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By My Side is going to Spain
By My Side will cross the Atlantic later on this month to compete at the MiradasDoc Film Festival in Tenerife (Spain). This is an important step for the film, which will be screened alongside some great documentaries such as Yatasto, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom and Gods and Kings. …
Read moreScreening in Managua, day 2
This post is long due. It's been more than a month than we screened By My Side in Managua in the context of the Icaro Film Festival. Many things have happened since then. The film screened at two great festivals, the Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival and Festival Biarritz Amérique …
Read moreBy My Side at the Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine
This is great news for By My Side! The film is part of the official selection of the Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine in France, a major European festival for films from Latin America. If you are in Biarritz next week, don't miss the opportunity to discover amazing feature films and …
Read moreBy My Side at Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival / 12
By My Side has been selected to compete at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival / 12 this month. The film will screen on Friday September 21 at 1:00 pm at MovieTowne in Port of Spain and on September 30 at 3:00 pm at Little Carib Theatre in Port of Spain …
Read moreBy My Side selected to compete at the Icaro Film Festival in November!
Luisa Dominga Aragon Morales (center), one of the main participants of By My Side , with Nicolas Garcia (director of photography of the film) and his daughter Valentina (left). Dominga is holding the certificate awarded to the film by the jury of the Festival Icaro Nicaragua 2012. By My Side …
Read morePre release screening in Managua, day 1
I hadn't seen Dominga for almost 8 months, when I arrived in Managua on August 13, 2012, for the pre release screening of By My Side. What an incredible sight it was to see her come out of her sister's house. She had makeup on. She had put on weight. …
Read moreSpecial screening of By My Side in Managua
When we started shooting By My Side , we had one big goal in mind. We wanted this film to have an impact on the lives of the people, who shared their stories with us and who gave us their time and trust. That's why we have decided to organize …
Read moreBy My Side in El Nuevo Diario
We are happy to share with you this story about By My Side, that ran yesterday in El Nuevo Diario, a major daily paper in Nicaragua.
Read moreGlue
How do you portray drug addiction in a film? This is one of the difficult questions we had to answer as we followed Luisa Dominga in the Chureca. Sniffing glue was part of her daily routine. She would usually spend 5 cordobas (20 cents) per day to buy the glue …
Read moreHola Mariachi!
Dominga, one of the main participants of By My Side, loves mariachi music. When I first interviewed her, she told me she would love to have mariachi playing for her when she would pass away, so that nobody would cry. Dominga has terminal Aids and it was clear to me …
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