Directed by an award-winning queer Dominican filmmaker whose interests lie in telling stories regarding transgenerational trauma and sociopolitical oppression, this film premiered at 2023 Berlinale. We are excited to be able to host a live video Q&A session moderated by Newcastle University Senior Lecturer Dr Dunja Fehimovic whose research focuses on Cuban, Puerto Rican and Dominican cinema.

Blurring the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction ‘Ramona’ offers a postmodern pastiche of class observed through the interplay of documentary, fiction, and theatre. The film follows a young actress preparing to undertake the role of a pregnant teenager and embarks on interviewing young women about pregnancy and motherhood. In the process the girls candidly recount their lives, their circumstances, and their views on how the character of Ramona should appear. Each character adds to the direction of the lead protagonist and the film becomes an ode to the power of collaborative creativity.