+115 FESTIVALS SELECTIONS – +25 AWARDS
Synopsis: After the loss of her mother, a little girl arrives at an orphanage. Outside, the greatest discovery awaits her.
Cast: Paula Menelik, Hugo Menelik, Ramón Langa (voice), Pau Quero, Claudia Ruiz
Director Statement: What started as a simple idea, led to my most ambitious project: more than a year of writing, exhaustive documentation about NASA, simulation of zero gravity in built-up sets, shooting with children and animals in natural settings of far countries, and a complex postproduction.
Cast:
Paula Menelik … daughter (7 Yrs.)
Hugo Menelik … shaman
Ramón Langa … shaman (voice)
Pau Quero … grandson astronaut
Claudia Ruiz … daughter (30 Yrs.)
Mariana Achim … mother
Tomásnuel Menelik … fellow orphan (5 Yrs.)
Karina Menelik … orphanage caregiver
Awards
iChill Manila Int Film Fest (Sampaloc, Philippines) 2018
Winner for special Poetic award
Sicily International Film Festival (Siracusa, Italy)
Best Drama (July 2018)
Berlin Flash Film Festival (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement award (September 2018)
6 on Nebraska (Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
Winner Award Best Original Score (November 2018)
North American Film Awards (Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) 2018
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Direct Short Online Film Festival
Best Short Film of the Month (November 2018)
Near Nazareth Festival ( NNF) (Afula, Israel)
Winner Best in Short (2018 – Season 5)
International Independent Film Awards (Encino, CA, United States)
Silver Award Winner (Fall 2018) Directing
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) February 2019
Best Screenplay (Season 1)
Muicortos – Muestra Internacional De Cortometraje Solidario Y Sensibilización De Ciudad Real (Spain) 2019
PREMIO CATEGORIA “AMÉRICA” MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE FICCION
Barcelona Planet Film Festival (Catalunya, Spain)
Les Rambles NOMINEE BEST ACTRESS
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
AWARD WINNER 3rd monthly season BEST SHORT FILM
Virgin Spring Cinefest (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
AWARD WINNER 18th monthly season Gold Award Short Film
52nd Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival (Houston, Texas, United States) April 2019
SILVER Remi Award Dramatic – Original
Inonu University 12th International Short Film Festival (Malatya, Turkey) April 2019
third winner (third prize) of International Fictional Film category
Queen Palm International Film Festival (Palm Springs, CA, United States) April 2019
BRONZE AWARD WINNER Best Young Actress; HONORABLE MENTION Best Short Film – Family/Faith
12 Months Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
3rd Winner Fiction of the month (May 2019)
The 2019 International Horror Hotel’s film competition (Hudson, OH, United States) June 2019
1st Award Winner Foreign Sci-Fi Short
Festival Internacional De Cine De La Siberia ’Reyes Abades’ (Extremadura, Spain) July 2019
PREMIO a MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE categoría ficción-América
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival (Mentor, OH, United States) August 2019
4th Award Winner Sci-Fi Short
United Latino International Film Festival (Mentor, OH, United States) August 2019
Honorable mention award
Aasha International Film Festival (Nashik, India)
award in best film category
Hendaia Film Festival (Pyrénées Atlantiques, France) October, 2019
Prix de la meilleure photographie
Zero Degree Film Contest (Punjab, India)
Best Fictional Short
Dreamanila International Film Festival (Manila, Philippines)
Best Film
XII Festival Audiovisual Internacional de la Sociedad Cultural (Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay)
Mejor Cortometraje Nacional 2021; Mejor Actriz: Paula Menelik; Mejor Edición
Selections / Screenings
6th Moving Pictures Festival (Nieuwmoer, Antwerpen, Belgium) June 16, 2018
Red Corner Film Festival 2018
SGAE en Corto (Madrid, Spain) June 27, 2018
iChill Manila Int Film Fest (Sampaloc, Philippines) June 29, 2018
BCT – Festival Nazionale Del Cinema E Della Televisione Di Benevento (Campania, Italy) July 5, 2018
Los Angeles CineFest (USA) June 2018
Sicily International Film Festival (Siracusa, Italy) July 2018
LAIFFA – Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (USA) July 2018
