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Vida and the chocolate cake

During the day, Vida and her mother share beautiful moments together. During the nights, all the happiness come back in the shape of scary nightmares.

  • Rodrigo Elizalde
    Director
  • Rodrigo Elizalde
    Writer
  • Alexia Milena Villaverde
    Producer
  • Agostina Toffalo
    Producer
  • Antonella Martínez
    Producer
  • Florencia Ordoqui
    Key Cast
    "Vida"
  • María Eugenia Rigon
    Key Cast
    "Mother"
  • Federico Motta
    Key Cast
    "The cake"
  • Carolina Díaz
    Key Cast
    "Voice of Hugo"
  • Agustín Giataganellis
    Co-Direction
  • Juan Sebastián Molano
    Director of photography
  • Lucas Pardeau
    Production designer
  • Chen Xi
    Film editor
  • Rafael Varela
    Original Music
  • Santiago Rossi
    Sound designer
  • Ignacio Schamun
    Sound designer
  • Ismael Mon
    Stop-Motion
  • El Delirio Cine
    Distributor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Vida y la torta de chocolate
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, Children
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 56ª Festival de Sitges
    Sitges
    Spain
    October 5, 2023
    European Premiere
    Official Selection (Sitges Family)
  • 24 º BARS - Festival Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    November 17, 2023
    National Premiere
    Winner Cine.ar Prize
  • Semana ¡VIVA EL CINE!
    San Isidro, Bs As
    Argentina
    September 11, 2023
    Audience Award
  • MADFA - Madrid Film Awards
    Madrid
    Spain
    April 28, 2023
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Valdivia Horror Film Fest
    Valdivia
    Chile
    April 19, 2023
    Latin America Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Kinolub Film Festival
    Katowice
    Poland
    June 1, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Bloody Hats Film Festival
    Stuttgart
    Germany
    June 9, 2023
    German Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Zabrinsky Festival Internacional de Cine
    Cundinamarca
    Colombia
    May 24, 2023
    Colombian Premier
    Official Selection
  • Festival de Cortos de la Región Salto Grande
    Concordia
    Argentina
    April 28, 2023
    National Premiere
    Official Selection
  • ISA - International Streaming Award
    Roma
    Italy
    June 1, 2023
    Official Selection
  • MonFilmFest
    Mombello Monferrato
    Italy
    July 7, 2023
    Official Selection
  • 4º Festival Infantil Tejiendo Cine
    Quito
    Ecuador
    July 21, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Gastro Film Fest
    Osijek
    Croatia
    July 15, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Social y Comunitario Salvaje 2023 (Cine como territorio)

    Colombia
    September 19, 2023
    Official Selection
  • XXII Festival Infantil y Juvenil Chulpicine
    Quito
    Ecuador
    July 22, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional De Cine Infantil Y Juvenil, Calibélula
    Santiago de Cali
    Colombia
    October 23, 2023
    Official Selection
  • 16º Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes "Corto Rodado"
    Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut
    Argentina
    September 28, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival
    Lombardy
    Italy
    September 12, 2023
    Official Selection
  • International Film Festival in Gornji Milanovac
    Gornji Milanovac
    Serbia
    September 26, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Vochocinema Festival Del Telol
    Campeche
    Mexico
    October 14, 2023
    Official Selection
  • 14º SUSTEFEST - Minutos de Terror 2023 - Festival Internacional de Cine de Suspenso, Terror y Sci-Fi
    Valle de Santiago
    Mexico
    November 11, 2023
    Official Selection
  • 2º Festival de Cine Merlo Sangriento
    Merlo, San Luis
    Argentina
    October 13, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Festival Tandil Cine
    Tandil, Bs As
    Argentina
    October 21, 2023
    Official Selection
  • "Espanto Festival Internacional Cine De Terror, Horror, Suspenso & Ciencia Ficción"
    Mineral de la Reforma, Pachuca de Soto
    Mexico
    October 25, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Festival de Cine Infantil Churumbela
    Ciudad de México
    Mexico
    December 3, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Bogocine 40 - Festival de Cine de Bogotá
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    November 15, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Apatzingán Festival Internacional de Cine
    Apatzingán, Michoacán
    Mexico
    February 29, 2024
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • El Delirio Cine
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
  • El Delirio Cine
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Rodrigo Elizalde

Rodrigo Elizalde is a director and producer of cinema, tv and advertising. He worked in diverse materials such as “MATEO´S WORLD” (Flow & TV Publica), “YOU’RE GONNA TRAVEL IN MY SIDE CAR” (TV publica´s serie), movies as “THE INEVITABLE”; “KILL THE DRAGON”, “PANASH”, and “THE HUNTER”, between others. In 2020 he directed and produced “PILI AND THE ENMASK GUARDIAN” (Paka Paka). He made more than 150 videoclips. These days, is working in content for the Disney + platform.

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Director Statement

Since I was little, fantasy and mystery stories have always motivated me and invited me to dream, especially if these adventures were carried out by children. I find inspiration in innocence, and at the level of imagination that a child achieves and the confidence with which they believe that anything is possible under the rules of their fantasy world. What interests me is to recover that hope and that ability to dream that we lose as we grow up.

Hugo is a fundamental part of that universe. This world that I built is traversed by the cinema of Hayao Miyazaki, in which the bad guys are not really the bad guys, but rather misunderstood, who with the help of a protagonist with a pure soul manage to find the right way. I also find inspiration in the work of Tim Burton, unique in its kind, he manages to combine the sweetest, most magical and dreamlike moments with that terrifying touch, so typical of the director.

Vida is a love letter to our childhood, to our fears, a nostalgia for that moment when a person faces the inevitable growth and independence of their parents, only to understand that from that moment on we will be the protector of another loved one, following the life cycle.