Aficionados (Feature) – Spain
SYNOPSIS
Amateurs in living… because life is not suitable for professionals: several characters meet weekly in a theatre workshop in order to cultivate their favourite hobby and, at the same time, make up for their lack of affect from others.
Directed by Arturo Dueñas
ARTURO DUEÑAS (Valladolid, Spain, 09/10/1962) Bachelor of Arts (Hispanic philology); Qualified in Cinematography. He has been Professor of Spanish Language and Literature in the Universities of Tartu (Estonia), Budapest, Mossoró (Brazil) and Lisbon. Artistic formation: Classroom Drama (University of Valladolid), Centre of Acting Investigation “Espacio Abierto”, Degree in Script writing (University of Salamanca) and a Filmmaking Course at the New York Film Academy. Actor and director of casting in several short films, he has directed: Run, run, run (2007), ‘Pucela Square’ (2008) and ‘Un paseo en Rolls’ (A drive in a Rolls) (2009), all of them selected in various festivals. In post-production: ‘Loving company’ (short film) and in pre-production: ‘Corsarios’ (Corsairs) (documentary feature film). Aficionados is his first feature film: www.aficionadoslapelicula.com