SAVE

Dawns . A baby breaks the silence .

"54 International Awards. More than 300 official selections."

  • Iván Sáinz-Pardo
    Director
  • Iván Sáinz-Pardo
    Writer
  • Iván Sáinz-Pardo
    Producer
  • JOSEPHINE EHLERT, ROLAND VON KUMMANT, MIA VON KUMMANT
    Key Cast
  • Philipp Fabian Kölmel
    Music
  • Iván Sáinz-Pardo
    Cut
  • Iván Sáinz-Pardo
    DOP
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    SAVE
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, horror, terror, thriller
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 13, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    100 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany, Spain
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Notodofilmfest 2016
    Madrid
    Spain
    May 8, 2016
    Spain
    Best Director Award, Distribution Award
  • TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
  • Winchester Short Film Festival
    Winchester
    United States
  • Short In-Fest
    Mallorca
    Spain
  • Ibizacinefest
    Ibiza
    Spain
  • Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival (2016)

    United States
    Award of recognition
  • The Black Sea Film Festival
    Vama Veche
    Romania
  • Tmff - The Monthly Film Festival Glasgow
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    FINALIST and 2 nominees BEST FILM and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • Bienal Internacional De Video Y Cine ContemporÁneo Videofest
    Bueno Aires
    Argentina
  • Direct Short Online Film Festival

    United States
    WINNER OF THE MONTH
  • "audience Awards" Horror Shorts Film Festival

    United States
  • Rivne International Film Festival "dream City"

    Ukraine
  • Sweet As Film Festival (2016)

    Canada
  • Puerto Madero International Film Festival (2016)

    Argentina
    NOMINATION as BEST FILM
  • Ichill Manila Film Festival (2016)
    Manila
  • Los Angeles Cinefest 2016
    Los Angeles
    United States
    NOMINATION as BEST FILM
  • Splat!filmfest - Horror Film Festival

    Poland
  • Dsoffest Direct Short Online Film Festival
  • Fancine De Lemos
    Lemos
    Spain
  • The Rolling Reels Short Film Festival (rrff)

    India
  • Dmoff Direct Monthly Online Film Festival (2016)
  • Sommer Shorts (2016)
    Cologne
    Germany
  • Stonefair International Film Festival

    Romania
  • International Short Film Festival Kalmthout

    Belgium
    FINALIST
  • Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest (2016)

    Romania
  • Fic Gáldar 2016

    Spain
  • The Black Sea Film Festival (2016)

    Romania
  • Feel The Reel International Film Festival

    United Kingdom
    NOMINEE as BEST SCREENPLAY
  • Arte Non Stop Festival Ba2016 / Festival Internacional De Cine Y Arte

    Argentina
  • The Ouchy Film Awards (ofa)
    Lausanne
    Switzerland
    BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
  • Montreal Requiem FearFest 2016
    Montreal
    Canada
  • Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest 2016
    San Juan
    Puerto Rico
  • Oaxaca FilmFest 2016
    Oaxaca
    Mexico
  • Tenebra Film Fest

    Mexico
  • YES! Let's Make a movie Film Festival 2016
    Quebec
    Canada
  • INDIE WISE Virtual Film Festival
  • 7th MikroFAF Serbia

    Serbia
  • Festival Internacional de Experimentación CINETORO 2016

    Colombia
  • Upstate NY Horror Film Fest
    New York
    United States
  • MAC UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL

    Brazil
  • Rewind Horror Festival in Villanova del Camí
    Villanova del Camí
    Spain
  • First Friday Film Festival
    Kansas City
    United States
  • MORBIDO FILM FEST

    Mexico
  • LeglessCorpse Film Festival
    Alabama
    United States
  • International Independent Film Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    SILVER WINNER Best Narrative Short
  • Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival 2016
    Dublin
    Ireland
  • Great Lakes International Film Festival, USA

    United States
  • Sydney World Film Festival 2016
    Sidney
    Australia
  • Berlin International Cinefest
    Berlin
    Germany
  • Russian International Horror Film Awards 2016

    Russian Federation
  • Things 2 Fear Film Fest
    Winchester
    United States
    WINNER as BEST LEAD (Josephine Ehlert and Roland von Kummant)
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Navarra Horror Online Art

    Spain
  • La Mano, Festival de Cine Fantástico de Alcobendas
    Madrid
    Spain
  • SHORT to the Point Film Fest

    Romania
    BEST SCREENPLAY
  • CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI International Film Festival

    India
  • New York Short Film Wednesdays @ FREDDY'S
    New York
    United States
  • Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de San Sebastián
    San Sebastian
    Spain
  • Frostbiter: Icelandic Horror Film Festival

    Iceland
  • Muestra Audiovisual CINESINÚ

    Colombia
  • Woodengate International Film Festival

    Romania
    SPECIAL MENTION AWARD
  • TERROR CÓRDOBA Festival de Cine de Terror y Fantástico

