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Teat Beat of Sex: Episodes 8, 9, 10, 11 Trece Años (Thirteen Years)
7 minutes a73 2007 a73 USA/Latvia a73 In Competition 8 minutes a73 2008 a73 USA/Cuba a73 In Competition
Friday 9:40p
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Saturday 3:40p
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Sunday 10:10a Friday 12:00p
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Saturday 9:30a
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Monday 9:30a
Plays in: Animation Shorts (p50) Sponsor: Project A Plays with: The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) (p21)
shorts
Director/Writer/Animator/Narrator: Signe Baumane a73 Producer: Pierre Poire a73 Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Topaz Adizes a73 Producer: Corinne Golden Weber a73
Music/Composer: Andris Barons a73
signebaumane.com Editor: Federico Rosenzvit a73 Principal Cast: Jorge Luis deCabo, Guillermo Iván Duenas
Lazcano, Yaite Ruiz Lias, Alexander Diaz Pena, Arianna Tejeda Pupo, Esther Cardoso
Remembrances of virginity, and awkward attempts to abandon
Villanueva a73
topazadizes.com
it, are chronicled in this merciless and candidly animated film.
From the dance floor to the graveyard, Cynthia, experiences her
A young man returns home to surprise his family in Cuba for
first kiss, her first jealousy and all the hallmark firsts along the
the first time in thirteen years. At the dinner table his first
way. Some wild thoughts run through her head. She isn’t sure
night, there is a greater divide to close than just time or
what she is supposed to feel but is intrigued enough to continue
distance, and his life in New York quickly moves from the topic
exploring. [adult content]
of conversation to the topic of argument. [subtitles]
Signe Baumane
Topaz Adizes
Director’s Statement
Director’s Statement
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There is an assumption that women are less
I went down to Cuba as part of my feature
interested in sex than men. There is
documentary film, Americana. I was
another mistaken assumption out there that
exploring American identity around the
women are too shy to talk about sex, or they
world and felt compelled to go to Cuba to
have nothing exciting to say about the
try to grasp at their perspective of their
topic. And, then of course, there is this neat little shelf labeled
neighbor only 90 miles north of their
“Opinions of Minorities” that a lot of women’s views end up on.
shores. My intention was to shoot a scene that illuminated
American identity and meaning in some way. The piece did not
I would like to be heard and respected—because if men would
make it into the final cut of Americana and my team and I felt
listen carefully what women have to say about sex, maybe we
that the piece was too strong and powerful not to be sent out as
end up living without a war, just like bonobos...The stories of
a stand alone short film.
Teat Beat of Sex are personal and each of them contains a
precious moral. Pay attention.
Filmography: Americana, City, Letting Go, A Mahogany Pipe, One Night, Seven Miles Alone
Selected Filmography: Birth, Five Infomercials for Dentists, Natasha, Veterinarian, Woman
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