Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Spanish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Dramedy, LGBT
Running Time: 12 minutes 26 seconds
Year of production: 2024

SYNOPSIS

At a traditional bowling alley in Mar del Plata, Midna is dumped by her girlfriend Dani through a voice message. This triggers in her an episode of anger and violence.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Proyecto Excursus, El Delirio Cine.
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Denisse Laub, Denisse Van Der Ploeg, Neven-k.

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Denisse Laub & Francisco Castro Pizzo
Screenwriter: Denisse Laub & Francisco Castro Pizzo
Producer: Denisse Laub & Francisco Castro Pizzo
Director of Photography: Mariam Bakir
Sound: Félix Marano
Editing: Denisse Laub, Francisco Castro Pizzo and Ignacio Codino
Sound Editing: Nicolás Benítez
Music Composer: Tomas Krittian

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Dramedy
Sub-genre: LGBT
Language: Spanish
Country of origin: Argentina
Year of production: 2024
Total running time: 12 minutes 26 seconds
Shooting format: Full HD
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Sound format: Stereo

AWARDS

Winner • Best Lesbian Short Film - Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans (2024) (Asunción, Paraguay)
Winner • Best International Short Film • 8º El Cecehachero • Festival Internacional de Cine, Videojuegos y Narrativas Audiovisuales (2024) (CDMX, Mexico)
Winner • Best National Short Film • FAA! Festival Artístico Audiovisual (2024) (El Bolsón, Río Negro, Argentina)
Winner • Best Fiction Short Film • 5º FOCAT Festival Online De Cine Amateur (2024) (CDMX, Mexico)
Winner • Best Editing • FAA! Festival Artístico Audiovisual (2024) (El Bolsón, Río Negro, Argentina)
Special Mention • Best Cinematography (Mariam Bakir) • 7º Festival Audiovisual Cine En Grande (2024) (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

SpringOut! Middle Tennessee LGBT+ Film Festival (2024) (Tennessee, United States)
Cine Minhocão Festival (2024) (São Paulo, Brazil)
Places of Cultures Film Festival (2024) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans (2024) (Asunción, Paraguay)
FICPBA - Festival Internacional de Cine de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (2024) (La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Visibla • Muestra de Cortometrajes de Género y Diversidad (2024) (Buenos Aires City, Argentina)
2º Festival de Cine de Ezeiza (2024) (Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
10° Festival Internacional de Cine de Comedia – FUNCINEMA (2024) (Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2º Lobito Festival (2024) (Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ciclo de Cine LGBT+ • Mundanx Tesis (2024) (Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
8º El Cecehachero • Festival Internacional de Cine, Videojuegos y Narrativas Audiovisuales (2024) (Mexico City, Mexico)
11° Festival de Cine Nacional Leonardo Favio (2024) (Bolívar, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
9º Shnit Festival Internacional de Cortos Buenos Aires (2024) (Buenos Aires City, Argentina)
5º CORTES Festival de Cortometrajes LGBTTQI+ (2024) (Buenos Aires City, Argentina)
11º International Queer Film Festival Playa Del Carmen (2024) (Playa del Carmen, Mexico)
Muestra de Cortometrajes • Cinemarplatense.com (2024) (Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Festival Tandil Cine (2024) (Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
International Queer Film Festival Merlinka (2024) (Belgrade, Serbia)
19° Festival de Cine Inusual de Buenos Aires (2024) (Buenos Aires City, Argentina)
1º Festival Competitivo de Cine Lobito (2024) (Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
3º Utsav International Film Festival (2024) (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
FAA! Festival Artístico Audiovisual (2024) (El Bolsón, Río Negro, Argentina)
7º Festival Audiovisual Cine En Grande (2024) (Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)
1º Queer Film Festival Kathmandu (2024) (Kathmandu, Nepal)
5º FOCAT Festival Online De Cine Amateur (2024) (Mexico City, Mexico)
16º LGBT+ Film Festival Poland (2025) (Warsaw, Poland)
2º Muestra de Cortos Incluxiva 2025 (2025) (Santa Fe, Argentina)