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The Girl

A father who loses track of his little daughter, kidnapped and introduced into the child sex trafficking market, will do everything possible to find the kidnapper and reunite with her.

  • Lucas De Benedetti
    Director
  • Lucas De Benedetti
    Writer
  • Lucas De Benedetti
    Producer
  • Mateo Sánchez Luna
    Producer
  • Mariano Muente
    Key Cast
    "The father"
  • Pablo Mónaco
    Key Cast
    "Man in car"
  • Román Martin
    Key Cast
    "Man in bathtub"
  • Paloma Lorenzo
    Key Cast
    "The girl"
  • Mateo Sánchez Luna
    Director of photography
  • Micaela Ailín Blanco
    Production Designer
  • Martín Galimany
    Sound Designer
  • Liliana Nadal
    Film Editor
  • Pablo Sala
    Original Music
  • Leila Sucari
    Director Assistant
  • Iñaki Dodero
    Head of Production
  • Ignacio Levalle
    Camera Operator
  • Florencia Méndez
    Sound
  • Esperancita VFX
    VFX
  • El Delirio Cine
    Distributor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Niña
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Drama
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Astillero
    Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    February 16, 2024
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 3º Festival de Cine del Fin del Mundo
    Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
    Argentina
    April 18, 2024
    Patagonian Premiere
    Honorable Jury Mention
  • Festival Internacional De Cine De Terror De Valdivia
    Valdivia
    Chile
    May 8, 2024
    Chilean Premiere
    Official Selection
  • FerFILM Festival 12th Edition
    Ferizaj
    Kosovo
    May 2, 2024
    European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 2do Festival a la Gorra - Cortos Emergencia
    Pergamino
    Argentina
    June 2, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Ciclo de Cortos · Espacio Belgrano
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    July 24, 2024
    Official Selection
  • 3º FAP · Festival Audiovisual de Pila
    Pila, Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    August 22, 2024
    Official Selection
  • 1º Street Movies Festival
    Belgrado
    Serbia
    September 18, 2024
    Serbian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 1º Festival Encuadre
    Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    September 19, 2024
    Official Selection
  • 19° Festival de Cine Inusual de Buenos Aires
    Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    October 17, 2024
    Official Selection
  • 5º Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Cine Mundo 2024
    Gral. Fernández Oro, Río Negro
    Argentina
    November 9, 2024
    Official Selection
  • 2º Kampala Slum Mobile Cinema Outreach
    Kampala
    Uganda
    November 1, 2024
    Official Selection
  • MARFEST · Festival Internacional de Cine de La Matanza
    La Matanza, Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    November 15, 2024
    Official Selection
  • 4º COLIFFE – Coliseum International Film Festival
    Roma
    Italy
    December 5, 2024
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 15º Festival de Cine Visión Ribereña
    Villa Constitución, Santa Fe
    Argentina
    November 11, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Festival Cine Efervescente
    Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    November 15, 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 - Lucas De Benedetti

Lucas De Benedetti was born in Buenos Aires in 1984. He studied dramatic arts in Augusto Fernandes’ school and he graduated as Filmmaker at CIC (Centro Cinematográfico de Cine). With more than 14 years of experience in the industry, he developed over the years in the AD department and as a producer for advertising, series and movies. He’s writing the script for the first season of his series “Cree en mí”. La Niña (The Child) is his debut as director.

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Director Statement

Child trafficking is one of the most painful pending issues in society. Sexual abuse of children is something that happens around the world every day, but over time we have become complicit in our silence. “La Niña” seeks to make the viewer aware of what is happening and experience the psychological trauma that the victims and their families go through. For this, through our protagonist, we explore the limit between the pain and madness of a father who has lost a part of himself. A color palette will flow from pastels and bright colors highlighting idyllic moments and a much colder one highlighting the loneliness and emptiness experienced as we advance in the plot, as does the sound, the looped dialogues and the various frames.