Víctor XX


Direction: Ian de la Rosa
Screenplay: Ian Garrido
Production company: ESCAC films
Cinematography: Sandra Formatger
Edition: Mireia Sánchez
Sound: Cora Delgado
Music: Joel Condal, Marcel Vall
Artistic direction: Laia Pallarès
Cast: Alba Martínez, Shei Benzidour, Yolanda Cruz, Roser Tapias


Runtime: 20:36
Format: Digital
Dialogues: Spanish, Arabic
Subtitles: English
Country: Spain
Year: 2015


Victor likes to experiment with his gender. He doesn?t know if he feels like a boy or a girl. He lives in a small seaside village in Almeria, with his mother Mari Angeles and his girlfriend Rahma. Once in the town, protected by anonymity, he discovers himself. But secrets do not last forever and Victor will have to face his mother and girlfriend in order to stand up for the real image reflected in his mirror.


Festivals

La Cinef - Festival de Cannes | France, May 2015 Third Prize ex aequo
AFI FEST - Los Angeles | United States, Nov 2015
Festival Internacional de Cine de Xixón/Gijón | Spain, Nov 2015
SXSW - South by Southwest | United States, Mar 2016
FICCI Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias | Colombia, Mar 2016
Palm Springs International ShortFest | United States, Jun 2016
Asiana International Short Film Festival | Korea South, Nov 2015
Sarajevo Film Festival | Bosnia Herzegovina, Aug 2015
Tampere Film Festival | Finland, Mar 2016 Diploma of Merit
Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier - CINEMED | France, Oct 2015
BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival | United Kingdom, Mar 2017
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche | Spain, Jul 2016 Best short film
As iFF - All Shorts Irvington Film Festival | United States, Feb 2016
Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema | Brazil, Nov 2015
Leuven International Short Film Festival | Belgium, Nov 2015
Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin | Germany, Nov 2015
FECID - Festival de Cine de las Ideas | Chile, Oct 2015
Hamptons International Film Festival | United States, Oct 2015
Aspen Shortfest | United States, Apr 2016
Cinéssonne Festival du cinema européen en Essonne | France, Nov 2015
FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) | United States, Aug 2016
Puerto Rico Queer Filmfest | Puerto Rico, Nov 2015
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival | Brazil, Aug 2016
MECAL Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona | Spain, Mar 2016 Best Photography
Show Me Shorts Film Festival | New Zealand, Nov 2016
Urbanworld Film Festival | United States, Sep 2016
Curta Kinoforum - São Paulo International Short Film Festival | Brazil, Aug 2016
Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival | United States, Oct 2016
Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival | Germany, Oct 2016
HollyShorts Film Festival | United States, Aug 2016
FIRE! - Mostra Internacional de Cinema Gai i Lesbià de Barcelona | Spain, Jul 2016
QUEERSICHT LGTBI-Filmfestival - Short Film Contest | Switzerland, Nov 2017
ZINEGOAK - Bilbao LGTBIQA+ Film Festival | Spain, Feb 2016
Taiwan International Queer Film Festival | Taiwan, Oct 2015
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival | Israel, May 2016
BQFF - Brisbane Queer Film Festival | Australia, Feb 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine Invisible de Bilbao - Filme Sozialak | Spain, Oct 2016
Sarasota Film Festival | United States, Apr 2016
Festival de cine de l'Alfàs del Pi | Spain, Jul 2016
Out On Film - Atlanta's International LGBTQ Film Festival | United States, Sep 2016
Queer Lisboa & Queer Porto | Portugal, Sep 2016
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne | France, Nov 2016
Octubre Corto - Festival de Cine de Arnedo | Spain, Oct 2016
Festival de Cine de Santander - Nuevas Olas | Spain, Oct 2016 Best Fiction Short Film
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy | Finland, Sep 2016
PROUD! Film Festival | Denmark, Oct 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería | Spain, Dec 2015 Best short film , Best Andalusian short film, Best actress
Passaggi d'Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei | Italy, Dec 2015
Requena y... ¡Acción! | Spain, Jun 2016 Best Actress
Pink Apple Film Festival | Switzerland, Apr 2016
Kyiv International Short Film Festival | Ukraine, Apr 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo la Luna de Islantilla - Islantilla Cinefórum | Spain, Jul 2016
Tels Quels Festival / LGBT Shortfilm | Belgium, Oct 2016
Mostra de Cinema Rural Mostremp | Spain, Aug 2016
Pink Screens - Brussels Queer Film Festival | Belgium, Nov 2016
Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival | United States, May 2016
Certamen de Creación Audiovisual de Cabra | Spain, Sep 2016
Frameline - San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival | United States, Jun 2016
ZINENTIENDO - Muestra Internacional de Cine Lébico, Gai, Trans, Bisexual, Queer e Intersex | Spain, Jun 2016
Som Cinema - Mostra de Cinema i Audovisual Català | Spain, Oct 2016 Special Mention
Eureka Festival Universitario de Cine | Colombia, Sep 2016
Sólo para Cortos - Festival Int. de Cortometrajes de Temática Social de Barcelona | Spain, Mar 2017
Ekadeshma Film Festival | Nepal, Nov 2016
Roze Filmdagen - Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival | Netherlands, Mar 2017
Vinokino Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Turku | Finland, Nov 2017

Exhibitions

Centro Santa Rosa de Lima | Spain, Jul 2022 | EUFORIA. Familias Trans-Aliadas
Espai Jove Casa Sagnier | Spain, Jun 2022 | Sessió de curtmetratges amb La Calumnia
Centro cultural europeo Eureka Santander | Spain, Mar 2022 | Día de la Visibilidad Trans
Escuela de Ciné - Instituto PSE | Cambodia, Dec 2018 | Cineclub
Pop-up cinema in Enschede | Netherlands, Oct 2018 | Go Short Festival
Cineclub Chaplin | Spain, Aug 2018
Instituto Cervantes | Israel, Nov 2016 | Mes español en Tel Aviv
Cinemaattic | United Kingdom, Oct 2016
Girlie Circuit | Spain, Aug 2016 | Cinefórum
Asocine | Spain, Jul 2016 | Amor program