Private Project

Pieces of Me

A young woman confronts the different roles that life gave her, as she tries to silence the voices of her past.

  • Cristian García Zelada
    Director
    One-to-one, Imperfect, Claustrophobia
  • Cristian García Zelada
    Writer
    One-to-one, Imperfect, Claustrophobia
  • Cristian García Zelada
    Producer
    One-to-one, Imperfect, Claustrophobia
  • Sebastián Cáceres Olivos
    Producer
  • Gretta Marston
    Key Cast
    "Lucía"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Dividida
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 13, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    915 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Peru
  • Country of Filming:
    Peru
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Cristian García Zelada

Cristian García Zelada was born on July 11, 1992 in Trujillo, Peru. He is a director, writer, cinematographer and producer known for One-to-one (2018), Claustrofobia (2020) and Imparfecto (2019).

He is the founder and director of BienAventurados Films, a Peruvian film company focused on sharing values through film.

In 2018, he won Il Pesce d'Argento, the award for the International Catholic Film Festival Mirabile Dictu, held under the patronage of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Since then, he has written and directed more than 10 short films and has been part of the Official Selection in more than 50 Film Festivals all over the world, receiving more than 15 international awards. Among the awards he has received, some highlights are Best Film on Disability on Woodpecker International Film Festival for his short film Imparfecto (2019), Best Screenplay on Festival Latinoamericano Cine Valor for his short film Mariana (2018) and Quarterfinalist on the ScreenCraft Feature Competition for his screenplay “Aftermath” (2023).

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Director Statement

I wrote "Pieces of Me" after my goddaughter had an adverse reaction to a wrongfully prescribed medicine. One day she woke up and she had become a completely different person. At times, she was full of energy and lacked any type of self-consciousness; minutes later, she would remain silent. She questioned everything and, at the same time, she was sure of everything.

It took more than three months for her body to get rid of that medicine and its side effects.

When she was back to her old self, I asked her if she could fully remember how she felt during those months. She replied something along the lines of "It was like having a constant discussion in my head. Like I wasn’t me anymore, but just some pieces of myself”.

She had a painfully enhanced experience of the inner discussion that we all have inside ourselves. I felt her pain, but I also felt my own.

I was just months away from getting married and as I tried to juggle the roles of a son and brother with my new role as a husband, I wrote “Pieces of Me”.

And of course, since the film was about discussing with oneself, I decided all the characters had to be portrayed by the same actress, so that after filming we had to take all the pieces of Gretta Marston (“Lucía”) talking by herself and turn them into a cohesive narrative by the mere power of editing.