Private Project

Shertat and the Food

Shertat, a mischievous glutton, sees the opportunity to eat a lot and well when a shipment of food arrives at the camps. Among several complications, Shertat go through the distance to where the food is stored.

  • Alvar Vielsa
    Director
  • Julia Díaz
    Director
  • Julia Díaz
    Writer
  • Alvar Vielsa & Julia Díaz
    Producer
  • Miguel Muñoz de Morales
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Fausto Rodríguez
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 22, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    13,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Almagro
    Almagro
    Spain
    August 2, 2018
    Official Section
  • Festival de Cine Infancia y Adolescencia de Bogotá
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    September 8, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Cuenca
    Cuenca
    Spain
    September 8, 2018
    Sala Rothus
    Official Section
  • Lisbon Film Rendezvous
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    September 28, 2018
    Lisbon Art Center and Studios
    Official Section
Distribution Information
  • Alvar Vielsa
    Country: Spain
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Alvar Vielsa, Julia Díaz

ALVAR VIELSA. Film Production and Direction in Andalusian School of Cinematography, EACINE (Seville, Spain)
Interpretation in Caja Negra, and with Eugenio Barba, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba or Roberto Govín.
Professor of Dramatic Art in Musicaula Academy of Ciudad Real, specializing in musical theater.
Director of FECICAM Film Festival, Cinema Festival of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, from 2009 to the present.

He made numerous short films and documentaries with which he won several prizes, such as the Young Director in the III National Contest of Short Films of Bolaños, or the Best Short Film Award in the IX Short Festival of Ciudad Real.
Directs advertising and video clips.
He is a jury member of several Spanish festivals.
As a producer and theater director, he obtained the Young Artists Award of Castilla la Mancha in 2007.
In 2011, he is responsible for the production of the VII National Exhibition of Contemporary Dance and Theater and the Congress of the State Network of Alternative Theaters.
In 2016, with his work 'El Loco de Amor, Historia de Cardenio', which premiered in Almagro, in the National Museum of Theater, is part of the official program of the Fourth Centenary of the Death of Cervantes, of the Ministry of Culture.

JULIA DÍAZ
Drawing and Scenography, University of La Plata (Faculty of Arts and Audiovisual Media, Argentina) Diploma in Teaching.

She has more than two hundred publications as an illustrator
She stands out in Argentina, her work as an illustrator for the Centro Editor of Latin America, in an emblematic collection: "Los cuentos del chiribitil" in which she illustrated some of her most famous stories: "Nicolodo travels to the country of the kitchen", " That's how Nicolodo was born "," Teodo "," Cristina's birthday ", among others.
In 1981 he settled in Madrid and combines graphic and theatrical works with pedagogy.
In 1991 he moved to Barcelona where he continues with the same activities.
From 1997 to 1999 he collaborates with the "Cuidar cuidando" program at the Tobar García Children's Psychiatric Hospital (Argentina), where he works on creativity and motivation for children with mental disabilities.
It is a pioneer in Spain in activities to promote reading. With more than twenty years of experience in this field, he has presented his creations in Spain, Argentina and Mexico.
He has written and staged several shows and theatrical performances.
In 2015 he moved to Germany where he lived for one year and worked with children in children and collaborated in theater performances.
He is currently in Spain, is dedicated, in addition to teaching classes, to write and illustrate their own texts.

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Director Statement

It is the first time in history that the character of Shertat, of Saharawi oral literature, is represented in the cinema.