• MAESTRA

    Directed by Maggie Contreras
    USA | 88 minutes | True Stories

  

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Film Festival 2024

Move over, Tár! In this musical documentary, aspiring women conductors gather in Paris for a career-making competition. We get to know these remarkable young women – from Atlanta, Poland, France, Greece and Ukraine – in a grand demonstration of the art of conducting.

film details

Director: Maggie Contreras
Producers: Maggie Contreras, Neil Berkeley, Emma West, Melanie Miller, Lauren Lexton
Screenwriter: Maggie Contreras, Neil Berkeley
Cinematographers: Neil Berkeley, Patrick Bolton, Olympia Mytilinaiou, Isabelle Razavet
Editor: Elisa Bonora, Finola Couling, Rupert Hall
Cast: Marin Alsop, Deborah Borda, Mélisse Brunet, Ustina Dubitsky, Tamara Dworetz, Kwamé Ryan, Anna Sułkowska-Migon, Zoe Zeniodi
Country: USA
Language: In English and Greek with English subtitles
Year: 2023
Running Time: 88 minutes
Primary Company: Foothill Productions

Film Festival 2024