• Loca

    Directed by María Salgado Gispert
    Spain | 15 minutes |

A lonely cleaner becomes drawn to the after-school skating instructor, as they exchange friendly glances and wordless sympathy.

In competition for the Local Jury Award

film synopsis

film details

Director: María Salgado Gispert
Producers: María Salgado Gispert, Yadira Ávalos
Screenwriter: María Salgado Gisper, Maite Voces
Cinematographers: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz
Editor: María Salgado Gispert
Music: Francisco Ruiz Musulén
Cast: Mercedes Castro, Gonzalo Ramos
Country: Spain
Language: In Spanish with English subtitles.
Year: 2020
Running Time: 15 minutes
Contact Email: mariasalgadogispert@yahoo.es
Website: https://vimeo.com/mariasalgadogispert

director biography

MARÍA SALGADO GISPERT Director, producer, screenwriter and editor. María Salgado has a degree in audiovisual communication in Complutense Madrid University. She has completed Dramatic Art Studies in Jun Carlos Corazza school. From 1993 to 2006 she works as a director in TV taking part in different programs. From 1998 she acts as director of the childish program “Cyberclub” which was awarded with many prices and was selected to participate within the Emmy Finals. From 2006 she makes documentaries for the public Spanish Television TVE “Documentos TV”. From 2008 she acts as freelance director and producer and develops her work within fiction series, documentaries, music video and entertainment programs. She has four short films directed: A Violeta (1999), Mills Papier Machè (Cine Danza, 2013), Ixtab (2016) and What is expected of me (2019) His fifth short film Loca is in post-production state. Three days of rain, too in pre-production state is his first feature film as director and screenwriter.

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