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Amén
Amen
Spain
Director: Antonio NAHARRO
20 min. 2016,
with dialogue, Spanish, English subtitled
Distributor: LINE UP Shorts - Film Distribution, Alfonso Díaz
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Screenplay: Antonio Naharro
Cinematographer: Alfonso Postigo
Music: Ara Malikian
Editor: Abián Molina
Cast:
Ana Gracia, Manuel Morón, Natalia Moreno, Antonio Naharro, Maria Morales, Emilio Buale, María Bravo, Esther Ortega.
Three siblings of a very conservative family –Begoña, Pelayo and María– prepare the wake of their mother. Confusion appears in the family home when they discover their old mother wished to be buried with a “very special” garment.
Major screenings, presentations:
- ÁVILACINE 2017 (Spain)
- IX FESTIVAL CORTOS RODINIA (Spain)
- MECAL PRO 2017 (Spain) Spanish Talents
- 10º CERTAMEN LGBT LA PECCA (Spain)
- FESTIMATGE – FESTIVAL DE LA IMATGE DE CALELLA 2017 (Spain)
- ZINEGOAK 2017 (Spain)
- IV FESTIVAL DE CORTOMETRAJES MANZANA REC (Spain)
- XIV PREMIO INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA 2016 (Spain)
- V MIRADA TABÚ (Spain)
- FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES DE MEDELLÍN – FICME (Colombia)
- XV FESTIVAL DE CORTOS DE HUMOR DE ARRIGORRIAGA – HUMOR EN CORTO (Spain)
- VI FESTIVAL VISUALÍZAME (Spain) Finalist
- 5º DAROCA&PRISIÓN FILM FEST (Spain)
- XV EL PECADO – CERTAMEN INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES DE LLERENA (Spain)
- XIII FESTIVAL DE CINE DE COMEDIA DE TARAZONA Y EL MONCAYO (Spain)
- ZAHORA EN CORTO 2016 (Spain)
- 28º FESTIVAL DE CINE DE L’ALFÀS DEL PI (Spain)
Prizes:
FECICAM 2017 (Spain) Jury Award Best Short Film from Castilla La Mancha & Mention to best production and means use
XVIII ABYCINE – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE ALBACETE (Spain) Audience Award Best Short Film in the Official Selection
18ª SEMANA DEL CORTOMETRAJE DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID (Spain) First Prize Best Short Film Telemadrid-La Otra
Antonio NAHARRO
Antonio Naharro. Albacete (Spain), 1968.
Works and lives in Madrid, Antonio Naharro studied acting with master teachers such as Juan Carlos Corazza in the International Studio in Madrid and with Bernard Hiller in his International Master classes in LA, Roma and Mallorca.
His directorial debut “Uno más, uno menos” (“One more, one less”, co- directed with Alvaro Pastor, 2002) was presented in the prestigious Clermont Ferrand short film festival 2002 and nominated to the Spanish Academy Film Awards 2003.
Naharro’s first feature film ” Yo, también” (“Me, too”, also co-directed with Alvaro Pastor in 2006) won two Goyas in the Spanish Academy Film Awards 2010, two Conchas de Plata in San Sebastián International Film Festival 2009, the Public Award in the Rotterdam Film Festival 2010 and was part of the official selection in the Sundance Film Festival 2010.
His latest short film “Amén” (“Amen”, written and directed solely by Naharro in 2016) won the Best Short Film Award in the Community of Madrid Film Festival 2016.
He works as an independent director, screenwriter, film producer and acting coach.
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