Matria
Direction:
Álvaro Gago
Screenplay:
Álvaro Gago
Production company:
Sombriza Films,
Ringo Media
Producer:
Álvaro Gago, Alberto Gago, José Gago,
Mireia Graell
Cinematography:
Lucía C. Pan
Edition:
Álvaro Gago
Sound:
Sound Troop
Artistic direction:
Alba Aguiar
Cast:
Francisca Iglesias Bouzón
Runtime:
20:22
Format:
Digital
Dialogues:
Galician
Subtitles:
Spanish,
English
Country:
Spain
Year:
2017
Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that unites her to her daughter and granddaughter.
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Álvaro Gago
Vigo , 1986
Festivals
| Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid - SEMINCI | Spain, Oct 2017 Best national short film |
| Clermont-Ferrand - International Short Film Festival | France, Feb 2018 |
| Sundance Film Festival | United States, Jan 2018 Grand Jury Prize for short film |
| Palm Springs International ShortFest | United States, Jun 2018 |
| AFI FEST - Los Angeles | United States, Nov 2018 |
| Premios Goya - Academia de Cine | Spain, Feb 2019 Nomination for Best Short Fiction |
| Festival de Málaga | Spain, Apr 2018 |
| IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival | Portugal, May 2018 Best Fiction Short Film |
| ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid | Spain, Nov 2017 Best National Film, Best Actress |
| D'A Film Festival Barcelona | Spain, Apr 2018 |
| Uppsala International Short Film Festival | Sweden, Oct 2018 |
| Guanajuato International Film Festival | Mexico, Jul 2018 |
| Brussels Short Film Festival | Belgium, Apr 2018 |
| Zubroffka International Short Film Festival | Poland, Dec 2017 |
| Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo | Spain, Dec 2017 Best Film, Best Actress |
| Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo | Spain, Mar 2018 La otra mirada Award |
| HollyShorts Film Festival | United States, Aug 2018 Best International Short Film |
| Cinema Jove - Festival Internacional de Cine de València | Spain, Jun 2018 |
| Encounters Film Festival | United Kingdom, Sep 2018 |
| Leeds International Film Festival | United Kingdom, Nov 2018 |
| ShorTS - International Film Festival - Maremetraggio | Italy, Jun 2018 Best Short Film |
| Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay | Uruguay, Mar 2018 |
| Nashville Film Festival | United States, Apr 2018 |
| Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Lleida | Spain, Apr 2018 Best Short Film |
| Aspen Shortfest | United States, Apr 2018 |
| Concorto Film Festival | Italy, Aug 2018 Special Jury Mention |
| Certamen Internacional de Cortos Ciudad de Soria | Spain, Nov 2018 Best National Film |
| MESSAGE TO MAN International Documentary, Short and Animated Films Festival | Russian Federation, Sep 2018 |
| Festival Resistances | France, Jul 2018 |
| VIFF - Vancouver International Film Festival | Canada, Sep 2018 |
| Kortfilmfestivalen - Norwegian Short Film Festival | Norway, Jun 2018 |
| Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes | France, Mar 2018 |
| Melbourne International Film Festival | Australia, Jul 2018 |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival | Spain, Apr 2018 |
| International Best of Short Films Festival - La Ciotat | France, Jul 2018 |
| CINESPAÑA Festival du Film Espagnol de Toulouse | France, Oct 2018 |
| Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier - CINEMED | France, Oct 2018 Special Jury Mention |
| Seattle International Film Festival | United States, May 2018 |
| Tehran International Short Film Festival | Iran, Oct 2018 |
| Premios Mestre Mateo - Academia Galega do Audiovisual | Spain, Mar 2018 Best Live Action Short Film |
| Festival de Cine de Madrid PNR - Plataforma Nuevos Realizadores | Spain, Oct 2018 Youth Jury's Special Mention |
| International Eskisehir Film Festival | Unknown, Nov 2018 |
| IBIZA CINEFEST - Festival Internacional de Cinema Independent d'Eivissa | Spain, Jan 2019 |
| Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué | Spain, Jan 2019 |
| SHORT SHORTS - Film Festival Asia | Japan, Jun 2018 |
| Festival de Cine de Cartagena | Spain, Nov 2017 Best director |
| DOKUFEST - International Documentary and Short Film Festival | Kosovo, Aug 2018 |
| FICBUEU - Festival Internacional Cortometrajes | Spain, Sep 2018 Audience Award and Best Galician Short |
| Redondela en curto | Spain, Apr 2018 |
| Washington West Film Festival | United States, Oct 2018 |
| Festival de Curtmetratges de Manlleu | Spain, Jul 2018 Best Short Film |
| Festival de cine de l'Alfàs del Pi | Spain, Jul 2018 Second Prize, Best Director and Audience Award |
| NALIP Official Selection | United States, Jun 2018 |
