IBAI VIGIL-ESCALERA
CINEMATOGRAPHER - PHOTOGRAPHER
MAMA PLEASE FORGIVE ME (2014)
Director: Ibai vigil-Escalera
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​Intimate short documentary filmed in New York. The author collects testimonies from a young man who has trouble coping with life. “It’s a war, there’s a war in my mind and I wouldn’t want anyone to go through that”.
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CARTAGENAY BOY (2021)
Director: Ibai vigil-Escalera & José André Sibaja
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Five Venezuelan boys leave their country in search of opportunities and means to support their families. They travel to hostile streets in Cartagena facing a reality far different from their hopes and dreams.
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SCATTERED PICTURES (2025)
Director: Ibai vigil-Escalera & José André Sibaja
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Through the grainy nostalgia of 8mm film and the intimacy of voice-over narration, Gabriel takes us on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery
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AN "ALIEN" IN NEW YORK (2025)
Director: Ibai vigil-Escalera & José André Sibaja
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A Mexican crosses the border in search of a better future for his family. In New York, he discovers freedoms and ways of life he never imagined, and learns to build his identity in a strange land, caught between nostalgia and hope.
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THE PATCHWORK GIRL (2025)
Director: Ibai vigil-Escalera & José André Sibaja
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“The Patchwork Girl” follows Nati Amos, born with amniotic band syndrome and subjected to more than seventy surgeries in a country where the healthcare system turns away and social inclusion remains scarce. In the colorful world of the circus, she discovers love, admiration, and a place where difference becomes its own kind of beauty.
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