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Smells
Olores
Director: ALBA ESQUINAS
Year: 2022
Duration: 10 minutes
A MUBOX STUDIO production
Screenplay: ALBA ESQUINAS
Editing: ALBA ESQUINAS AND LAURA GANTES
Sound editing: LAURA GANTES
SYNOPSIS
A photograph appears at the bottom of a drawer and triggers the memories of an entire childhood. A childhood not only marked by the absence of his father who died in the war, but also by the slaughter of pigs and the blood-stained rags from his mother's butcher shop.
AWARDS
- GRAND AWARD OF SPANISH CINEMA in ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Spain)
- FIRST AWARD in FIDBA - International Documentary Film Festival of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- SPECIAL JURY AWARD - La Mirada Tabú - International Film Festival. Zaragoza (Spain)
- SPECIAL MENTION / BEST NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY - IBIZACINEFEST (Spain)
- DANZANTE IBEROAMERICANO ÓPERA PRIMA “ALBERTO SÁNCHEZ” & DANZANTE DOCUMENTAL IBEROAMERICANO “JOSÉ MANUEL PORQUET”. - 51th Huesca International Film Fest (Spain)
- DOCMA AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM / SPECIAL MENTION BEST SOUND MIXING. - Madrid FIlm Festival PNR (Spain)
- BEST SHORT FILM FRONTDOC - Valle d'Aosta International Documentary Film (Italy)
- EX-AEQUO "PREMI ULLASTRE" SECTION AWARD - V Menorca Documentary and photography of Auteur cinema (Spain)
FESTIVALS
- Visions du Réel - Nyon International Film Festival (Switzerland) 2022 WORLD PREMIERE
- Frameout. Vienna (Austria) 2022
- CINEMANCIA -Festival de cine metropolitano. Medellín (Colombia) 2022
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden) 2022
- FESTIFREAK - International Independent Film Festival of La Plata - Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2022
- ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Spain) NATIONAL PREMIERE
- FICC - International Film Festival of Cartagena (Spain) 2022
- L´ALTERNATIVA- Barcelona Independent Film Festival (Spain) 2022
- FIDBA - International Documentary Film Festival of Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2022
- La Mirada Tabú - International Film Festival. Zaragoza (Spain) 2022
- IBIZACINEFEST - 7 Independent International Film Festival of Eivissa (Spain) 2023
- IBAFF - International Film Festival of Murcia (Spain) 2023
- Malaga Spanish Film Festival (Spain) 2023
- 7ème Lune, Festival International des jeunes cinéastes (France) 2023
- XXIII Lanzarote International Film Festival (Spain) 2023
- CortoGijón - Gijón Shortfilm Festival (Spain) 2023
- 51th Huesca International Film Fest (Spain) 2023
- FICVIAXIV. Verín Shortfilm Festival (Spain) 2023
- PNR Madrid Film Festival (Spain) 2023
- CINESPAÑA - Festival de cinéma espagnol et portugais (France) 2023
- FESTCURTASBH - Curtas de Belo Horizonte Film Festival (Brazil) 2023
- MENORCADOCFEST - Premi Ullastre selection for best documentary short film. (Spain) 2023
- XXIII Santa Cruz International Cinema Festival (Bolivia) 2023
- International Cinema Festival of Human Rights "Under our skinl (Bolivia) 2023
- Oficial Selection Caracas Cinematografic Critic Festival (Venezuela) 2023
- LOS TRABAJOS Y LAS NOCHES Logroño Process art and cinema festival (Spain) 2023
- Janela International Cinema do Recife (Brazil) 2023
- Ciclo CIMA EN CORTO en la Cineteca de Madrid (España) 2024