White Rose

Niccolò Balistreri, originally from Argentina, and Gonzalo Rodríguez-Berzosa, from Tres Cantos, are emerging filmmakers with a bold vision of genre cinema, specializing in exploring violence and the human psyche from a profound psychological perspective. Their work is characterized by the creation of dense and evocative atmospheres, where every visual and auditory element contributes to immersing the viewer in a world where the familiar becomes unsettling and the everyday, threatening.

Their approach to directing actors seeks to capture the emotional complexity of the characters, emphasizing subtle gestures, silences charged with tension, and internal conflicts that reflect the fragility and darkness of the human condition. Influenced by the likes of suspense and psychological horror, as well as by filmmakers who explore structural and domestic violence, Balistreri and Rodríguez-Berzosa construct stories that combine suspense, horror, and social commentary, with an obsessive attention to aesthetics and narrative.

In their projects, trauma, memory, and psychological manipulation are narrative drivers that not only generate tension and terror but also explore how identity and relationships are shaped by oppression, fear, and family conflict. Their films challenge the viewer to look beyond the surface, to confront the invisible violence, and to feel part of the emotional conflict that runs through each story, placing the viewer at the heart of the dramatic tension.