Festival Nacional de Cine de Rioverde FENACIR (San Luis Potosí, Mexico) August 25, 2018
Medff (Siracusa, Italy) Summer 2018
Bakatá – IX Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia (Bogotá/Medellín, Colombia) September 8, 2018
27º Festival Internacional de Cine del Paraguay (Asunción, Paraguay) September 20, 2018
International Short Film Festival Kalmthout (Antwerpen, Belgium) 2018
HIMPFF – Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA) September 2018
Berlin Flash Film Festival (Germany) September 2018
Cape Town International Film Market & Festival (South Africa) October 13, 2018
2do FIC FAN Fest (Mar del Plata, Argentina) October 19, 2018
20 Festival Octubre Corto (Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain) October 21, 2018
5th Goa Short Film Festival (Panaji, India) October 28, 2018
Bengals International (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India) October 2018
Mindie – Miami Independent Film Festival (Florida, United States) October 2018
Prisma Independent Film Awards (Rome, Italy) October 2018
4° Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Paracho (Michoacán, Mexico) November 2, 2018
Move Me Productions Belgium – Film Festival (Antwerpen, Belgium) 2018
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival. November 2018
6 on Nebraska (Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa) November 2018
Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale – LIFFY (New Haven, CT, United States) November 11, 2018
7º Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes De La Diversidad Social – Todos Somos Otros (Mexico) November 13, 2018
Festival Internacional de Cine de León FICL (Guanajuato, Mexico) November 14, 2018
Festival Internacional de Cine de Chihuahua (Mexico) November 15, 2018
Muestra Intergaláctica (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico) November 20, 2018
International Short Film Festival Beveren (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) November 24, 2018
Cine Coliseo (Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain) November 30, 2018
North American Film Awards (Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) 2018
Bloodstained Indie Film Festival (Tokyo, Japan) 2018
Direct Short Online Film Festival November 2018
Near Nazareth Festival ( NNF) (Afula, Israel) December 2018
Lifft India Filmotsav-World Cine Fest (Lonavala, Maharashtra, India) December 9, 2018
7th International Video Poetry Festival (Athens, Greece) December 14, 2018
Kathmandu World Film Festival (KWFF) (Nepal)
Model N Movie International Short Film Festival (Howrah, West Bengal, India) December 2018
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival (Pune, Maharashtra, India) December 29, 2018
International Independent Film Awards (Encino, CA, United States) Fall 2018
CineKasimanwa: Western Visayas Film Festival (Iloilo City, Philippines) January 24, 2019
Direct Short and Documentary Film Festival January 2019
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival (Moscow, Russian Federation) February 2019
Muicortos – Muestra Internacional De Cortometraje Solidario Y Sensibilización De Ciudad Real (Spain) February 2019
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) February 9, 2019
Montevideo Fantástico 11 (Uruguay) February 15, 2019
ZShorts International Film Festival (Santa Barbara, CA, United States) February 23, 2019
Premios de Cine y Series Blogos de Oro (Barcelona, Spain) 2019
Le Prince International Film Festival (Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela) March 1, 2019
Barcelona Planet Film Festival (Catalunya, Spain) March 2019
SENSUS Film Festival (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) March 9, 2019
Beyond Earth Film Festival (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) March 23, 2019
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) March 2019
Virgin Spring Cinefest (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) March 2019
International Short Film Festival Middelburg (Zeeland, Netherlands) April 6, 2019
11th CMS International Children’s Film Festival (ICFF) (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) April 6, 2019
Utah Film Festival and Awards (Provo, United States) 2019
Festival Internacional del Cortometraje FIC (Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina) April 9, 2019
52nd Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival (Texas, United States) April 2019