    Argentina
  • Big Fandom Film Festival 2016
    Greenville
    United States
  • FESTIVAL DE CINE DE TERROR DE MOLINS DE REI
    Molins de Rei
    Spain
  • Annual ITSA Film Festival in Sonora
    California
    United States
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico de Torremolinos
    Torremolinos
    Spain
  • Festival Ventana Oscura. Semana Gótica de Madrid
    Madrid
    Spain
  • SOGO Southern Gothicon
    El Dorado
    United States
  • SHORT TO THE POINT Awards

    Romania
  • Golden Gate International Film Festival (GGIFF)

    United States
  • Morce-GO Goiás Horror Film Festival

    United States
  • Freshflix Spring 2016
    Sydney
    Australia
  • SHORT OF THE YEAR 2016 Promofest

    Spain
  • Miami FearFest
    Miami
    United States
    2º Place Best Suspense
  • Cortogenia XVII Festival de estrenos de cortometrajes 2016
    Madrid
    Spain
  • Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Vila-seca
    Vila-seca
    Spain
  • Audience Awards 2016 Horror Short Film Festival
    Broadway
    United States
  • POST MORTEM INTERNATIONAL HORROR AND BIZARRE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
    Aguascalientes
    Mexico
  • Hrizantema - Horror & Fantasy Film Festival 2016
  • I Filmmaker International Film Festival 2016
    Marbellla
    Spain
  • Annual ITSA Film festival 2016
    Califotnia
    United States
    NOMINATION "SCARY REEL"
  • I Filmmaker International Film Festival
    Marbella
    Spain
  • Taupo Halloween Film Festival

    United States
  • Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition
    California
    United States
  • Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei
    Molins de Rei
    Spain
  • Festival de Cine de Zaragoza (FCZ) 2016
    Zaragoza
    Spain
  • New York Short Film Tuesdays 2016, USA
    New York
    United States
  • Diablo Valley College's Spooky Film Festival

    United States
  • Horror Film & Screenplay Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
  • ShortPole London IFF
    Londres
    United Kingdom
  • Elche Fantastic Film Festival - FANTA ELX
    Elche
    Spain
  • Almaty Indie Film Fest

    Kazakhstan
  • WILDsound FEEDBACK TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
    Toronto
    Canada
  • 4rd ShortCup world film festival
  • Festival de Cortos de Las Ranetas
    Teruel
    Spain
  • Top Indie Film Awards

    United States
    WINNER BEST SHORT AWARD
  • Festival Internacional de Medio Ambiente LANGAIA
    Lanzarote
    Spain
  • GRAND OFF - WORLD INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

    Poland
  • The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards

    NOMINATION
Director Biography - Iván Sáinz-Pardo

Iván Sáinz-Pardo (Madrid, 1972) is licensed in direction of cinema and television by the prestigious School of Cinema of Munich (HFF MÜNCHEN).
With only a handful of shorts and more than 500 prizes in film festivals of the whole world, he has monopolized the attention and the international recognition of the public and the critique.
He has got a prenomination to the Academy Awards (Oscar), one nomination to the "Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis" (German Oscar) for "Schneckentraum" and the prize for the best European short with "Simones Labyrinth" in the International Festival of Fantastic Cinema of Brussels. It won also the "Shocking Shorts Awards " as best short in Germany and Sainz-Pardo was invited to make a Film Master in Universal Studios in Los Angeles.
Recently works as Content Manager of Stock Footage in Framepool, works as filmmaker and prepares his first feature film debut.

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-2020 FACES 8 min. Drama. Spain
-2019 THE HEAD (TV Serie Mediapro Studio) Second Unit Director
-2019 SAVE 2.0 7 min. Horror Germany/Spain (11 International Award)
-2018 TONO MENOR (Minor Key) 11 min. Spain (36 International Awards)
-2018 BROCCOLI 3:30 min Germany/ Spain (17 International Awards)
-2017 AINHOA 19 min. Spain (161 International Awards)
-2016 FUERA DE SERVICIO (Out of order) 6 min. Spain (3 International Awards)
-2016 DIE FREUNDIN (La amiga) 3:30 min Germany/Spain (8 International Awards)
-2016 SAVE 3:48 min Germany/Spain (112 International Awards)
-2015 TRIO "JANE'S MUSIC OF LIFE" 15 min Germany/Spain
-2010 LA MIRADA CIRCULAR 12 min Spain (7 International Awards)
-2009 LA BELLA Y EL ASESINO (TV Pro7) Serie Teaser 11 min Germany
-2008 LA MAREA 11 min Spain (16 International Awards)
-2006 EL ULTIMO VIAJE DEL ALMIRANTE 20 min. Spain (14 International Awards)
-2005 ENTRE NOSOTROS (Co-writer)
-2003 SIMONES LABYRINTH (El Laberinto de Simone) 15 min Germany/Spain (64 International Awards)
-2001 SCHNECKENTRAUM (El Sueño del Caracol) 15 min Germany/Spain (46 International Awards)
-1998 DESCANSE EN PAZ 9 min Spain (9 International Awards)