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Short Film Competition · 45th Edition

Our Own Shadow

Nuestra sombra

Director

Agustina Sánchez Gavier

Country

Germany, Argentina

Language

Spanish

Synopsis

Somewhere in Argentina: as an eclipse of the sun is predicted and the surrounding forest continues to be devastated by logging, only a few women and a little boy are left to fend for themselves. When everything collapses, one clings to the slightest hint of vitality.

Cast

Marcia Majcher, Liliana Ojeda, Leon Kallsten, Ana Sedoff, Lorena Larrondo, Nino Barboza

Screenplay

Agustina Sánchez Gavier

Producers

Valerie-Malin Schmid

About the Director

Born in Argentina, Agustina Sánchez Gavier studied film at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany.Her graduation film Nuestra Sombra had its premiere at Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2024.Her previous works, such as Fuego Mudo, premiered at the Filmfest Dresden 2019, screened at La Mujer y el Cine Filmfest in MALBA Buenos Aires, The Bush Films in Brooklyn, New York, and at the Montreal Femi