Experiencing Interruptions?

First Communion

A communion is being celebrated, the first one indeed. While the adults chat, the children play. Like an iceberg, the story shakes the audience as it progresses and reveals what lies beneath the surface.

  • Leire Egaña
    Director
    Talka, Asfixia, Infestations, W for Bites, The Northern Line series
  • Leire Egaña
    Writer
    Asfixia, Infestations, W for Bites
  • Miren Mujika
    Producer
  • Laszlo
    Cinematographer
  • Mikel Pintado
    Sound
  • Leire Egaña
    Editor
  • Christian Truppster
    Art Director
  • Blanca Urbizu
    Key Cast
  • Celia Urbizu
    Key Cast
  • Danel Murua
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    LEHEN JAUNARTZEA (Primera comunión)
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    short film, drama, fiction, family, children, religion
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Basque, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Donosskino
    Donostia
    Spain
    October 4, 2018
  • Zinemakumeak gara!
    Bilbao
    Spain
    October 20, 2018
Director Biography - Leire Egaña

Leire Egaña was born in Oñati (Gipuzkoa) in 1988. She studied a BA in Law and Political Sciences at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid before embracing a film career. In 2012 she travelled to London to take the MA in Filmmaking at the London Film School. From that moment on, she has written, produced, directed and edited short films of different nature, as well as a web series.
Nowadays, she develops her work in Donostia (Spain).

+info: leireegana.com

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Director Statement

My intention with this short film is to shake the audience and make them question what’s happening.