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Film Submissions Open for the 24th International Film Festival BellaTOFIFEST!
The call for submissions to two competitions organized as part of the 24th BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival opens on January 15, 2026. Submissions will be accepted until May 20, 2026, via the online entry form available on the Festival’s website. More »

‘Lesson Learned’ and ‘Under the Grey Sky’ Win at the 23rd BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival!
‘Lesson Learned’ by Bálint Szimler won the On Air Main Competition, and ‘Under the Grey Sky’ by Mara Tamkovich won the Polish Competition From Poland. More »

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Domino Effect

Efecto Domino · dir. Gabriel Gauchet
Cuba 2010, 27’

One night, in a quarter of Havana, a couple of men are playing a game of domino while women pass the time gossiping. Suddenly a man finds the granddaughter of Mercedes and Ramón at a park close by; she appears to be violated. The situation worsens as Ramón's and his neighbour's chauvinistic world transforming into a diabolic machine, trying to find a perpetrator at any cost.

Director:Gabriel Gauchet
Screenplay:Gabriel Gauchet, Francisco García González
Music:Marc Hupfeld
Cinematography:Christiane Buchmann
Editing:Manuel Iglesias, Leopoldo Nakata
Awards:Young Jury Award (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2010) / Young Talent Award (Lille European Film Festival 2010)

Gabriel Gauchet he was born in Lorient (France) on 1978. He work as scriptwriter and director. Since 2004 he studied film at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.