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
21 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 31 — 9 
May
June 2024
The Pawnshop
DOCU/WORLD
The Pawnshop
Year
2022
Country
Poland
Director
Lukasz Kowalski
Duration
81’
DOCU/WORLD
Three women
DOCU/WORLD
Three women
Year
2022
Country
Germany
Director
Maksym Melnyk
Duration
85'03'’
DOCU/WORLD
A Bunch of Amateurs
DOCU/WORLD
A Bunch of Amateurs
Year
2022
Country
UK
Director
Kim Hopkins
Duration
95’
DOCU/WORLD
Twice Colonized
DOCU/WORLD
Twice Colonized
Year
2023
Country
Denmark, Greenland, Canada
Director
Lin Alluna
Duration
92’
DOCU/WORLD
Seven Winters in Tehran
DOCU/WORLD
Seven Winters in Tehran
Year
2023
Country
Germany, France
Director
Steffi Niederzoll
Duration
97’
DOCU/WORLD
Seeds of Hunger: Ukraine 1933
DOCU/WORLD
Seeds of Hunger: Ukraine 1933
Year
2022
Country
France
Director
Guillaume Ribot
Duration
67’
DOCU/WORLD
We Will Not Fade Away
DOCU/WORLD
We Will Not Fade Away
Year
2023
Country
Ukraine, France, Poland, United States
Director
Alisa Kovalenko
Duration
100’
DOCU/WORLD
A Silent Story
DOCU/WORLD
A Silent Story
Year
2023
Country
Denmark, Sweden
Director
Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen
Duration
90’
DOCU/WORLD
Gorgona
DOCU/WORLD
Gorgona
Year
2022
Country
Italy, USA
Director
Antonio Tibaldi
Duration
91’
DOCU/WORLD
The Etilaat Roz
DOCU/WORLD
The Etilaat Roz
Year
2022
Country
Afghanistan
Director
Abbas Rezaie
Duration
92’
DOCU/WORLD