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SHORT-FILM (SPAIN)

sYNOPSIS

María, a 22-year-old trapped in the silence and control of her mother, drifts through a life numbed by routine. When an unexpected metamorphosis strips her of her own humanity, she discovers a form of freedom that exists beyond reason — and beyond the limits of the known world.

STARRING Carlota de Carvajal & Rocío Quesada

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY María Lorente-Becerra

PRODUCED BY El Dedo en el Ojo

IN COPRODUCTION WITH Mamma Roma Films

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

  • World Première in the “2Cool4School” program (ICAA) at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival (France)

  • Oficial Selection - 4th International Toronto Women Film Festival (Canada)

  •  Oficial Selection - 5th Festival del Cinema Iberoamericano di Firenze (Florence, Italy)

  • Short Film School Competition - Intersection / Contemporary Audiovisual Art Festival (Galicia, Spain)

  • Oficial Selection - 22nd Festival de Cine Sant Joan d’Alacant (Alacant, Spain)

  • Oficial Selection - 10th Out of the Bounds Film Festival (Puglia, Italy)

  • AWARD: Best Short Film at the 20th Mostra Espiritual de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)

YEAR / LENGHT 2022/ 21 min 

CINEMATOGRAPHY Jan Carlo Justavino

GENRE Fantasy/ Drama

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