César’s Grill2013

My father, César, always thought that I would eventually assume responsibility for running his grill restaurant in Ecuador, but at the age of twenty, I moved to Germany and became a vegetarian.Ten years later, when my father phoned me for the first time since I had settled in Germany, he told me that his restaurant was going bust, that he had debts with a number of loan sharks and at the bank, and that he hadn't paid any rent for over two years. I suddenly had the feeling that life in Ecuador, which until recently had seemed so distant, was tangibly close, and that saving this restaurant could be our first joint project.What began as an absurd debate about opening hours, Excel tables and wholesale market prices, evolved to become a touching family drama with much music and song.

Festivals
Festival Cinema Latino in Montréal, Canadá 2016 | Congreso Iberoamericano de la Lengua Española, Puerto Rico 2016 | Nonfiktionale Alemania 2016 | Le mois du film documentaire, Francia 2015 | Muestra Cine Latinoamericano, Suiza 2015 | New York EE.UU. 2015 | Festival Cine Orquidea Cuenca, Ecuador 2014 | Miradas Hispanas Avignon, Francia 2014 | Festival du documentaire Aux Écrans du réel, Francia 2014 | Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva, España 2014 | Ecuadorian Film Festival Nueva York, EE.UU. 2014 | Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, Bielorrusia 2014 | Zagreb Film Festival, Croacia 2014 | Stories from Ecuador, Inglaterra 2014 | Semaine du Cinéma Équatorien, France 2014 | CineMigrante, Argentina 2014 | Milwaukee Film, EE.UU. 2014 | Cinematik Internationl Film Festival Piešťany, Eslovaquia 2014 | Ambulante, Columbia 2014 | EBS Int’l Docu Festival, Corea del Sur 2014 | Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema, Italia 2014 | Internationales Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria 2014 | Edoc Festival Internacional de Cine Documental, Ecuador 2014 | Deutsch-Russische Dokumentarfilmtage Kaliningrad, Russia 2014 |Minneapolis St. Pauls. International Filmfestival, EE.UU. 2014 | Cinélatino, 26es Rencontres de Toulouse, Francia 2014 | Festival de Málaga. Cine Español, España 2014 | Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Grecia 2014 | Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, Columbia 2014 | German Cinema LOLA@Berlinale,  Alemania 2014 | Santa Barbara International Filmfestival, EE.UU. 2014 | Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Alemania 2013 | Filmfest Hamburg, Alemania 2013 | Festival Filmar in Ginebra, Suiza 2013 | Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada 2013 | Visions du Réel Nyon, Suiza 2013 Saarbrücken, Alemania 2013

Awards
Premio del público, Nonfiktionale, Alemania | Premio Mejor Película (Ex aequo) y Premio del Público EFFNY 2015 | Premio Colibrí Ecuador 2015 Mejor documental y Mejor música original | Premio del público Semaine du Cinéma Équatorien, Francia 2014 | Premio del público Edoc, Ecuador 2014 | Mejor Documental – Cinélatino, 26es Rencontres de Toulouse, Francia 2014 | Premio SIGNIS – Cinélatino, 26es Rencontres de Toulouse, Francia 2014 | Premio LYCÉEN – Cinélatino, 26es Rencontres de Toulouse, Francia 2014 | Mención de Honor del Jurado – Max Ophüls Preis, Alemania 2013 El Grill de César estuvo en salas cines de Alemania, Suiza, Ecuador.