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Interview with Ulises Porra for Under the Same Sun (Bajo el mismo sol) presented at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival - Centerpiece section. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
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Timestamps:
0:30 - How did you arrive to this project that looks completely different from your previous films in Tigre (2017) and Carajita (2021)?
5:08 - At what point are you thinking about all the different people who are coming to this area - and how did you make that link and then write them into the film?
11:01 - Talk to me about the visual strategy. -was it clear from the beginning?
15:20 - How did the title arrive to you?
17:17 - How did you think about adding complex emotions to the characters who exist only in history books?
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CREDITS:
Producers: Ulla Prida, Ulises Porra, Alexandra Santana, Adrià Monés Murlans, Gabriel Kaplan
Executive Producers
Ulla Prida, Alexandra Santana, Nicole Quiñones Butler, Ariadna Rodríguez, Claudia Calviño
Director: Ulises Porra
Screenplay: Ulises Porra
Cinematography: Sebastian Cabrera Chelin
Editing: Gina Giudicelli, Carlos Cañas Carreira, Ulises Porra
Production Designer: Mónica De Moya
Costume Designer: Natalia Aponte
Sound: Nahuel Palenque, Mónica Guzmán, Bernat Fortiana Chico
Original Score: Josefina Barreix
Cast: David Castillo, Valentina Shen Wu, Jean Jean
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with Ulises Porra for Under the Same Sun (Bajo el mismo sol) presented at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival - Centerpiece section. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
Please support us by SUBSCRIBING to our Youtube channel!:
youtube.com/user/ioncinema?sub_confirmation=1
Let us know what you think of Ulises Porra's work Tigre (2017), Carajita (2021) and Under the Same Sun (2025) - leave your comments below!
Timestamps:
0:30 - How did you arrive to this project that looks completely different from your previous films in Tigre (2017) and Carajita (2021)?
5:08 - At what point are you thinking about all the different people who are coming to this area - and how did you make that link and then write them into the film?
11:01 - Talk to me about the visual strategy. -was it clear from the beginning?
15:20 - How did the title arrive to you?
17:17 - How did you think about adding complex emotions to the characters who exist only in history books?
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS:
Producers: Ulla Prida, Ulises Porra, Alexandra Santana, Adrià Monés Murlans, Gabriel Kaplan
Executive Producers
Ulla Prida, Alexandra Santana, Nicole Quiñones Butler, Ariadna Rodríguez, Claudia Calviño
Director: Ulises Porra
Screenplay: Ulises Porra
Cinematography: Sebastian Cabrera Chelin
Editing: Gina Giudicelli, Carlos Cañas Carreira, Ulises Porra
Production Designer: Mónica De Moya
Costume Designer: Natalia Aponte
Sound: Nahuel Palenque, Mónica Guzmán, Bernat Fortiana Chico
Original Score: Josefina Barreix
Cast: David Castillo, Valentina Shen Wu, Jean Jean
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
