TOWARDS THE SUN / HACIA EL SOL

(DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)

Hacia El Sol, written and directed by Monica Santis, is a short, dramatic film about a girl who has recently crossed the US-Mexico border and placed at an immigrant children's shelter in Texas. It has been selected in more than 30 BAFTA qualifying film festivals and won awards in the following:

2017 Hamptons International Film Festival - Student Film Award
2017 Austin Film Festival - Jury Award & Audience Award for Best Narrative Student Short
2017 Red Rock Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize for Best Collegiate Fiction Short
2018 Arizona International Film Festival - Best Dramatic Short

Zeta was nominated for the PANALUX 2017 Cinematography award for her work it. 

Shot on Alexa Mini, Zeiss Ultra Primes.

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MAIN CREW:

PRODUCED BY: ROSA SANTIS

WRITTEN BY: ELIE CHOUFANY, MONICA SANTIS

DIRECTED BY: MONICA SANTIS

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Zeta Spyraki

OPERATOR: MARK KUCZEWSKI

SOUND RECORDIST: HEIKKI SIMPPULA

SOUND DESIGN: JAMES HYNES

PRODUCTION DESIGN: WILL HATCH CROSBY

ART DIRECTOR: KANA LIVOLSI

MAKE UP ARTIST: DIMITRA FAFALIOU

1ST AC: STEPHEN GLASS

GAFFER: SEBASTIÁN LOJO

GRIP: MAYA GANDHI

EDITOR: MONICA SANTIS

COLOUR GRADE: ALEX GRIGORAS

MAIN CAST:

KAREN GARCIA CRUZ

DANIELA GARCIA CRUZ

MICHELLE BARRERA-CHAVEZ

YARIEL ESTRADA

ERNESTO CRUZ

VALERIA SMEKE

ELIAS TORRES

FELIX HERRERA

CARLOS AGUILAR

JEANNIE CARTER CRUZ

HUMBERTO PEREZ

NORMA DEL TORO