Ode to Ghosts

Synopsis

This short film is about the search of his mother ghost, who committed suicide in the house where he lives nowadays. The repeated failure leads to new encounters: an intruder cat, a rebel undergrouth, the revision of family records.

The past is restless, so are the ghosts. Finally, the search becomes an ode.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Year: 2024

Running Time: 17min

Country: Argentina

Director, edit, image and text: Facundo Rodriguez Alonso 

Producers: Mariano Corbacho and Facundo Rodriguez Alonso

Direct sound, mix and sound designer: Nuria Suaya

Graphic designer: Malena Sofía Lucero

Translator: Camila Jorge

Awards and Mentions

  • 39° Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara

  • 2°SYNCRO

  • Leiden Shorts (Netherlands)

  • 6° Mimesis Documentary Festival (USA)

  • 14° Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (USA)
  • 27° MIDBO (Colombia)

  • CINETEKTON (Mexico)

  • 6° Semana del Cine Latinoamericano

  • 6° BISFF (China)