Perpetua Felicidad

Eternal Happiness


Direction: Isa Luengo, Sofia Esteve
Screenplay: Isa luengo, Sofia Esteve
Production company: Aquí y Allí Films S.L.
Producer: Pedro Hernández Santos, María Beltrán
Cinematography: Diego Trenas
Edition: Alba Cid
Sound: Ignacio de Castro, Álvaro de Iscar, David Cubero
Music: Marta Sancho Moliner
Artistic direction: Ana Corella Santillana
FX: Unai Puga Goldaracena, Ander Puga Goldaracena
Cast: Garazi Urkola, Willy García, Yara Almeida, Paula Mirá


Runtime: 21:26
Format: Digital
Dialogues: Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Country: Spain
Year: 2022


Alma is fifteen years old, sings in the village choir and is beginning to connect with her sexuality. Her father Kike, director of the choir, has lost his voice due to a laryngectomy. As the concert they are preparing together for the summer festivities approaches, tensions between father and daughter increase.


Festivals

Chicago International Children's Film Festival | United States, Nov 2022
Leuven International Short Film Festival | Belgium, Dec 2022
Festival de Cine de Madrid PNR - Plataforma Nuevos Realizadores | Spain, Oct 2022
MECAL Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona | Spain, Jun 2023
FIRE! - Mostra Internacional de Cinema Gai i Lesbià de Barcelona | Spain, Jun 2023
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt | Germany, Aug 2023
LesGaiCineMad - Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid | Spain, Nov 2022 Best National Short Film
ZINEGOAK - Bilbao LGTBIQA+ Film Festival | Spain, Jun 2023
SHORT SHORTS - Film Festival Asia | Japan, Jun 2023
ICOFF-GASTEIZ Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de la Capital de Euskadi | Spain, Apr 2023
Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid | Spain, Nov 2022
Vancouver Queer Film Festival | Canada, Aug 2023
Festival de Cine de Sant Joan d'Alacant - Concurso Nacional de Cortometrajes | Spain, May 2023
QFest St. Louis | United States, May 2023
Festival de Cine LGTBI Centro Niemeyer | Spain, Apr 2023
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival | Czech Republic, Nov 2023
Cuórum Morelia - Festival Internacional de Cine Sobre Diversidad Sexual y Géneros | Mexico, Nov 2023 Camelina de Plata Award
Festival Ibérico de Cine de Badajoz | Spain, Jul 2022 Best Screenplay, Best Direction
Cerdanya Film Festival | Spain, Aug 2022
Enkarzine | Spain, Nov 2022
Radio City - Festival internacional de cortometrajes | Spain, May 2023 Entropía Award
Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans | Paraguay, Aug 2023
Holebikort - LGTBIQ+ Festival | Belgium, Nov 2023

Exhibitions

Ciné Lumière. Institut Français (London) | United Kingdom, May 2023 | In Short, Europe: Awakening
Everyman Cinemas (Leeds) | United Kingdom, Apr 2023 | In Short, Europe: Awakening