CHORDS
European Short Film Candidates 2023
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30m
Rita belongs to a women's choir which is in danger of breaking up because they’ve lost the municipal subsidy that allowed them renting their rehearsal room. Now the group has to decide whether or not to accept sponsorship by one of the companies causing the most pollution in the valley.
Directed by: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Written by: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Produced by: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, Lara Izagirre, Ana Angulo
Cinematography: Lara Vilanova
Editing: Maialen Sarasua
Production Design: Corina Herran
Make-Up: Araitz Pildain
Sound: Luca Rullo, Koldo Corella
Visual Effects: Guillermo Sevillano
Cast: Begoña Suárez, Miguel Garcé, Xanti Aguirrezabalaga
Original Title: CUERDAS
Film Production Country: Spain
Website: https://marvinwayne.com/cuerdas
Statement of the Director/s
I am interested in exploring the silence that Rita inhabits, whose expressions, actions and movements are filled with meaning. The choir will be the symbolic space in which Rita will perform her bow and learn to project her voice so that it becomes clearer and reaches further. Through the sound of the conversations (sometimes lively, sometimes confrontational), the music, or the diaphragmatic breaths they take, Rita will exercise that voice that will end up expressing itself only at the end.
CHORDS is a story that combines the documentary basis through real characters and locations, with the fictional narrative and film device that allows us to access the most intimate dimension that makes this story something universal that transcends the local scope.
Biography of the Director/s
Graduate of Audiovisual Communication (University of the Basque Country), Editing Theory (EICTV Cuba), Master in Film Direction, and Master in Film Business (ESCAC Barcelona). Since 2011 she has produced, written, and directed several short films such as ADRI (ESCAC) and ASHES AND DUST (SIRIMIRI Films) and the feature-length documentary PAPER VOICES premiered at San Sebastián Festival. Her films have also been shown at festivals such as the Nantes Spanish Film Festival, Alcances Documentary Film Festival, Brussels Short Film Festival, Guadalajara Film Festival or Malaga Film Festival where ASHES AND DUST received the Audience Award and the Best Actress Award.
Her latest short film, CUERDAS, has been selected for the Cannes Critics' Week.
In 2023 Urresola presents 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES, her first feature-length fiction film, selected in the official competition at the Berlinale.
Filmography of the Director/s
2023 - 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
2022 - CHORDS
2020 - ASHES AND DUST
2016 - VOCES DE PAPEL
2013 - ADRI
Production Company:
Sirimiri Films
Estibaliz Urresola
Phone: +34670828566
Website: www.sirimirifilms.eu
World Sales:
Marvin&Wayne
Josep Prim
Phone: +34934863313
Website: https://marvinwayne.com
Press:
Nueve cartas
Andrés García de la Riva
Phone: +34672376162
Website: https://nuevecartas.com
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