16′ / Fiction / 2023 / Puerto Rico
Production Company: La MarPicá
Director: María del Mar Rosario Ruiz
Cinematography: Pablo Ascanio
Sound: Angel Alonso Sarmiento
Editing: Juliano Castro
Synopsis:
After having sex for the first time, Alba, a 16 year old, searches for a strength she had never exercised before. The film focuses on the practice of reducing a woman to her body, whether as an object of desire or as a vessel for reproduction. A call to self-determination in a society governed by patriarchal structures.
Festivals/Screenings:
Best Short at New Orleans Film Festival – USA, 2024
Best Short at Puerto Rico Film Festival – Puerto Rico, 2023
TRIBECA Film Festival – USA, 2024
Cinelátino – Rencontres de Toulose – France, 2024
San Francisco International Film Festival – USA, 2024
LALIFF Los Angeles Latino Int. Film Festival – USA, 2023
Palm Springs International ShortFest – USA, 2024
Philadelphia Latino Film & Arts Festival – USA, 2024
Calgary International Film Festival – Canada, 2024
Vienna Shorts – Austria, 2024