Synopsis
In a never-ending misty dump in Nicaragua, eight-year-old Maria faces
her mother’s neglect and struggling life. When she accidentally kills
the new born puppies about to be sold, she’s taken to work and live in a
recycling factory as punishment. Maria will learn ways to survive and
accept this abandonment, using her fertile imagination...
Projekt Details
Script & Director: Laura Baumeister
D.o.P.: Teresa Kuhn
A coproduction of:
Filipa Film (Nicaragua)MartFilms (Mexico)
Halal Films (Netherlands)
Heimatfilm (Germany)
Promenades Film (France)
Festivals
Toronto IFF 2022 - Official Selection; World Premiere
San Sebastian FF 2022
Festival de Biarritz Amérique Latine 2022
Busan IFF 2022 - Flash Forward competition
FIFAM - Film Festival Amiens 2022 - in competition
Torino Film Festival 2022 - in competition
Cuorum Morelia 2022
La Habana IFF 2022 - First Feature Competition
Panama IFF 2022
Global Film Festival 2023 - in competition: first feature
Victoria Film Festival 2023 - in competition
Santa Barbara IFF 2023 - US premier; In Spain/Latinx Competition
Muestra de Cine Hecho por Mujeres 2023
Athena Film Festival 2023
Miami Film Festival 2023
Muestra de Cine Creada por Mujeres 2023
San Diego Latino Film Festival 2023
¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival 2023
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival 2023
Festival de Mons 2023
Internationaal Film Festival Assen 2023
Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) 2023 - in official selection
Cleveland IFF 2023 - In competition: New Direction
Movies that Matter 2023 - Take on power-selection
Stedenband Groningen-San Carlos
San Francisco Film Festival 2023
Chicago Latino Film Festival 2023
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2023 - in Emerging Filmmaker Competition
Off Camera IF of Independent Cinema 2023
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2023
ZLÍN Film Festival 2023
Cine Las Americas 2023
Transilvania International Film Festival 2023 - in competition
Munich IFF 2023 - Fritz Gerlich Prize (competitive)
Taipei Film Festival 2023 - Future Lights section
Galway Film Fleadh 2023 - in competition
Festival de Cine de Lima 2023 - in competition
Amman International Film Festival 2023
New York Latino Film Festival 2023
AFI Latin American Film Festival 2023
Biopic Fest 2023
Schlingel IFF 2023 - Youth Competition
DOC:CO 2023
Seattle Latino Film Festival 2023
Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine 2023 - in competition
Filmfest FrauenWelten 2023
Watershed Sundays 2023
Film festival cinescuela Bonn 2023
Latin American film show in Saarbrücken 2023
Miradas Medellín 2023
Ícaro Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica 2023 - competition for best Central America feature
this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival 2023
Spielboden 2023
Austrian Latin American Film Festival 2024
The Garden Cinema 2024
Images Film Festival for Women 2024
Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons 2024
Fundación Ixcanul 2024
Leipzig - the 14th Latin American Days 2024
Wesleyan University 2024
Awards
San Sebastian’s 8th Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum 2019 - Best Project Award
San Sebastian’s 8th Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum 2019 - Efads-Caaci Grant
San Sebastian’s 8th Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum 2019 - Artekino International Prize
Torino Film Lab Funds 2021 - TFL Audience Design Fund 2021
San Sebastian Work in Progress LATAM
Festival de Biarritz Amérique Latine 2022 - Prix du jury Biarrot, Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma
Torino Film Festival 2022 - Special Mention
Cuórum Morelia 2022 - Cuórum Morelia 2022 Award for Best film
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival 2023 - Best Film
Cleveland IFF 2023 - ReelWomenDirect Award
Cleveland IFF 2023 - Audience Award
San Francisco Film Festival 2023 - Cine Latino Jury Award
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2023 - Jury prize