Inonu University 12th International Short Film Festival (Malatya, Turkey) April 16th, 2019
Eko International Film Festival (Lagos, Nigeria) April 2019
Queen Palm International Film Festival (Palm Springs, CA, United States) April 2019
CFIFF – Changing Face International Film Festival (Australia) April 2019
Aphrodite Film Awards (NYAFA) (New York, United States) March/April 2019
Sci-On! (Reno, Nevada, United States) May 4, 2019
FESTPRO Film Festival (Russian Federation) May 2019
FIXION Fest, Festival de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Chile (Santiago, Chile) May 15, 2019
82 Certamen estatal de video no profesional selectivo UNICA 2019 (Barcelona, Spain) May 20, 2019
London International Motion Pictures Awards – LIMPA (United Kingdom) 2019
KinoDUEL International Film Festival (Minsk, Belarus) May 2019
12 Months Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) May 2019
Hansa Shorts Filmfestival International (Hamburg, Germany)
5° Festival Internacional Cine en las Montañas (Salento/Filandia, Quindío, Colombia) June 3, 2019
9th Pune Short Film Festival (Maharashtra, India) June 7, 2019
The 2019 International Horror Hotel’s film competition (Hudson, OH, United States) June 8, 2019
Northeast Mountain Film Festival (Dillard House, Georgia, United States) June2019
Aab International Film Festival (Moga, Punjab, India) June 23, 2019
Open Window International Film Challenge (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Festival Ipiales Cine Sin Fronteras (Nariño, Colombia) July 12, 2019
Under The Stars International Film Festival (Bari, Puglia, Italy)
Link International Film Festival (Virginia Water, Surrey, United Kingdom) July 2019
Festival Internacional De Cine De La Siberia ’Reyes Abades’ (Extremadura, Spain) July 2019
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival (Mentor, OH, United States) August 2019
United Latino International Film Festival (Mentor, OH, United States) August 8, 2019
Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (Karnataka, India) August 16, 2019
Motion Pictures International Film Festival (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States) August 25, 2019
Sinevizyon (Cyprus) September 2019
Aasha International Film Festival (Nashik, India)
Foster For Foster Film Festival (Boise, Idaho, United States)
Great Message International Film Festival (Pune, Maharashtra, India) September 25, 2019
Hendaia Film Festival (Pyrénées Atlantiques, France) October 18, 2019
Visualis Film Festival (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
4th International Short Film Festival Pune, India 2019
BLOW-UP · International Arthouse FILM FEST · Chicago (Illinois, United States)
New York City International Films Infest Festival – NYCIFIF (United States)
The World Festival of Emerging Cinema (St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago) November 1, 2019
Linear International Film Festival (Todmorden, England, United Kingdom) November 9, 2019
Festival Mundial de Cine de Veracruz (Mexico) November 11, 2019
Rangkarmi International Short Film Festival (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) November 26, 2019
Kolkata International Micro Film Festival (West Bengal, India) January 11, 2020
Museo Nacional de la Revolución (Ciudad de México) February 2, 2020
malabo international music & film festival (Equatorial Guinea)
2nd. Guacamole Short Film Festival (Chicago, IL, United States)
5th Haryana International Film Festival (Chandigarh, India)
Zero Degree Film Contest (Punjab, India)
REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RTF) (Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria)
Dreamanila International Film Festival (Manila, Philippines)
39th Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Finland) November 18, 2020
Cinesa Príncipe Pío (Madrid, Spain) April 29, 2021
CyBorg Film Festival. XI edizione internazionale (San Giustino (PG) Umbria, Italia) June 11, 2021
Life Beyond Life Film Festival (Torino, Italy) June 17, 2021
XII Festival Audiovisual Internacional de la Sociedad Cultural (Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay) September 10, 2021
Muestra Internacional de Cine Astronómico – MICA (Tenerife, Spain) July 14, 2022
SGAE en Corto ‘Cortos para un nuevo milenio’ 25 años (Madrid, Spain) September 13, 2022
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