Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Spanish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Family / Horror
Running Time: 15 minutes
Year of production: 2023

SYNOPSIS

Vida dreams of being chased by a cake. With the help of her teddy and imaginary powers, she faces her nightmares and discovers the heroine within.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Baron Barbas, El Delirio Cine.
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Florencia Ordoqui, María Eugenia Rigon, Federico Motta, Carolina Díaz Giraud

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Rodrigo Elizalde and Agustin Giataganellis
Screenwriter: Rodrigo Elizalde
Producer: Rodrigo Elizalde
Director of Photography: Juan Sebastián Molano
Sound: Santiago Rossi and Ignacio Schamun
Editing: Chen Xi
Sound Editing: Lucas Kremar
Music Composer: Rafael Varela

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Horror / Family
Sub-genre: Comedy
Language: Spanish
Country of origin: Argentina
Year of production: 2023
Total running time: 15 minutes
Shooting format: 4K
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Sound format: Stereo

AWARDS

• Cine.ar Award - 24th BARS - Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Festival (2023) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Best Short Film Award (General Category) - Salto Grande Short Film Festival (2023) (Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina)
• Audience Award - ¡VIVA EL CINE! Week (2023) (San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Best Production Design Award (Lucas Pardeau) - FOCAT Online Amateur Film Festival (2024) (Mexico)
• Best Short Film Award - CINI International Children's Film Festival (2024) (Lima, Peru)
• Best Short Film Award - Cibo Corto International Film Festival (2024) (Syracuse, Italy)
• Best Actress Award (Florencia Ordoqui) - Within the Family International Festival of Family and Children's Films (2024) (Moscow, Russia)
• Honorable Mention - Varsity Film Expo (2023) (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

• 56th Sitges Film Festival (Sitges Family Section) (2023) (Sitges, Spain)
• MADFA - Madrid Film Awards (2023) (Madrid, Spain)
• Valdivia Horror Film Fest (2023) (Valdivia, Chile)
• Kinolub Film Festival (2023) (Katowice, Poland)
• Bloody Hats Film Festival (2023) (Stuttgart, Germany)
• ZAFIC - Zabrinsky International Film Festival (2023) (Cundinamarca, Colombia)
• ISA - International Streaming Award (2023) (Rome, Italy)
• MonFilm Fest (2023) (Mombello Monferrato, Italy)
• 4th Children’s Festival Weaving Cinema (2023) (Quito, Ecuador)
• Gastro Film Fest (2023) (Osijek, Croatia)
• International Festival of Social and Community Cinema Salvaje (Cinema as Territory) (2023) (Colombia)
• 22nd Chulpicine Children and Youth Film Festival (2023) (Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador)
• Calibélula International Children and Youth Film Festival (2023) (Santiago de Cali, Colombia)
• 16th National Short Film Festival "Corto Rodado" (2023) (Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina)
• Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival (2023) (Lombardy, Italy)
• Vochocinema Del Telol Film Festival (2023) (Campeche, Mexico)
• The Hollywood Guerrilla Film Festival (2023) (California, USA)
• 14th SUSTEFEST - Minutes of Terror - International Festival of Suspense, Horror and Sci-Fi (2023) (Mexico)
• FICCS - International Short Film Festival of the Cuenca del Salado (2023) (Rauch, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 2nd Merlo Bloody Film Festival (2023) (Merlo, San Luis, Argentina)
• Violeta Film Festival (2023) (Bogotá / Cartagena, Colombia)
• Tandil Film Festival (2023) (Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Espanto International Horror, Suspense & Sci-Fi Film Festival (2023) (Pachuca de Soto, Mexico)
• 7SIFF - 7 Seconds Film Festival (2023) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1st Ezeiza Film Festival (2023) (Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1000 Screams Film Festival (2023) (Punta Alta, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Churumbela Children’s Film Festival (2023) (Mexico City, Mexico)
• 19th Terni Film Festival (2023) (Terni, Italy)
• Penitente Film Fest (2023) (Boyacá, Colombia)
• 1st Bragado Film Festival (2023) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Yuva International Short Film Festival (YISFF) (2023) (Chennai, India)
• Festi’ Ciné Junior (2023) (Bonnetable, Sarthe, France)
• MARFEST - Matanza Reel Festival (2023) (La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Bogocine 40 - Bogotá Film Festival (2023) (Bogotá, Colombia)
• FesCine con Riesgo 10th Edition (2023) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Apatzingán International Film Festival (2023) (Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico)
• FOCAT Online Amateur Film Festival (Nominated for Best Editing, Actress and Short Film) (2023) (Mexico)
• Red Snow (2024) (El Bolsón, Argentina)
• International Film Festival Rivoli (2024) (Rivoli, Italy)
• 9th My First Festival (2024) (Lima, Peru)
• ShortCutz Brazil (2024) (Santa Catarina, Brazil)
• International Children’s Film Festival (ICFF) (2024) (Lucknow, India)
• CineCaos (2024) (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
• Wiphay! Itinerant School of Animated Cinema (2024) (Puno, Peru)