Fearless

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A group of relatives of people disappeared during the Guatemalan military dictatorship requested and obtained, among many other measures of compensation, the production of a documentary film describing the events by the State.

It was in 2012 when the Inter-American Court for Human Rights condemned the State of Guatemala for the first time for the disappearances (more than 45.000 civilians) during the years of the civil war (1960-1996). Until now the State has refused to obey this sentence – and produce the documentary-, but the relatives didn't want to wait any longer. They are convinced that nowadays films are the main instrument of history and memory.

Fearless is an exploration of the current shapes of our memory (individual and collective). The language of cinema, television, archive material, drawing and performance take us through the history of this struggle and we are able to see all its human aspects.

"The voices of those who refuse to forget, the voices of those who continue to search, those who continue to denounce, who continue to claim fearlessly for the end of impunity: that is what Fearless is about." — Nelton Rivera, Prensa Comunitaria

"A film that can't be missed to better understand the history of Guatemala and the world. The Cold War is over, but the social conflicts at its base continue, and recovering the historical memory is imperative to know where we are standing and where we are going." — Marcelo Colussi, Aporrea

"Honest, polyphonic, and, above all, shivering, as a recompilation of points of views and confessions, but also as an example of the audiovisual medium as a tool for activism." — Paula Arantzazu Ruiz, Cinemania, El Mundo

"Latin America is screaming for change; that is why I think the film's message is really important. It is sad, but necessary to watch in order to generate conscience and avoid history repeating itself." — Jessica Angel, You Rocket

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Zulián, Claudio (film director)
Zulián, Claudio (screenwriter)
Zulián, Claudio (film producer)
Estrada Velásquez, Paulo René (interviewee)
Salanic Chiguil, María Ofelia (interviewee)
Alvarado Arévalo, Miguel Ángel (interviewee)
Estrada Mejía, Salomón (interviewee)
O'Farrill, Eamon (film producer)
Dussart, Catherine (film producer)

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Cinematography, Jimmy Gimferrer, Loco González; editor, Diana Toucedo, Dani Garcia Benavides.

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