| La Guarimba Film Festival | Italy, Aug 2018 |
| Festival de Cortometrajes "Villamayor de Cine" | Spain, Aug 2018 Best Short Film, Best Actress |
| DRAMA International Short Film Festival | Greece, Sep 2018 |
| TISFF - THESS International Short Film Festival | Greece, Oct 2018 |
| Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid | Spain, Apr 2018 |
| Galway Film Fleadh | Ireland, Jul 2018 |
| Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche | Spain, Jul 2018 Ayuntamiento de Elche Award for Best Fiction Short Film |
| Festival de Cine de Ponferrada | Spain, Sep 2018 Special Jury Mention |
| Octubre Corto - Festival de Cine de Arnedo | Spain, Oct 2018 Best Short Film |
| LALIFF - Los Angeles Latino Film Festival | United States, Jun 2018 |
| ABYCINE - Festival de Cine de Albacete | Spain, Oct 2018 |
| MAGMA - Mostra di Cinema Breve | Italy, Nov 2018 |
| Traverse City Film Festival | United States, Jul 2018 |
| Festival du film court "Partie(s) de Campagne" | France, Jul 2018 |
| Ljubljana International Film Festival | Slovenia, Nov 2018 |
| Festival de Cortometrajes "Cortada" de Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain, Nov 2018 |
| 24fps International Short Film Festival | United States, Nov 2018 Silver Medal Winner, Best Actress Francisca Iglesias Bouzón |
| Rural FilmFest | Spain, Aug 2019 |
| Fargo Film Festival | United States, Mar 2019 |
| Still Voices Short Film Festival | Ireland, Aug 2019 Best International Film Award |
| Filmserè - Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges de La Florida | Spain, Jun 2019 Best Short Film |
| Breus - Festival de Curts Europes | Spain, Mar 2019 |
| Redline International Film Festival | Canada, Apr 2019 |
| SHORTS MÉXICO - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México | Mexico, Sep 2019 Best Iberoamerican Short Film |
| dotdotdot - Open-Air Short Film Festival | Austria, Jul 2019 |
| Cortos a la fresquita - Ciclo de cortos españoles de ficción - ALCANCES Cádiz | Spain, Aug 2018 |
| CINEUROPA | Spain, Nov 2017 |
| FESTIMATGE - Festival de la Imatge de Calella - Trofeu Torretes de Curtmetratges | Spain, Apr 2018 |
| VIA XIV - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Verín | Spain, Dec 2017 Best Direction |
| Concurso Nacional de Cortometrajes CreatRivas | Spain, Mar 2019 Best Short Film |
| Semana de Cine de Melilla - Premio "Manuel Carmona Mir" | Spain, May 2018 3rd Prize |
| Sardinia Film Festival | Italy, Jun 2018 Best International Fiction and the Medaglia del Presidente della Repubblica |
| Festival de Cans | Spain, May 2018 Best Short Film , Audience Award, Best Actress, Neighbors Jury Award |
| Kino Pavasaris - Vilnius International Film Festival | Lithuania, Mar 2018 |
| Festival Primavera do Cine | Spain, May 2018 Audience Award Best Galician Short Film (Ex aequo) |
| SACO - Semana del Audiovisual Contemporáneo de Oviedo | Spain, Mar 2018 |
| Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes Ciudad de Ávila - ÁVILACINE | Spain, May 2018 |
| Corto & Fieno - Rural Film Festival | Italy, Sep 2018 |
| Kyiv International Short Film Festival | Ukraine, Apr 2018 |
| Festival de Cinema de Menorca | Spain, Jul 2018 |
| Concurso de Cortometrajes K-Lidoscopi | Spain, Oct 2018 |
| Festival Ibérico de Cine de Badajoz | Spain, Jul 2018 Best Short Film - Onofre Award, Best Actress |
| Festival de Cine Comprometido de Guadalajara - FESCIGU | Spain, Oct 2018 Best Short Film |
| FASCURT - Festival de curtmetratges del Masnou | Spain, Jul 2018 Best Short Film |
| Le Court Nous Tient | France, Jun 2018 |
| Premio Internacional de Cortometrajes de la Universidad de La Laguna | Spain, Feb 2019 |
| Semana de Cine de Lugo | Spain, Sep 2018 |
| Fenêtres sur courts | France, Nov 2018 |
| Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes al Aire Libre "Ribadedeva en Corto" | Spain, Aug 2018 Best Actress |
| Passaggi d'Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei | Italy, Dec 2018 |
| Certame de Curtametraxes Armadiña | Spain, Nov 2018 |
| FMK - International Short Film Festival | Italy, Jul 2018 |
| Almagro International Film Festival | Spain, Aug 2018 |
| FIWOM - Film Festival for Women's Rights | Korea South, Sep 2018 |
| PRINDIE - Princeton Independent Film Festival | United States, Nov 2018 |
| Pancevo Film Festival | Serbia, Sep 2018 Best Actress Francisca Iglesias Bouzón |
| Incuna International Film Festival | Spain, Sep 2018 Best Short Film |
| IKUSKA - Muestra de Cortometraje de Pasaia | Spain, Nov 2018 |
| Getafe On Air Film Fest | Spain, Nov 2018 Audience Award |
| Yerevan Short Film festival | Armenia, Nov 2018 |
| Semana de Cine Español de Cuenca | Spain, Nov 2018 |