Manolo Sarmiento

Manolo Sarmiento

História

Manolo Sarmiento is an Ecuadorian filmmaker, lawyer and journalist. He was a co-founder and since its foundation has been the executive director of the International Documentary Film Festival, Encuentros del Otro Cine - EDOC. He is known for La muerte de Jaime Roldós (2013), Problemas personales (2002) and Aunque tú no lo sepas (2000).

Perfil

Manolo Sarmiento

Filmes

The Death of Jaime Roldós
The Death of Jaime Roldós
A portrait of Jaime Roldos, Ecuador's first democratically elected president, who died with his family when their plane crashed in the mountains.
The Death of Jaime Roldós
The Death of Jaime Roldós
Writer
A portrait of Jaime Roldos, Ecuador's first democratically elected president, who died with his family when their plane crashed in the mountains.
The Death of Jaime Roldós
The Death of Jaime Roldós
Director
A portrait of Jaime Roldos, Ecuador's first democratically elected president, who died with his family when their plane crashed in the mountains.
Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos
Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos
Additional Camera
Documentary regarding Ecuadorian militant group cum political party "Alfaro Vive Carajo" from their start in the 80s to their unexpected return to action in 2007.
Esas no son penas
Esas no son penas
Editor
One day five women from Quito, friends in their teens, decide to get back together after fourteen years. Helena is waiting for her second child, Marina lives the ups and downs of infidelity, Diana, an early widow, shares her loneliness with her 15 year old daughter and Tamara has not abandoned the random life of nightclubs, men and drugs. The purpose of their get-together is to visit their old classmate, Alejandra, who is consumed by an illness.
Problemas personales
Problemas personales
Editor
Documentary that focus on the lives of three Ecuadorian migrants. It is a portrait of the suffering, the effort and nostalgia of the Ecuadorians who arrived in Spain during the migratory wave of 1999 and 2000.
Problemas personales
Problemas personales
Writer
Documentary that focus on the lives of three Ecuadorian migrants. It is a portrait of the suffering, the effort and nostalgia of the Ecuadorians who arrived in Spain during the migratory wave of 1999 and 2000.
Problemas personales
Problemas personales
Director
Documentary that focus on the lives of three Ecuadorian migrants. It is a portrait of the suffering, the effort and nostalgia of the Ecuadorians who arrived in Spain during the migratory wave of 1999 and 2000.
El nombre de las plantas
El nombre de las plantas
Director
A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to stop oil exploitation in the last remaining forests where the isolated Huaoranis still live, who to this day refuse to come into contact with civilization.