Calladita
Miguel Faus
In a summer mansion in the Costa Brava, a young domestic worker has to serve two rich kids while they enjoy their summer. Amongst cocktails, drugs and dishwashers, she will look for her own way of having fun.
Spain
Writer/director from Barcelona, living in London. He recently graduated with distinction from an MA Filmmaking at the London Film School, where he wrote and directed short films The Death of Don Quixote (Silver Melies winner at the 51st Sitges International Film Festival), and Calladita.
?He writes about cinema for Jot Down Magazine and Miradas de Cine, where he has published lengthy interviews with acclaimed directors like Pawel Pawlikowski, Olivier Assayas, François Ozon, Albert Serra, Terence Davies, Pedro Costa, Jaime Rosales, Isaki Lacuesta, Oliver Laxe... and others.
He is currently developing his first feature film Calladita, adapted from his short of the same title, with the support of script development program DAMA Ayuda (Spain) and of the Short to Feature Lab in the U.S.
– Festival de Málaga 2020 – Domestic Premiere (Spain)
– Palm Springs Shortfest 2020 – In competition for Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under (USA)
– 18th London Short Film Festival 2021 (UK)
– 37th Miami Film Festival 2021 – Runner-up WarnerMedia Ibero-American Short Film Award (USA)
- Original title Calladita
- Director Miguel Faus
- Duration 15
- Production year 2020
- Theme Women
- Aspect 2:1
- Format DCP
- Category Short Film
- Subcategory Fiction
- Genre Drama
- Nationality Spain
- Producer What´s Up Doc, London Film School
- Dialogue language Spanish
- Subtitle language French
- Intérpretes Paula Grimaldo, Guillermo Campra, Ares Aixala, Victor Rebull, Pol Hermoso, Joan Sureda