Option Zero
6.8
There are countless stories of Cubans reaching their dream destination of Florida as boat refugees. A lesser known route to the United States starts with a flight in a ramshackle plane to Guyana. Then the refugees travel to Colombia where they cross the jungle to arrive in Central America, from where they hope to reach the promised land of America—a hard and dangerous journey. Cuban filmmaker Marcel Beltrán visits them in a refugee camp in Panama, where one of the residents gives him an idea. Many people here have filmed their journey, she says, and these videos tell their real story. These jerky, shocking videos are interspersed with Beltrán’s footage of the camp, tangibly illustrating the difference between the hectic pace of the journey and the insecure life at the reception center.
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Marcel Beltrán Director
United States release November 11, 2021 · Produced in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba · Production Marinca Filmes, Inercia Películas
Production
Mediocielo Films
Production
Marinca Filmes
Production
Inercia Películas
Production
Brazil · Colombia · Cuba
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La opción cero
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Netherlands · November 23, 2020
Premiere · IDFA
Colombia · October 10, 2021
Theatrical · BIFF - Bogotá International Film Festival
United States · November 11, 2021
Theatrical · DOC NYC
Argentina
March 6, 2022 · Theatrical · Festival Internacional de Documental de Buenos Aires
Azerbaijan
November 3, 2021 · Theatrical · DokuBaku IDFF - Doku Baku International Documentary Film Festival
Brazil
December 10, 2021 · Theatrical · 16º Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de São Paulo
Canada
April 29, 2021 · Theatrical · Hot Docs
November 10, 2021 · Theatrical · RIDM - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
Chile
August 15, 2021 · Theatrical · SANFIC - Santiago International Films Festival
Dominican Republic
January 23, 2022 · Theatrical · Santo Domingo Global Film Festival
French Guiana
October 16, 2021 · Theatrical · FIFAC - Festival Int. du Film Documentaire Amazonie-Caraïbes
Germany
May 3, 2022 · Theatrical · Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
Guadeloupe
January 24, 2022 · Theatrical · FEMI Guadeloupe International Film Festival
Guatemala
April 30, 2022 · Theatrical · Muestra de Cine Internacional Memoria Verdad Justicia
Martinique
February 5, 2022 · Theatrical · 16 Cinémartinique Festival
Mexico
October 7, 2021 · Theatrical · FICG - Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara
October 15, 2021 · Theatrical · DOCSMX - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Ciudad México
Netherlands
August 21, 2021 · Theatrical · WCA - World Cinema Amsterdam
Panama
December 5, 2021 · Theatrical · IFF Panama International Film Festival
Peru
August 19, 2021 · Theatrical · 25 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP
Spain
February 5, 2022 · Theatrical · 15 Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Miradasdoc
April 2, 2022 · Theatrical · LATcinema Fest
Trinidad & Tobago
September 27, 2021 · Theatrical · Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival
Uruguay
November 20, 2021 · Theatrical · CJCS5 Cine Joven Cubano desde el Sur
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