Plot Point

(Punto de giro)
Ainhoa Menéndez | Fiction, Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction

2021 | 8 minutes | Spain

Clara and Luis have an argument. It’s not the first and it’s always over the same issue: Clara’s job interferes with Luis’ desire to have a family.

Short Films Labor Studies Family Women Mental Health
Synopsis

Clara (Marta Guerras) and Luis (Vito Sanz) have an argument. It’s not the first and it’s always over the same issue: Clara’s job interferes with Luis’ desire to have a family.

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Main credits

Menéndez Goyoaga, Ainhoa (film director)
Menéndez Goyoaga, Ainhoa (screenwriter)
Menéndez Goyoaga, Ainhoa (film producer)
Guerras, Marta (actor)
Sanz, Vito (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Aitor Uribarri; editing, Ainara López; music, Ignacio Pérez Marín.


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Labor Studies
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Festivals

Ponme un corto Short Film Festival - Special Jury Mention; Marató de Cinema Fantàstic i de Terror de Sants - Alice Guy Special Award; Acocollona’t. Girona Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Audience Award; Tarazona and el Moncayo Film and Comedy Festival; PSICURT. Mental Health Short Film Festival; Directed by Women; FICVI Vila-seca International Short Film Festival; Muestra de Cine y Creatividad Centro Botín; Torrevieja Audiovisual National Short Film Contest; Cabra Audiovisual National Short Film Contest; Paracurts. Festival de Curtmetratges Còmics de Sabadell; Premios Pávez. Talavera de la Reina National Short Film Festival; Film Festival on Gender Equality - Woman on Stage; Madrid Film Festival; La Solana FIlm and Wine Festival; Roses Fantasy and Horror Short Film Festival; Reyes Abades Short Film Festival; Asier Errasti. Eibar Audiovisual Festival; FICC. Cartagena Short Film Festival; Salerno International Film Festival; Humor en Corto. Umorea Labur; Madrid Community Short Film Week; Paralelo. International Scifi Festival; Short Films With Ñ Film Festival; Gau Laburra; ManzanaREC Short Film Festival;  Premios de Cine y Series Blogos de Oro; Palencia International Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Ainhoa Menéndez

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2021

GENRE: Fiction, Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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