Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Spanish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Ficción / Documental
Running Time: 15 min
Year of production: 2019

SYNOPSIS

Michel lives behind the lagoon. He fishes with his rode and wanders around the fields near the town. He survives only with the indispensable. No traffic, no people, no responsibility, just pure survival. When the evening falls, the roars keep the storm away and keep him safe.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: En el Reino Cine
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Michel Fernández

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Santiago Reale
Screenwriter: Santiago Reale
Producer: Juan Protto, Daniela Echeverri, Santiago Reale
Director of Photography: Franco D’Alessandro
Sound: Joaco Caminos, Juan Protto
Editing: Santiago Reale
Sound Editing: Gabriel Cominotti, Juan Protto
Music Composer: Manque La Banca

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Documentary, Fiction
Sub-genre: Drama
Language: Spanish
Country of origin: Argentina
Year of production: 2018
Total running time: 15 min
Shooting format: Digital + Super 8mm
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo

AWARDS

Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn (2020)
Mostra Foradcamp - Ajuntament de Figaró-Montmany (2019). Best Short Film - Distribution Award.
Festival de Cine de Universidades Públicas REC. (2019). Mejor Cortometraje Competencia Latinoamericana.

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival. Germany (2019).
BAFICI, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film (2019).
Premios Condor de Plata 2020 (Terna: Mejor corto Documental)
36th Chicago Latino Film Festival (2020)
15° Festival Internacional de Cine Universitario Kinoki (2020)
5° Festival Internacional de Cine de Menorca
FICIC - Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Cosquin (2019).
Festival Nacional de Cine de General Pico (2019) - Retrospectiva.
Festival de Cine de Universidades Públicas REC. (2019).
Mostra Foradcamp - Ajuntament de Figaró-Montmany (2019).
49° Sehsüchte International Student Festival
8° OJO LOCO - Festival de Cínema Ibérique & Latino Americain

BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR

Santiago Reale. Casbas 1988. He is a screenwriter and director. He has a degree in audiovisual arts at the Universidad Nacional de la Plata. His short film Esta es mi selva (2015) has received several awards and was selected in more than 30 festivals. In April 2016, he participated in the Talent Buenos Aires, within the framework of the 18th edition of Bafici. In 2017 he was awarded the Campus Arché + Hangar Lisboa + Márgenes Madrid scholarships. In 2018 his short film Aquel verano sin hogar had its world premiere at Doclisboa, International Documentary Film Festival. Portugal (2018) and won the Best Short Film award at Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Argentina (2018). Condor de Plata Award for Best Short Film 2019. He worked as a pre selection jury at the Fondo Nacional de las Artes. In 2019 he premiered Los Rugidos que alejan la tormenta at the Berlinale. That same year he won again the Biennial of Young Art and with that award he filmed the first part of his tetralogy Distant Light - Los desventurados. He is currently developing La noche de los animales, produced by La union de los rios, and the following chapters of his feature film Distant Light.