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 |