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CACHADA: THE OPPORTUNITY

Genre: Feature Documentary Film
Runtime: 82 min
Country: El Salvador, México
Year: 2019

Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Cinematographer

Five Salvadoran street vendors and single mothers turn their heartbreaking life stories into theater. What began as an experiment eventually turns into an opportunity to transform their lives, but will they be able to face their past and get over their fears, traumas and dark secrets? The cycle of violence is perverse, but the power of theater proves stronger.

 “One of the best documentaries of SXSW 2019”

Robert Daniels (Film Critic)
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FESTIVALS & AWARDS

AWARDS

  • WINNER – Audience Award Global – SXSW 2019 (USA) 
  • WINNER – Latitud Award Best Ibero-American Documentary – DocsBarcelona 2019 (Spain) 
  • NOMINEE – The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (Best Documentary Feature) – Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2019 (Japan) – Oscar-Qualifying Festival
  • WINNER – CIMA Award Best Filmmaker – Ourense Film Festival 2019 (Spain)
  • NOMINEE: Best International Feature Documentary Award – Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2019 (USA)  Oscar-Qualifying Festival
  • NOMINEE: Best International Feature Documentary Award – Heartland Film Festival 2019 (USA) – Oscar-Qualifying Festival
  • WINNER – Audience Award Best Film – Cinema Ciudad de México Film Festival 2019 (Mexico)
  • WINNER – Audience Award Best Film – Rencontres du Cinèma Latino-americain du Bourdeaux 2020 (France)
  • WINNER – Audience Award Best Film – Cinelatino – Freiburg/Tubingen International Film Festival 2020 (Germany)
  • SHORTLISTED – Platino Award for Best Documentary Feature – Platino Awards 2020
  • SHORTLISTED – Platino Award for Cinema and Education in Values – Platino Awards 2020
  • WINNER – Special Jury Mention – Costa Rica International Film Festival 2020 (Costa Rica)
  • WINNER – Best Central American Documentary Feature Film Award – Ícaro International Film Festival 2020 (Guatemala)
  • WINNER – Jury Award: Best Feature Documentary – San Diego Latino Film Festival  2021 (USA)
  • WINNER – Best Documentary Feature Award – Equal Film Festival Costa Rica 2021 (Costa Rica)

FESTIVALS

  • SXSW (USA) – World Premiere
  • Göteborg Film Festival (Sweden)
  • Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (Japan)
  • Heartland Film Festival (USA)
  • DocsBarcelona (Spain)
  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (USA)
  • St. Louis International Film Festival (USA)
  • AFI Latin American Film Festival (USA)
  • Milwaukee Film Festival (USA)
  • DocPoint Helsinki Film Festival (Finland)
  • Chicago Latino Film Festival (USA)
  • Festival de Cine de Lima (Peru)
  • Ourense International Film Festival (Spain)
  • San Diego Latino Film Festival (USA)
  • Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse (France)
  • FILMAR en América Latina Film Festival (Swiss)
  • Cinelatino Tubiengen Film Festival (Germany)
  • Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival (Nepal)
  • Festival de Cine Global Dominicano (Dominican Republic)
  • Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (USA)
  • Costa Rica International Film Festival (Costa Rica)
  • Docs&Talks Film Festival (Denmark)
  • Ícaro International Film Festival (Guatemala)
  • Cinema Ciudad de México Film Festival (Mexico)
  • Terre des Femmes Film Festival (France)
  • Denver Women+Film Festival (USA)
  • Festival de Cine y Televisión Reino de León (Spain)
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de San Salvador (El Salvador)
  • Festival Ícaro Panamá (Panama)
  • Equal Film Festival (Costa Rica)
  • LatinoDocs (France)

IMAGE GALLERY

PRESS

“One of the best documentaries of SXSW 2019”

812 Film Reviews

“In Cachada: The Opportunity, women find hope and healing in a Salvadoran theatre.”

Remezcla

“How do we deal with sexual violence and abuse? What these women who have faced the pain of the past can teach us.”

Yahoo! Japan

“Five women play their aggressors to overcome abuse.”

El País

“Salvadoran film Cachada wins audience award at SXSW.”

Cinema Tropical

“Cachada: Dignity returns to the documentary”

Revista Factum

“Cachada”. Theater: a healing tool

RTVE

Cachada: Women and theater

Lima Film Festival

De cine: El documental Cachada

RVTE

The normalization of violence against women in El Salvador

elDiario.es

“Marlén Viñayo, CIMA Award Best Filmmaker at Ourense Film Festival”

CIMA

“Cachada, a success story: from the theater to the big screen.”

FOCOS TV

“This project has changed my life.” Marlén Viñayo directs “Cachada,” the first Salvadoran feature film to compete in the OUFF

La Voz de Galicia

“It’s a very local story, but a universal one.”

La Región

12 documentaries you can’t miss at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

Asian Film Festivals

CREDITS

Original Title: Cachada
Director & Screenwriter: Marlén Viñayo
Producers: Marlén Viñayo & André Gutfreund
Executive Producers: Marlén Viñayo & André Gutfreund
Co-Executive Producer: Ingrid Stalling
Editor: Fran Barba
Cinematography: Marlén Viñayo
Additional Cinematography: Carla Molina
Sound Design & Mix: Eduardo Cáceres
Post Production: Estudios Churubusco
Original music: Amnésica
A Production by: La Jaula Abierta
In Co-production with: Estudios Churubusco & Ideas+medios
Starring: La Cachada Teatro
With the collaboration of: Cine de Plano & Chicken Bus
With the support of: MINEC El Salvador, Fondepro, Pixels, DICA