Exclusive: Lisbon-based sales agent Utopia Docs has acquired world rights to Mama ahead of the breast cancer documentary’s world premiere in the Persister section of Hot Docs in Toronto later this month.
Ana Cristina Benítez’s Ecuadorian feature debut charts her own late-stage breast cancer diagnosis, years of treatment, and lengthy healing process.
The first-person narrative is interwoven with archival footage from a camera Benítez’s father sent after emigrating to the United States, asking the family to film themselves so he could see their lives from afar.
Bernarda Cornejo Pinto and Benítez serve as producers, and Andrea Moyano is executive producer.
Ana Cristina Benítez’s Ecuadorian feature debut charts her own late-stage breast cancer diagnosis, years of treatment, and lengthy healing process.
The first-person narrative is interwoven with archival footage from a camera Benítez’s father sent after emigrating to the United States, asking the family to film themselves so he could see their lives from afar.
Bernarda Cornejo Pinto and Benítez serve as producers, and Andrea Moyano is executive producer.
- 4/14/2025
- ScreenDaily
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