CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY
© deFilm 2025
Synopsis
MATRYOSHKA is a dialogue between Patricia, a 74-year-old feminist politician from Costa Rica and Maricarmen, her filmmaker daughter, as they embark on a journey to find their own voices. Facing a regressive conservative wave, their struggles reveal the contradictions and fragilities that exist in the political discourses concerning women’s lives.
Project details
- Production country: COSTA RICA | ROMANIA | MEXICO
- Produced by: ESPIRAL PRODUCCIONES | deFilm| PUCHUNKA CINE
- With the support of ROMANIAN FILM CENTER | IDFA BERTHA FUND CLASSIC FOR PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION | CHICKEN & EGG FILMS, (EGG)CELERATOR LAB | CRFIC DEVELOPMENT FUND | COSTA RICA DEVELOPMENT EMERGENCY FUND | COSTA RICA PRODUCTION FUND (FAUNO) | IBF EUROPE MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION | AVANPOST MEDIA
- Original language: Spanish
- Duration: 80 min
- Released: 2025
Credits
- Director and writer: MARICARMEN MERINO MORA
- Producer: MARICARMEN MERINO MORA | RADU STANCU | CRISTINA HANEȘ | PAULINA VILLEGAS | KARLA BUKANTZ
WORKSHOPS
- Walden Residencies | 2023
- Egg(celerator) Lab (Chicken & Egg Films, USA) | 2022
- Sheffield DocFest Meet Market (UK) | 2022
- IDFAcademy (Netherlands) | 2021
- Conecta Chile | 2021
- Pitching Workshop at DocMontevideo (Uruguay) | 2021
- DocsMX (Mexico) | 2021
- SANFIC LAB (Chile) | 2021
- Costa Rica Film Festival within Projects Presentation Forum | 2021
© ESPIRAL PRODUCCIONES (CR) | deFilm (RO) | PUCHUNKA CINE (MX), 2025