Ecuador
Bernarda arrives with a tape recorder to interview her grandmother, Adela. An intimate recording accidentally awakens a buried trauma. In 1949, Leonardo Páez broadcasts the radio drama The War of the Worlds. Through the radio, Martians invade the city and listeners panic. The broadcast interrupts a boxing match, and when it is revealed to be a dramatization, fear turns to fury. The crowd at the match sparks the flames that burn down Radio Quito, leaving 12 dead and sealing Adela’s memory from that point on.
Botón Films
Botón Films is an Ecuadorian production company founded in 2019 by Joe Houlberg Silva, focused on auteur cinema and new production models in Latin America. Its films have screened and received awards at festivals including IDFA, TIFF, Venice and San Sebastián, and have received support from ICCA, Ibermedia, CNC and ANCINE.
Direction
Andrés Cornejo
Script
Andrés Cornejo
Production
Joe Houlberg Silva
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Director and co-screenwriter
Andrés Cornejo is an Ecuadorian editor, producer and director. He studied Film at ESCAC and Directing at Docnomads. His films have premiered at international festivals including IDFA, Sheffield DocFest and Hot Docs. He took part in Berlinale Talents 2026, founded DOCMAS and teaches at USFQ and in the Documentary Film graduate program at U-Artes.
Producer
Joe Houlberg Silva is an Ecuadorian filmmaker and producer, trained at USFQ and SAIC Chicago. Founder of Botón Films, he has worked on films that premiered at Rotterdam, San Sebastián and Venice. His projects have received support from institutions including the IDFA Bertha Fund and Ibermedia. He directs Ozogoche and produces Hiedra and Amapola. He also teaches at USFQ.