Connected

Like a flame lit on a dark night

Directed by:

Carolina Arias Ortiz

Produced by:

Michele Ferris

Production Company

Mito Producciones

Contact:

  • Year

    2027

  • Format

    Early production

  • Length

    80 min

  • Country

    Costa Rica

Synopsis

In the 1970s, nurses and doctors traveled the mountains of Costa Rica to the sound of Dr. Ortiz’s mysticism and poetry. Together they built the revolutionary community health program “hospital without walls”. While he saved the world, my grandmother filled the hospital gardens with flowers.

  • Carolina

    Arias Ortiz

    Director

    Costa Rican anthropologist, director and producer. Her first feature film “Objetos Rebeldes” premiered at IDFA in 2020 and has received several national and international awards. She works as a professor and researcher at the University of Costa Rica and the National University.

  • Michele

    Ferris

    Producer

    Director, producer and PHD in Communication and Technology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her documentary MAREA ALTA (2020) won the award for best short film at the 2020 Costa Rica International Film Festival. She is a professor and researcher at the University of Costa Rica.

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