The Project of the Century 2015 / Fiction | Drama / Switzerland | Argentina | Cuba | Germany
100min
In an abandoned nuclear project conceived by Cuba and the USSR, a disillusioned engineer survives with his mean father and his frustrated son, while 1970s found footage of the “project of the century” describe its ambitious scope.
| Cast | Mario Guerra, Mario Balmaseda, Leonardo Gascón |
|---|---|
| Producers | Carlos Quintela, Natacha Cervi, Hernán Musaluppi, Pablo Chernov, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffli, Maren Kroymann |
| Co-Producers | Kate Hartnoll, Maren Kroymann, Luis Abel Miyares |
| Screenwriters | Abel Arcos, Carlos Quintela |
| Director of Photography | Marcos Attila Bohorquez |
| Editors | Yan Vega, Natalia Labake |
| Music composer | Vicente Rojas |
| Costume designer | Alicia Arteaga Ramírez |
| Sound Recordist | Rubén Valdés Sanz |
| Sound editor | Ezequiel Saralegui |
| Sound mixers | Rubén Valdés Sanz, Ezequiel Saralegui |
| Producers | Rizoma Films (Argentina) | Ventura Film (Switzerland) | Uranio Films LTD (Cuba) | Raspberry & Cream (Germany) | ICAIC (Cuba) |
|---|---|
| International Sales | m-appeal (Germany) |
| Type | Feature Film |
|---|---|
| Original title | La obra del siglo |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Sub-genre | Drama |
| Nationalities | Switzerland | Argentina | Cuba | Germany |
| Production year | 2015 |
| National release | 27/01/2015 |
| Runtime | 100 min. |
| Current Status | Released |
| Color type | Black & White |
| Aspect Ratio | 16/9 |
| Audio format | Stéréo |
| Rating | General Audiences |
| Festival | City | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Festival of New Latin-American Cinema | Havana | Cuba | 2015 |
| International Film Festival of India, Goa | Goa | India | 2015 |
| MONTREAL FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA | Montreal | Canada | 2015 |
| BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - BIFF | Busan | South Korea | 2015 |
| SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - SSIFF | San Sebastian | Spain | 2015 |
| SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2015 |
| GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | Guanajuato | Mexico | 2015 |
| JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL | Jerusalem | Israel | 2015 |
| Miami International Film Festival | Miami | United States of America | 2015 |
| INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM - IFFR | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2015 |
| CinéLatino Toulouse | Toulouse | France | 2015 |
| BAFICI - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 2015 |
| Festival Filmar en América Latina | Geneva | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Ljubljana International Film Festival | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 2015 |
| Thessaloniki International Film Festival | Thessaloniki | Greece | 2015 |
| Vancouver International Film Festival | Vancouver | Canada | 2015 |
| Lima Film Festival | Lima | Peru | 2015 |
| New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw | Wroclaw | Poland | 2015 |
| Filmfest München | Munich | Germany | 2015 |
| Göteborg Film Festival | Gothenburg | Sweden | 2016 |
| Nancy International Film Festival | Nancy | France | 2016 |
| Tiger Award - Best Film @ International Film Festival Rotterdam |
| Lions Film Award @ International Film Festival Rotterdam |
| Jury Mention @ International Film Festival of New Latin American Cinema |
| Premio El Mégano @ International Film Festival of New Latin American Cinema |
| Special Mention @ Ljubljana International Film Festival |






