LA SOMBRA DEL SOL (THE SHADOW OF THE SUN) Special Screening hosted by Academy Award Winner Troy Kotsur on December 12, 2023
*Venezuela’s Entry for Best International Feature for the 96th Academy Awards*
In attendance from the film was director Miguel Ferrer, Producer Álvar Carretero, Producer, Maritza Carbajal, Executive Producer Jeffrey Reyes, hosted by Academy Award winner Troy Kotsur (CODA).
Troy Kotsur hosted the AMPAS reception to show support for the film, which stars Carlos Manuel Gonzalez and Anyelo Lopez, a deaf actor from Venezuela. Troy emotionally stated that Anyelo’s performance was one of the best he’d seen and that it would strongly resonates across the deaf community.
LA SOMBRA DEL SOL tells the story of Leo (Carlos Manuel Gonzalez), a blue collar worker with a musical past, living in the remote city of Acarigua, nestled in the Venezuelan inland empire. Haunted by financial debt and problems at home, he does anything to stay afloat. One day, his younger brother Alex (Anyelo Lopez) who has been deaf since birth, offers him a solution: to participate in a musical contest in the capital, Caracas, performing a song that he has written himself because the first prize may solve all his economic problems. Forced by circumstance, Leo must take a leap of faith, unearth his dormant musical talent and do the impossible to change his and his brother’s future by joining their voices in an unforgettable journey.
Official Film Website
https://www.theshadowofthesun.
Photo credit: Eugene powers