Private Project

All the things I carry with me

Victor, a lonely and obsessive man, moves into an apartment in perfect condition. The first night a damp spot appears on the immaculate ceiling of his bedroom. At first dim and blurry, the stain grows until it dominates everything. Víctor knows exactly what he has to do with it, it is what he has done all his life: fight it.

  • Mana García
    Director
  • Gerardo Pranteda
    Writer
  • Paula Asprella
    Producer
  • Rafael Spregelburd
    Key Cast
    "Victor"
    Trenque Lauquen
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Todas las cosas que llevo conmigo
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Mana García

Mana García (Buenos Aires, 1980)
Director Editor and Post-producer. His short films "Metro" (2002) "Sur" (2003) and his visual essay "In God We Trust" (2004) have been selected at multiple festivals in Europe and have won awards in Rome, Escorto, Ingenio400 and Girona. Since 2006, he has been working developing and directing content for TV channels and platforms. In 2019, he premiered at BAFICI his first documentary feature film: “El canto del tiempo” (“The Songs of Time”) selected in more than 30 festivals around the world and awarded at festivals in Argentina, Spain and Brazil. As a film editor, he has edited documentary feature films for Argentina, Paraguay and Peru. In “All the things I carry with me” he returns to the fictional storytelling.

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Director Statement

"All the things I carry with me" is a psychological thriller that explores the darkest areas of the human mind. What would be the shape, texture and physical manifestation of a deep anguish that haunts us? This is the fundamental idea of ​​the project: Giving corporeal shape to a stain that is a metaphor for the demons that inhabit us. But how to combat something that is inside of us? The work on the point of view makes the audience feel in their own body the altered perception of reality and the growing despair of the protagonist. The staging presents a thick and dark story using framing, editing, photography and sound design to captivate the audience with a physical and sensory proposal. The plot unites in rigorous black and white, past and present as two extremes of the same conflict. This is a story of ambiguous behavior and uncomfortable silences, where the line that divides reality and nightmare is intentionally blurred. There is no way out if the monster is inside us.