Are You a Doctor?

(15 mins 20 Sec, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of)

Directors

José Alejandro Silva Vieira was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1996 and has had a passion since childhood for art, drawing, literature and cinema. He is studying film at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de las Artes (UNEARTE) where he has made several student short films with his partner Hugo Balseiro, such as Humanidad and Repeticiones, the latter awarded in the section of university works of the XVII Venezuelan Film Festival in 2021. 

Hugo Balseiro was born in 1998 in Caracas, and has been passionate about painting, literature and classic films since he was a child. He is currently studying Audiovisual Direction at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de las Artes (UNEARTE) where he has made his first student short films, including the experimental short film Repeticiones, co-directed with his partner José Alejandro Vieira, which won an award in the film schools section of the XVII Venezuelan Film Festival in 2021.

Synopsis

Adapted from the minimalist short story by American author Raymond Carver, Are You a Doctor? follows Alvaro Vega, a disenchanted older male who receives a cryptic phone call from a mysterious woman. Drawn in by intrigue and equivocal motives, Alvaro becomes entangled in a web of mystery and suspense while confronting his own fears and desires when the two finally meet.

Additional Credits

Producers: Miguel Alfonzo, José Alejandro Silva Vieira,
Vladimir Castillo, Juan Carlos Lossada
DoP: Roberto Escorcia

Film School

UNEARTE