Down the Hole

Down the Hole

David Martín de los Santos
Lucy has decided to kill herself, crashing his car in the next bend. At that moment Peter went on a bike and he was the one who suffers a serious accident while avoiding Lucia. He was caught in a slag heap next to the road, Peter waited for someone to come to help him, but no one saw him, and Lucy runaway
Director, Screenwriter. Tomorrow is not another day marks David Martín de los Santos return to fiction filmmaking. After his two numerously awarded fiction shortfilms, Down the hole and Take me somewhere else; Martín de los Santos wrote and directed the feature documentaries Lost generation? and Neither dead nor alive, both comissioned by "Documentos TV" (TVE, Spanish National Network), the oldest documentary program in Spain. He also wrote and directed the independent documentary The sleeping island, which was awarded at both the Barcelona and Lyon Film Festivals. Currently David Martín de los Santos is involved in various projects, while he prepares the production of his first feature, recently selected by Meditalents and shortlisted for the X Julio Alejandro Screenplay Award.

Jury Award – 13th Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan (Marruecos)
Best International Film, Second Public Award – Festival de Cinema de Arauca (Portugal)
Telemadrid Award, Distribution Award “Madrid en corto 2006” – Semana del cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid (Spain)
Second Jury Award – 7º Festival de Curtmetratges de Cambrils (Spain)
Best Script Award – 5º Festival de Cine de Pamplona (Spain)
Special Mention – Cyprus International Short Film Festival (Cyprus)
Best Sound – 36º Festival de cine de Alcalá de Henares, ALCINE36 (Spain)
Best Artist Direction, Best Sound – 15º Festival de cortometrajes de Madrid (Spain)
Best Photography – 30º Concurso de cortometrajes “Premi Ciutat de Terrassa” (Spain)
Special Mention – 9º concurso de proyectos de Medina del Campo (Spain)

  • Original title En el hoyo
  • Director David Martín de los Santos
  • Duration 24
  • Production year 2006
  • Format HD (720)
  • Category Short Film
  • Subcategory Fiction
  • Genre Drama
  • Nationality Spain
  • Producer Lolita Films
  • Dialogue language Spanish
  • Subtitle language French, English
  • Intérpretes Antonio de la Torre, Diego París, Manuela Paso, Abdelhafid Metalsi