Beef

Beef

Ingride Santos
10th grade student Melisa confronts her teacher during a literature exam. In front of all her classmates, Melisa questions the school system and the usefulness of what they are studying by asking a very uncomfortable question.
Born in 1983, she studied film at ESCAC, where she graduated in production. After leaving university, she joined the production team at Escándalo Films, where she learned the trade by working on different films (Elena Trapé's Blog or Kike Maillo's Eva) and in animation, including Juanjo Sáez's series Arroz Pasado, which won an Ondas award. In 2008 she began to teach at ESCAC the subject New Formats. She alternates this with the world of advertising, in which she specializes as production manager of various advertising campaigns. In 2014 she changes direction and begins directing commercials until today, with which she has won several awards in different festivals such as El Sol in San Sebastian, Cannes and the Clio Awards in New York. “Beef” is her first short film.

-Spanish Academy Goya Awards 2021 – Nominee for Best Fiction Short Film (Spain)
– Miami International Film Festiva 2020 – HBO Short Film Award (USA)
– 13º Festival de Cine Global 2020 – 2º prize (Dominican Republic)
– 64. SEMINCI. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 2019 – Domestic Premiere (Spain)
– 13º Leiden International Film Festival 2019 – Official Selection (The Netherlands)
– Certamen Internacional de Cortos ‘Ciudad de Soria’ 2019 – Jury Best Spanish Short Film (Spain)
– Cortogenia 2019 – Best Short Films, Best Script, Best Edition, Best Original Music (Spain)
– 13º International Film and Music Festival Kustendorf 2019 – Bronze Egg (Serbia)
– 22nd Music & Cinema – Festival International du Film d’Aubagne 2021 – Students Prize: Best Music (France)

 

  • Original title Beef
  • Director Ingride Santos
  • Duration 13
  • Production year 2019
  • Aspect 16:9
  • Format DCP
  • Category Short Film
  • Subcategory Fiction
  • Gender Drama
  • Nationality Spain
  • Producer Miss Wasabi Films
  • Dialogue language Spanish
  • Subtitle language French, English
  • Intérpretes Ruth Gabriel, Melisa Peralta