Ana Cristina Barragán

Ana Cristina Barragán is an Ecuadorian filmmaker (1987). She made her first short film when she was only 20 years old. She has directed three short films: Despierta/Awake (2008), Domingo violeta/Violet Sunday (2010), Anima/Spirit (2013). Awake was screened at several international film festivals. Domingo violeta premiered at the Locarno festival. Alba (2016), her feature film debut, won the Lions Films Award at Rotterdam, the Jury Mention at San Sebastian, and several other international awards.

Thirst (2016)

Sara is 23 years old and is blind. One morning she goes to her country house accompanied by her boyfriend Jose Luis, her cousin Carolina and her boyfriend Pedro. At first the trip seems to be quite fun, but there is a strange energy in this country house as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Houlberg
CAST:  Ana Cristina Barragán  •  Enzo Macchiavello  •  Ivan Alzate  •  Fernanda Barragán

Sara is 23 years old and is blind. One morning she goes to her country house accompanied by her boyfriend Jose Luis, her cousin Carolina and her boyfriend Pedro. At first the trip seems to be quite fun, but there is a strange energy in this country house as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Houlberg
CAST:  Ana Cristina Barragán  •  Enzo Macchiavello  •  Ivan Alzate  •  Fernanda Barragán

Alba (2016)

Alba, 11 years old, passes her days in silence. She loves little animals. She has learned to cope with her mother's illness, helping her to use the bathroom. Alba plays silently so that her mother can rest during the day. One night Alba's mother gets worse, and has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Cristina Barragán
CAST:  Macarena Arias  •  Pablo Aguirre Andrade  •  Fernanda Molestina  •  Isabel Borje

Alba, 11 years old, passes her days in silence. She loves little animals. She has learned to cope with her mother's illness, helping her to use the bathroom. Alba plays silently so that her mother can rest during the day. One night Alba's mother gets worse, and has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Cristina Barragán
CAST:  Macarena Arias  •  Pablo Aguirre Andrade  •  Fernanda Molestina  •  Isabel Borje

Violet Sunday (2011)

Ana must spend the entire Sunday with Violeta, her younger sister, a strange and annoying girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Cristina Barragán
CAST:  Sara Rekalde  •  Bruna Carbo

Ana must spend the entire Sunday with Violeta, her younger sister, a strange and annoying girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Cristina Barragán
CAST:  Sara Rekalde  •  Bruna Carbo

Anima (2013)

A short film by Ana Cristina Barragán.  (more)

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A short film by Ana Cristina Barragán.  (more)

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BEUEU (2010)

In a small and strange town where the words don’t exist, Beueu will try to approach the girl Laralara.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Houlberg
CAST:  John Cover  •  Ana Cristina Barragán

In a small and strange town where the words don’t exist, Beueu will try to approach the girl Laralara.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Houlberg
CAST:  John Cover  •  Ana Cristina Barragán

Octopus Skin (2022)

Iris and Ariel are 17-year-old twins, who live with their mother and older sister in an old house in the middle of a rocky island covered with molluscs and birds. The teenagers have grown up isolated from the mainland, in a sibling relationship that surpasses the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Cristina Barragán
CAST:  Isadora Chávez  •  Cristina Marchán  •  Juan Francisco Vinueza  •  Hazel Powell

Iris and Ariel are 17-year-old twins, who live with their mother and older sister in an old house in the middle of a rocky island covered with molluscs and birds. The teenagers have grown up isolated from the mainland, in a sibling relationship that surpasses the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Cristina Barragán
CAST:  Isadora Chávez  •  Cristina Marchán  •  Juan Francisco Vinueza  •  Hazel Powell

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DIRECTION:  Ana Cristina Barragán
CAST:  Karla Souza