CHROMOSOME 5

Format: 62' HD

Producer: Cahuenga Filmmakers

Directed by: Maria Ripoll, Lisa Pram

Country: Spain

Date: 2012

Synopsis:
CHROMOSOME 5 is a story of loss and encounter. Documentary selected by Malaga film festival, Mar de Plata and winer Grandprix BIOFEST 2013. The documentary begins with Andrea being born. She is premature, beautiful and different. Her parents start to search for more than a year, trying to get a response and a diagnosis. Andrea is later diagnosed with a rare syndrome called 5p- or Cri du Chat. She has lost a small part of her Chromosome 5 and Lisa, the mother, finds a new way of seeing and accepting light and life.

AWARDS:

2013, MALAGA FILM FESTIVAL
Documetary selected

2013, MAR DE PLATA FESTIVAL
Documentary selected

2013, GRANPRIZ BIOFEST
Winner

• Internacional
• Spain

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