The chinese

The chinese

Antonia San Juan, Diego Postigo
Two young drug addicts wander the streets of Madrid while they review their past lives. The employs they lost, their former love relations, and the experiences shared, all are part of their conversation.

Antonia San Juan

Is a Spanish actress, film director, screenwriter and producer. She is known for her roles in Todo sobre mi madre (1999), Piedras (2002) and La China (2005). As a film director, the actress has made three short films: V.O., La china and A las once, to great acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Her work as a director was born from a need to broaden horizons in a field she does research on every day: theater. Her extraordinary ability for observing and splitting allow her to excel in both acting and directing


Diego Postigo

Degree in Audiovisual Communication by EMU. Founder of the brand Davidelfin, is the author of various video pieces for exhibitions and presentations of the mark; exposure Davidelfin Soledad Lorenzo Gallery in Madrid entitled Extimidad, and the piece of video art Cuerpo extraño for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Malaga. Makes video clips Ojalá, Ojalá and De la mano de Dios from the Miguel Bosé cd, Velvetina . Director of advertising (Coca -Cola , Páginas Amarillas, Hiunday , Marca, Europa FM , Telefónica, etc). In 2004 he co-directs with Antonia San Juan the short film La China. He made visuals for the tour Arquitectura Efímera of Fangoria, ARCO official video and the video Siempre es por él, for the artist Dnoe . He has been the director of last videoclip Como un Lobo, with Michael and Bimba Bosé. He is the brother of Gorka Postigo, member turn Davidelfín team. He's married with Bimba and is the father of his daughter Dora.


Award for Best Actress (Antonia San Juan) – Medina del Campo Film Week (Spain)

Award for best short film – Alicante Film Festival (Spain)

Special Jury Mention “Per aver Saputo raccontare you sfaccettature di un’amicizia particolare attraverso rich traiettoria took a serratus interpretato dialogue with personalità” – Trevignano International Short Film Festival (Italy)

Audience Award for Best Short – Elche International Independent Film Festival (Spain)

Audience Award for Best Short – El Pecado Short Film Competition (Spain)

3rd Prize of the Jury – SONORAMA Short Film Festival (Spain)

Panavision Grand Jury Award – Palm Springs International Shortfilm Festival (United States)

Award for Best Actress (Antonia San Juan) and Best Editing award – Film Festival from Girona (Spain)

Best Foreign Shortfilm – New York Shortfilm Festival (United States)

Best Actor (Luis Miguel Segui) – Arona Film Festival (Spain)

Best National short film – La Fila Film Festival (Spain)

Avid Award for Best National Short Film – MFA. International Film Festival of the Islands Balearic Islands (Spain)

Special Jury Mention – Turin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (Italy)

Award for best male performance awarded by the jury. Award for best cinematography awarded by the jury of students from the School of Film and Television in San Antonio de Los Baños – Pobre-Gibara International Film Festival (Cuba)

Award for Best Actress (Antonia San Juan) – Carmona Film Festival (Spain)

Award for Best Actress (Antonia San Juan) – International Short Film Festival “La night of the shorts” (Peru)

Special Audience Award short films – “Only for short films” Nou short film festival Barris (Spain)

Special Jury Mention – Benalmádena International Short Film Festival (Spain)

Audience Award – “Ciudad de Estella-Lizarra” short film competition (Spain)

  • Original title La china
  • Director Antonia San Juan, Diego Postigo
  • Duration 21
  • Theme Social
  • Category Short Film
  • Subcategory Fiction
  • Genre Drama, Social
  • Nationality Spain
  • Producer Trece producciones, S.L
  • Dialogue language Spanish
  • Intérpretes Antonia San Juan, Luis Miguel Seguí