Guatemala's THE SILENCE OF THE MOLE Wins Special Jury Prize at Jeonju

The Guatemalan documentary The Silence Mole / El silencio del topo, the debut feature by director Anaïs Taracena, has won a Special Jury Prize in the international competition at the 23rd edition of the Jeonju Film Festival, which took place April 28-May 7 in South Korea.

The documentary film tells the story of journalist Elías Barahona, who succeeded in infiltrating the most repressive government in Guatemala, that of General Romeo García. Dubbing himself 'the mole', he lived life undercover, courageously passing information to the resistance.

The film had its world premiere at the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival last year in Toronto, Canada, and has since then played at numerous international film festivals. including Sheffield, Guadalajara, Malaga, and DOC NYC, among many others.

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