Secretos de Lucha

Dear all, I am very honoured and pleased to announce you that our film won Best documentary in Biarritz last night. I was extremely moved and happy to have my father join me on stage, together with Jean François (producer) to receive the award, in front of a full house in the Festival palace of Biarritz. This is a sign of encouragment and I want more than ever to go on on in the struggle, to reach in Uruguay Memory, truth and Justice. The victory of the documentary is great, but more than a film, I think it validates a message and this is why I want to associate another doco which was also in competition and really moved me: Madres, about the mothers of the place of May in Argentina. Yesterday one of them, Nora, was in the room, together with Eduardo, Director and Andrea, Producer of the film. I gave them a warm hug last night, but today again I want to say, with both our films, we try to make little step towards this huge aim, awareness and justice, and I hope in the end we will mak...

Hello everyone! So, first, the news of the week: Secretos de lucha is officially selected in the Amiens Film Festival (9-18 November 2007) and in the Bogota film festival (3-11 October 2007) The short version (52 min) is screening this week in the Rosario film Festival. The First public screening of the feature length version is going to take place in Biarritz, September 26th, 4 pm in the auditorium of the Casino, and September 28th, 9 am, same place. Mexico: September 29th - 14:00 hrs. - Cinemex Casa de Arte 1 October 2nd- 18:30 hrs. - Cinemex Casa de Arte 1 (in my presence) October 4th- 21:00 hrs. Cinemex CAsa de Arte 1 (in my presence) Why in my presence? Because the French Embassy is kind enough to pay for my trip there. I will be very happy to go for the first time in my life to this beautiful country, from September 30th until around October 10th. Next should be Bogota (I don't have the dates of the screenings yet, and I don't think I will be going there. Unfortunatel...

Hello Everybody! This is the first message in the newly created blog to promote, discuss, or even criticise (as long as it is a constructive criticism) the documentary Secretos de Lucha. I am Maiana Bidegain, the director and writer of the film, and I am quite interested in getting feedback from anybody who's seen the film, or who is interested in seeing it, or simply who wants to talk with me or anyone taking part in this blog about themes related to the film: the history of Uruguay, the years of the dictatorship in the seventies, the heavy silence imposed on a generation that now my generation is trying so hard to lift, to let some truth be known. I will also be bringing here the news related to the screenings organised around the world for the film. So first, a quick introduction: Secretos de Lucha is a film about my journey, as a young woman born in France from parents who were political refugees from Uruguay, to discover what really happened to them. What especially forced my ...