The Cause

Year
2019
Country
Venezuela
Duration
83’
Director
Andrés Figueredo

Everyday life in the heavily overcrowded PGV prison in Venezuela is run by the inmates themselves. The Cause sheds light on this dangerous prison from the inside, and the corrupt penitentiary system around it. Current and former prisoners give a staggering account of life in this parallel society and the search for liberation within it.

CREW:
Director: Andrés Figueredo
Producer: Andrés Figueredo, Emiliana Ammirata, Arturo Hidalgo
Cinematographer: Andrés Figueredo, Julio Cesar Castro, José Cheo Ostos, Oscar Castillo
Editor: José Cheo Ostos
Sound: Andrés Belloso, Sergio Diaz
Production and Sales
Capitōlio
Director
Andrés Figueredo

Andrés Figueredo is a filmmaker and entrepreneur born in Caracas, Venezuela. He graduated from Georgetown University in Washington DC with a degree in political economy and a minor in film & media studies. Afterwards, he worked as a production coordinator on several video and advertising projects for Kingdom of ID and Brehm Lab, a joint production/post-production company in NYC. In 2014, Andrés moved back to Venezuela where he founded Capitōlio, a production company that would produce music videos, short films and the documentary project The Cause.

Selected Filmography

The Cause (2019)

DOCUSPACE ONLINE CINEMA
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
Machtat
DOCU/WORLD
Machtat
Year
2023
Country
Lebanon
Director
Sonia Ben Slama
Duration
83’
DOCU/WORLD
Grasshopper Republic
DOCU/WORLD
Grasshopper Republic
Year
2023
Country
USA, Uganda
Director
Daniel McCabe
Duration
94’
DOCU/WORLD
A Golden Life
DOCU/WORLD
A Golden Life
Year
2023
Country
Burkina Faso, Benin, France
Director
Boubacar Sangaré
Duration
83’
DOCU/WORLD
Knit’s Island
DOCU/WORLD
Knit’s Island
Year
2023
Country
France
Directors
Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
Duration
95’
DOCU/WORLD
Rowdy Girl
DOCU/WORLD
Rowdy Girl
Year
2023
Country
USA
Director
Jason Goldman
Duration
72’
DOCU/WORLD
Body
DOCU/WORLD
Body
Year
2023
Country
Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia
Director
Petra Seliškar
Duration
91’
DOCU/WORLD
Magic Mountain
DOCU/WORLD
Magic Mountain
Year
2023
Country
Georgia, Poland
Directors
Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt
Duration
74’
DOCU/WORLD
The World According to My Dad
DOCU/WORLD
The World According to My Dad
Year
2023
Country
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Director
Marta Kovářová
Duration
77’
DOCU/WORLD
Bigger Than Trauma
DOCU/WORLD
Bigger Than Trauma
Year
2022
Country
Croatia
Director
Vedrana Pribačić
Duration
90’
DOCU/WORLD