Madre
Simón Mesa Soto
Synopsis
16 year-old Andrea leaves her neighborhood in the hills of Medellin to attend a downtown casting call for a porno film.
Info
2016
Sweden, Colombia
14 minutes
Cast: Yurani Anduquia Cortés, María Camila Maldonado
Direction and Screenplay: Simón Mesa Soto
Casting: Gito Labina, Santiago Porras
Photography: Juan Sarmiento G.
Production Design: Tatiana Vera
Sound: Andrés Montaña, Isabel Torres, José Valenzuela
Editor: Gustavo Vasco
A Momento Film and Evidencia Films production, associate producer Simón Mesa Soto, with the collaboration of EFD Colombia, support from The Cultural Foundation of the Swedish Postcode Lottery & Change Attitude, and the Secretaría de Cultura Ciudadana de la Alcaldía de Medellín
International Sales: Premium Films
Trailer
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Awards
- Gold Hugo, International Film Festival Chicago
- Best Short Film, New Latin American Film Festival Havana, Cuba
- Best Short Film, Colombian Film Festival New York
- Best Short Film Award, Icaro International Film Festival
- Best National Short Film, Maratón Pantalones Cortos Medellín
- Best Short Film Award, Villa de Leyva Film Festival
- Best Director, Pachamama Cinema, Fronteira International Film Festival
- Best National Fiction Short Film and Best Actress (Yurani Anduquia), Bogoshorts
Festivals
- Cannes Film Festival, Official Short Film Competition (World Premiere)
- Leeds International Film Festival / Sao Paulo Short Film Festival / Guanajuato International Film Festival / Dokufest Film Festival / BFI London International Film Festival / GIFFONI International Film Festival / AFI International Film Festival / Shorts Mexico Film Festival / Queer Lisboa Film Festival / Carrousel Rimouski Film Festival / Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival / FICCI International Film Festival / Popayán Film Festival / Vancouver International Latino Film Festival / FIFIB Bordeaux International Film Festival