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  Altagracia Guzman in Waking Olguita "Waking Olguita" Altagracia Guzman Wanda Arriaga Elizabeth Schmidt Altagracia Guzman and Elizabeth Schmidt
       
       
 

"A beautiful, self-assured piece. Mature, poignant, powerful."
 -Milcho Manchevski
Director, Oscar nominated Before the Rain

NYU Wasserman Awards
Best Picture (Nominated)
Best Actress (Winner)
Best Cinematography (Winner)

Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival
NYU Showcase Selection

Screened at the Director's Guild of America (L.A.)

Rowswell Film Festival
Best Short Film (2005)

 

    
     
Click above to watch the trailer for Waking Olguita
       
  A multiple award-winning short drama about a  
      Written and Directed:   Nicolas Calzada       
  reclusive widow who finds renewed reason to live  
Director of Photography:   Daniel Vecchione        
  when she cares for an American exchange  
                        Producer: Rayland Vanblake
  student.  
                            Starring:   Altagracia Guzman
     
                                              Elizabeth Schmidt
  Starring Altagracia Guzman, from the critically-  
                                Wanda Arriaga
  acclaimed Raising Victor Vargas, and Elizabeth                                      TRT:   12 minutes
  Schmidt.