Alberto Sciamma’s Cielo will have its UK premiere at SXSW London

SXSW London’s inaugural festival will include the UK premiere of Cielo. The screenings will take place on June 6th and June 7th, and both the director Alberto Sciamma and lead actress Fernanda Gutiérrez Aranda will attend.

CIELO features a fantastic debut performance from Fernanda Gutiérrez Aranda, she is supported by an excellent cast including Fernando Arze Echalar, Sasha Salaverry, Carla Arana, Luis Bredow, Cristian Mercado and Juan Carlos Aduviri. The film is written & directed by Alberto Sciamma, produced by Alexa Waugh, John Dunton- Downer, Bettina Kadoorie and Paola Gosalvez, with cinematography by Alex Metcalfe. Film Seekers are the international sales agent. CIELO is a UK production shot on location in Bolivia.

Santa, an eight-year-old girl from the desolate Bolivian Altiplano, embarks on a rollercoaster journey to take her mother from a life of misery into paradise. The two of them made a pact: when her mother passes, the girl would follow the stars and carry her body across the desert toward heaven, a place they believe is as physically real as any other.

Through the journey Santa encounters a group of cholita wrestlers that help her on her way. Also, on that path is, initially, her nemesis: A gruff policeman who arrests Santa but comes to suspect that she has magical powers. He soon sees that to achieve his own salvation he must join Santa on her quest into the next world.

CIELO will screen on Friday 6th June at 8.45pm at Curzon Hoxton and Saturday 7th June at 3.10pm at Richmix, both screenings will be followed by a Q&A. More information / tickets: HERE