The Blue Child
Sira, the eight year old daughter of a shellfish poacher from the Coast of Death, runs away from school and shelters on a lonesome beach, as she's looking for her father. There she has a mysterious encounter with someone who seems to be a mirror image of herself.
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Sandra SánchezDirectorBehind the lights
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Sandra SánchezWriterBehind the lights
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Ángeles HuertaWriterForget no river
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Sandra SánchezProducerBehind the lights
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Carla DíazKey Cast
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Lucía GonzálezKey Cast
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Sergio ZearretaKey Cast
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Lucía Catoira PanDOPMatria, Trote, Dhogs
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Nico CasalMusicSttuterer, La enfermedad del domingo, María y los demás
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Project Title (Original Language):A Nena Azul
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, Fantastic
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Runtime:24 minutes 57 seconds
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Completion Date:October 1, 2018
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Country of Origin:Spain
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Country of Filming:Spain
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Language:Galician
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:2,35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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5th Minikino Film Week 2019Denpasar, Bali
Indonesia
October 6, 2019
Indonesia Premiere
Semifinalist -
17th In the Palace Short Film FestivalVarna
Bulgaria
September 20, 2019
Bulgarian Premiere
Official Selection -
73rd Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival 2019Edinburgh
United Kingdom
June 25, 2019
United Kingdom Premiere -
10th ONE Country ONE Film 2019Issoire and Apchat
France
June 22, 2019
French Premiere
Official Selection -
17th Mestre Mateo Awards, by Academia Galega do AudiovisualA Coruña
Spain
March 2, 2019
Winner Best Short Film -
6th Premios Pávez. Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes de Talavera de la ReinaTalavera de la Reina, Madrid
Spain
June 17, 2019
Winner Best Photography and Best Sound -
I Luisa Villalta Award of Cultural Projects for Equality. WinnerA Coruña Provincial County
Spain
I Luisa Villalta Award of Cultural Projects for Equality. Winner -
19th Izmir Kisa International Film FestivalIzmir
Turkey
November 3, 2018
Turkish Premiere
Official Selection -
3th Vía XIV Festival Internacional de Curtas de VerínVerín, Ourense
Spain
December 3, 2018
Official Selection -
16th edition Festival de CansCans, Porriño
Spain
May 24, 2019
Official Selection -
8th Festival Primavera do CineVigo
Spain
May 4, 2019
Official Selection -
10th FKM Festival de Cinema Fantástico da CoruñaA Coruña
Spain
October 20, 2018 -
15th Curtocircuito International Film FestivalSantiago de Compostela
Spain
October 1, 2018
Spanish Premiere
Special Mention of the Jury Planeta GZ, CREA Award for Best Director
Sandra Sanchez has an extensive career as editor and director.
After directing several documentaries and TV series, in 2011 she premiered her first feature film, Tralas Luces (Behind the lights), a very personal project in which she worked for four years, and where she assumed the direction, scriptwritting, editing and DOP. It was premiered in the San Sebastian Film Festival (Zabaltegi New Directors) and it was also released in cinemas that year all across the country.
She has edited films such as Esquece Monelos (Forget no river), by Ángeles Huerta, Migas de pan (Breadcrumbs), by Manane Rodríguez, or Rafael, de Xavier Bermúdez, among others. Currently works in the Audiovisual Production Lab of A Coruña’s Science Museums, and she’s also writing the script of her next feature film, La Nadadora (The swimmer), a project closely related to A nena azul (The Blue Child). Both films have actually the same main character, a girl called Sira (an eight year old child in the short film and a fifteen year old teenager in the feature)