3

One day five women from Quito, friends in their teens, decide to get back together after fourteen years. Helena is waiting for her second child, Marina lives the ups and downs of infidelity, Diana, an early widow, shares her loneliness with her 15 year old daughter and Tamara has not abandoned the random life of nightclubs, men and drugs. The purpose of their get-together is to visit their old classmate, Alejandra, who is consumed by an illness.

Esas no son penas

2005
Toroboro: La Consulta Popular
10.0

In 2007, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa proposed not to exploit the ITT block in the Yasuní National Park in exchange for $3.6 billion in international compensation. However, rising oil prices led to the reactivation of the project in 2013. The film documents the struggle of the Yasunidos group to call for a referendum to reverse the exploitation. The documentary, through archival material and current recordings, follows the effort and the legal battle against corporate interests throughout three governments, left and right. The documentary is part of a diptych with Toroboro: the name of the plants.

Toroboro: La Consulta Popular

2024
Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos
7.0

Documentary regarding Ecuadorian militant group cum political party "Alfaro Vive Carajo" from their start in the 80s to their unexpected return to action in 2007.

Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos

2007
Problemas personales
N/A

Documentary that focus on the lives of three Ecuadorian migrants. It is a portrait of the suffering, the effort and nostalgia of the Ecuadorians who arrived in Spain during the migratory wave of 1999 and 2000.

Problemas personales

2002