Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Spanish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Fiction
Running Time: 17:01
Year of production: 2018

SYNOPSIS

At the age of 21, Nicolás decides to get his first HIV test. The uncertainty about the disease will affect the relationship with his family and his sexual life during the weekend he awaits the results.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Daniel Mateo Vallejo & Daniela Quintero
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Sebastián Ramírez Porras
Carmen Emilia Porras Uribe
Juan José Villegas Agudelo

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Daniel Mateo Vallejo
Screenwriter: Daniel Mateo Vallejo
Producer: Daniela Quintero & Daniel Mateo Vallejo
Director of Photography: Yefersson Henao
Sound: Oscar Rojo
Editing: Andrés Jiménez
Sound Editing: Oscar Rojo
Music Composer: Oscar Rojo

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Drama
Sub-genre: VIH, Coming of Age, LGBTI, Queer
Language: Spanish
Country of origin: Colombia
Year of production: 2018
Total running time: 17:01
Shooting format: 4K Digital Video
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Sound format: Dolby Digital Stereo/5.1

AWARDS

Best National Student Fiction Short Film – Equinoxio 2019, Colombia
Best National Student Short Film – Cortos Cali 2019, Colombia
Honor mention – Festival Audiovisual de Girardota 2019, Colombia

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

21° Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival. Israel. *International Premiere.
21° Equinoxio - Festival universitario de cine y audiovisuales. Colombia. *Ganador selección oficial ficción.
11° Cortos Cali - Festival internacional de cine corto. Colombia. *Ganador selección nacional universitaria.
6° Espacio Queer. Argentina.
4° Festival de Cine de Jardín - Caleidoscopio. Colombia.
11° Maratón Pantalones Cortos - Nuevos Creadores Antioquia. Colombia.
18° Ciclo Rosa - Muestra nacional de cortometrajes. Colombia.
4° Eureka - Festival universitario de cine. Colombia.
5° International Queer & Migrant Film Festival. Netherlands.
5° South Western International Film Festival. Canada.
17° Bogoshorts. Colombia.
7° Festival audiovisual de Girardota. *Mencion de honor.
4° Incinerante Fest. Colombia.

BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR

Daniel Mateo Vallejo was born in Medellín in 1994. Audiovisual and Multimedia Communicator graduated from University of Antioquia. Has shown a special interest in script writing, directing and editing, including casting and directing assistance; The Grey Zones (2018) it’s his laureate short film diploma currently in distribution and had its international premiere at the 21st Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival. In 2018 Mateo signed the Manifesto for a (new) Colombian Queer Cinema and he’s working on the post-production for his first queer short film under the name of Cinespécimen, a production house experiment he’s co-fundating with friends in Colombia.