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Elis is a young girl who works in a tea salon with her mother, Ada. Ada forces Elis to drink an strange juice. While struggling to find her true self, the conflict with her mother detonates.

Genre: Drama, Thriler

  • Ernesto Redondo Vergara
    Director
    The Swap
  • Grete Konksi
    Key Cast
    "Elis"
  • Helena Merzin-Tamm
    Key Cast
    "Ada"
  • Tanel Saar
    Key Cast
    "Tob"
  • Elina Reinold
    Key Cast
    "Nela"
  • Denis Poljakov
    Key Cast
    "ClientMr. Mo"
  • Katia Weber Piscitelli
    Key Cast
    "Client Ms. Patricia"
  • Pirte Laura Lember
    Key Cast
    "Killed girl"
  • Ernesto Redondo Vergara
    Writer
  • Risto Pirnpuu
    Producer
  • Julia Vergara Tome (Executive)
    Producer
  • Baltic Film School (Executive)
    Producer
  • Koit Romet Halman
    Director of Photography
  • Clelia Borget
    Sound Design
  • Lauri Niemela
    AD
  • Ernesto Redondo Vergara
    Production Design
  • Elsa Levo
    Makeup
  • Kevin Mcleod
    Music
  • Ernesto Redondo Vergara
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Thriller
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    4,900 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Estonia
  • Country of Filming:
    Estonia
  • Language:
    Estonian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35 1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Baltic Film School (BFM)
  • Macau International Short Film Festival 2021
    Macao
    Macao
    December 4, 2021
    Best Photography award
  • Madriff
    Madrid
    Spain
    December 24, 2021
  • Weekend Horror Awards
    Alicante
    Spain
    December 17, 2021
  • Faludi International Film Festival And Photo Competition
    Budapest
    Hungary
    November 19, 2021
  • BJX
    Bajio
    Mexico
    November 17, 2021
  • Mysticon Independent Film Festival
    Roanoke
    United States
    February 25, 2022
  • Golden Baklava
    Gaziantep
    Turkey
    May 10, 2022
    Audience Special award
  • Gbeck Future Film Festival
    Quebec
    Canada
    May 6, 2022
    Nominated
  • Lanzarote International Film Festival FICL
    Lanzarote
    Spain
    June 15, 2022
Director Biography - Ernesto Redondo Vergara

Ernesto is an Spanish resident in Estonia. He is a graduated in Cinema BA at Baltic Film School in Tallinn. Previously he has approached to audiovisual art by studying production design in ECAM, Spain, and cinema editing in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba.

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Director Statement

I wanted to present a very human topic of how the over-protection in parentship can damage the growth and stability of a person. Framing the conflict in that "special" environment I could play with the extremes and concentrate in the depth with the characters that walk in a very thin line in order to maintain their particular everyday stability.

With the help of the DoP and Sound designer, we worked in the evolving mood that surrounds the scenes. Also I wanted to concentrate all the attention in what the main character sees, in order to give the viewer the feeling of oppression that Elis feels during the film.