Madre
Simón Mesa Soto (2016)
16 year-old Andrea leaves her neighborhood in the hills of Medellin to attend a downtown casting call for an adult pornographic movie.
Info & Credits
Directed by
Simón Mesa Soto
Produced by
David Herdies
Scriptwriter
Simón Mesa Soto
Starring
Yurani Anduquia Cortés, María Camila Maldonado, Paulo de Jesús Barros Sousa
Co-produced by
Franco Lolli, Capucine Mahé/Evidencia Films
Production manager
Alexander Arbeláez Osorio
Cinematography
Juan Sarmiento G.
Assistant director
Santiago Porras Clavijo
Production design
Tatiana Vera
Sound
Andrés Montaña, Isabel Torres, José Valenzuela
Editing
Gustavo Vasco
Genre
Fiction
With support from
Secretaría de Cultura Ciudadana de la Alcaldía de Medellín, The Culture Foundation of the Swedish Postcode Lottery
In collaboration with
Change Attitude/Break The Silence
2K | 2.39 | 14 min | Spanish | English and French subtitles
Awards and nominations
Nominated for Palme D’Or Best Short film, Cannes Film Festival 2016
Winner of a Gold Hugo for Best Short film, Chicago International Film Festival 2016
Special Mention, Changing Perspective, Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival, 2016
Best international short, Festival Ícaro, Guatemala, 2016
Best fiction short film, Habana IFF, Cuba, 2016
Best Short Film, Colombian International Film Festival, New York, 2017
Best Short Film, Festival Internacional de Cine de villa de Leyva, 2017
Best Director at Festival Pachamama – Cinema de Fronteira, Brasil, 2017
Best Actress /Best Short Film at Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia, 2017
Festivals in selection
Cannes, Official Short Film Competition in Cannes, 2016, premier.
DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo, 2016
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, 2016
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2016
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2016
BFI London Film Festival, 2016
AFI Fest, 2016
Chicago International Film Festival, 2016