Cuviví is the Ecuadorean indigenous name for the upland sandpiper, a wading bird that has special significance for the communities living around the Ozogoche lakes in the middle of the Andes. Each year, these birds migrate south from North America. Around September they pass the Ozogoche lakes, where large numbers then “commit suicide,” plunging from great heights into the ice-cold water. A girl lives near the lake. Her uncle lives in the US, and she might be heading there herself. In the meantime, she awaits the arrival of the cuvivís, few of which have appeared in recent years. The lakes are drying up.
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Joe Houlberg Director · Andrés Cornejo Pinto Screenplay Pablo Secaira Cinematographer
First release November 9, 2023 · Produced in Belgium, Ecuador, Qatar · Languages Quechua, Spanish
Production
Botón Films
Production
Serendipity Films
Production
Belgium · Ecuador · Qatar
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Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Quechua · Spanish
Release dates
Netherlands · November 9, 2023
Premiere · IDFA
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
May 2, 2024 · Premiere · DOK.fest München
Poland
May 11, 2024 · Premiere · Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
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