José David Apel

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José David Apel

Born March 21, 1984 · Santa Fe, Argentina (age 42)

José David Apel (1984, Santa Fe, Argentina) studied film and television at the Instituto Superior de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (ISCAA) in Santa Fe. He is an audiovisual director, musician, and writer. He has attended international clinics at: Bolivia Lab Guión (Bolivia), LabGuion Cinefilia (Colombia), Incubadora Documental (Argentina), Raymundo Gleyzer (Argentina), and the International Screenwri…

Known For

La CarneadaLa Carneada · 2015
La Carneada
2015
MovieDocumentary
"La Carnada" is a documentary that, within the context of the "Frightful Possibility," expresses the everyday life of what happens in rural areas of the Argentine Republic. As in all countries around the world, the supply of sheep, beef, pork, goat, and horse meat is essential for human nutrition, but... are we capable of imagining that meat made into life? That life made into flesh?
TotamateTotamate · 2016
Totamate
2016
MovieDocumentary
The MarchThe March · 2020
The March
2020
MovieDrama
In 1910, a young laundress leaves her rural home, fleeing from her father's violence. With her, her two sisters and their baby brother. Along the way they try to break free from the past and rediscover a future.
A School in the Sky, the People on the GroundA School in the Sky, the People on the Ground · 2026
A School in the Sky, the People on the Ground
2026
MovieDocumentary
In the Bolivian mountains, Aymara children attend a school that preserves their language and worldview. When they leave, they walk through the hills to work. Between the classroom and the land, childhood and adulthood intertwine under the early weight of work and collective heritage.
La alegoría de la cuevaLa alegoría de la cueva · 2023
La alegoría de la cueva
10.02023
MovieDocumentary
Pedro Luca is a hermit who has lived in a cave in the Tucuman mountains since he was thirty years old. His life is an amazing alchemy between his magical ideas of the outside world and his natural universe.
La Historia de un MarineroLa Historia de un Marinero · 2024
La Historia de un Marinero
2024
MovieDocumentary
"A Sailor's Story" is a self-referential documentary that recounts the most important events in the filmmaker's life through an imaginary character, a sailor who arrives on the Cuban coast with his plastic raft to meet its people and their idiosyncrasies, portray the current reality, and look back on the island's revolutionary history through the testimonies of its inhabitants.
El Anzuelo no MorderásEl Anzuelo no Morderás · 2021
El Anzuelo no Morderás
2021
MovieDocumentary
In the banks of the Victoria River, a fish merchant buys the product of the humble fishermen who inhabit the islands of the province of Entre Ríos (Argentina). In exchange for their fishing, he offers them a small amount of food in return.
Bolivia Extraña SinfoníaBolivia Extraña Sinfonía · 2017
Bolivia Extraña Sinfonía
2017
MovieDocumentary
An experimental journey that showcases the culture, landscape, and social realities of deep Latin America, beginning in Santa Fe, Argentina, and ending in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

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