TO THE WEST IN ZAPATA

Director: DAVID BIM

Time: 74’

Year of Production: 2025

Language: SPANÎ

Subtitle: TIRKÎ-KURDÎ

 

* In collaboration with DokuFest Film Festival*

Synopsis

Landi and Mercedes live in Cuba’s Zapata swamp, a biosphere reserve. To feed their sick child, Landi must secretly hunt crocodiles, leaving his wife and son behind for days on end. Amid social unrest and a global pandemic, To the West, in Zapata follows this loving family as they go to extreme lengths to survive, in a constant cycle of reunion and separation.

Biography

David began his education at the Catalonia College of Cinema (ESCAC). In 2015, he wrote and co-directed the short film Son İki (“The Last Two”), based on the true story of an elderly couple who are the last residents of a ghost village living in isolation in the mountains of rural Spain. In the same year, he was selected to study at the International Film and Television School of Cuba (EICTV). Since 2017, he has been producing audiovisual and cultural content for Taller Chullima, a non-profit cultural space in Havana that offers workshop sessions and masterclasses by international artists. As a director, he developed and shot his first feature-length film “To the West, in Zapata” over eight years.