SARIA FILM FESTIVAL III
THE BEST PICTURE of SARIA FILM FESTIVAL 3#
Short film “EL ABUELO” filmed by ÁLVARO PRUNEDA N.
Rafaella, a young radio host for a local radio station in Chile, receives a visit from her grandfather on the night of February 27, 2010. The problem is that her grandfather has been dead for 10 years.
FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Santiago, Chile in 1980. More than 20 years working in still photography and motion picture. Director of "La Increíble Metamorfosis de Juan Perez" in 2015, and several short films since 2009. Winner with short film BUCLE of several festivals in 2022 and 2023 “THE GRANDFATHER” is the new film from Alvaro and Voilà Studios.
SARIA FILM FESTIVAL 2
The BEST PICTURE of SARIA FILM FESTIVAL 2#
Short film “RICCY” filmed by Mildred Yaneth Tejada.
A 28-minute short film based on real events that presents the most emblematic femicide in the history of Honduras, Riccy, a 17-year-old girl in 1991, goes looking for her boyfriend in a military battalion, at a time when the country was just It was coming out of a decades-long military dictatorship, at that time young people over 18 years of age had to do mandatory military service. Riccy goes looking for help to get her boyfriend out, and finds the most horrendous death, a death that shook an entire country, massively raped, savagely beaten and mutilated, her tongue cut out, her breasts cut out and her vagina pulled out, Until Today the act continues unpunished. Today in Honduras two or three women die every day, just for the fact of being a woman. 95 percent of crimes go unpunished.
BEST SHORT FILM NATION of SARIA FILM FESTIVAL 2#
Short film “MORIR TODAVÍA” filmed by JOSÉ RICARDO CONTRERAS.
An elderly couple has a missing daughter; This film narrates a day in the life of both but everything is seen through the eyes of the father of the family where we explore his emotions, his social duties and his construction of man.
THE WINNER OF THE LONG STORY SHORT CATEGORY.
Short film SED DE SANGRE" shot by ISA JUDHÁ CABRERA RIOS.
SHORT FILM MAKER CATEGORY WINNER
THE ROLLING REEL CATEGORY WINNER
INDIE CATEGORY WINNER
SARIA FILM FESTIVAL
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The first short film of the Saria film festival from all the way of Mexico shot by Arturo Márquez.
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Saria Film Festival accepts domestic and international short films.
Saria Film Festival accepts domestic and international short films while filmmakers are participating in other film festivals.
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