Las novias del sur
Southern Brides
Les fiancées du sud
Spain / Switzerland, May 2024
FILM,
Documentary,
40 min.
- directed by
- Elena López Riera
- Written by
- Elena López Riera
- Status
- In distribution
Women of mature years talk about their marriage, their first time, their intimate relationship with sexuality. In the repetition of these ancestral rituals, the director questions her own lack of marriage, of children, and with it, a chain of mother-daughter relationships that is dying out.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2024
- Original Version
- French, Spanish (french subtitles), colour, DCP, 40 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0007-2AA4-0000-7-0000-0000-G
- Production
- Alina film, SUICAfilms
- Producer
- Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney
- directed by
- Elena López Riera
- Written by
- Elena López Riera
- Cinematography
- Elena López Riera, Alba Cros
- Editing
- Ana Pfaff, Ariadna Ribas
- Location Sound Mix
- Elena López Riera
- Re-Recording Mix
- Alejandro Castillo Villavieja
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Alina film , SUICAfilms
- Festival Distribution
- Marvin&Wayne Short films
Awards
(a selection)
- Cannes, Semaine de la Critique, The Queer Palm for Best Short 2024 (Winner)
- Paris, César, César du Meilleur Film de Court Métrage Documentaire 2025 (shortlisted)
- Madrid, Los Goya de Cinema, Best Short Documentary 2025 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Bogota, 22nd Bogota Short Film Festival
03.12.2024 - 10.12.2024 -
Porto, 11° Porto Post Doc Film & Media Festival
22.11.2024 - 30.11.2024 -
Bilbao, 66 ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film
08.11.2024 - 15.11.2024 -
Cork, 69th Cork Film Festival
07.11.2024 - 17.11.2024 -
Valdivia, 31° Festival international de cine de Valdivia (Ficvaldivia)
14.10.2024 - 20.10.2024 -
San Sebastian, 72. San Sebastián International Film Festival
20.09.2024 - 28.09.2024 -
Vila do Conde, 32nd Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival
13.07.2024 - 21.07.2024 -
Cannes, 63e Semaine Internationale de la Critique Cannes
15.05.2024 - 23.05.2024