CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY
© deFilm 2025
Synopsis
Mailin tells her daughter a bedtime story, a metaphor unfolding as the protagonist searches to recover the memory of her past. Through a collage of archives and animated compositions, the story emerges of a girl who, for more than 15 years, suffered the abuses of a priest that the justice system in Argentina has just set free.
Project details
- Production country: ARGENTINA | ROMANIA | FRANCE
- Produced by HANA FILMS | deFilm | IKKI FILMS
- Sales agent: THE PARTY FILM SALES
- With the support of ROMANIAN FILM CENTER | IDFA BERTHA FUND CLASSIC FOR PRODUCTION | METROPOLITAN FUND OF ARTS BA | VISIONS DU RÉEL INDUSTRY AWARD | INMAAT FOUNDATION | SCAM – BROUILLON D’UN RÊVE DOCUMENTAIRE WRITING GRANT | 2|35 POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY AWARD | SACEM | GUADALAJARA FILM FESTIVAL INDUSTRY AWARD | AIDE AU CODÉVELOPPEMENT INTERNATIONAL | CNC – AIDE AUX CINÉMAS DU MONDE
- Original language: Spanish
- Shooting locations: Argentina
- Shooting: 2023-2024
- Released: 2025
Credits
- Director and writer: MARÍA SILVIA ESTEVE
- Producer: MARÍA SILVIA ESTEVE | RADU STANCU | CRISTINA HANEȘ | ALEJANDRA LOPEZ | ESTEBAN CUENCA
WORKSHOPS
- Agora Docs in Progress (Thessaloniki, Greece) | 2024
- GuadaLAjara Film Festival Industry Award (L.A., USA) | 2024
- Visions du Réel Industry (Nyon, Switzerland) | 2022
- IDFA Project Space (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | 2021
- IDFA Summer School (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | 2019
- Biennale of Young Art (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | 2019
- IDFAcademy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | 2018
- Gender Lab MICGénero (DF, Mexico) | 2018
AWARDS
- GuadaLAjara Film Festival Industry Award | 2024
- The Party Film Sales Award to the project with the highest international potential | VISIONS DU RÉEL INDUSTRY | 2022
- TËNK Post-Production Award | VISIONS DU RÉEL INDUSTRY | 2022
FESTIVALS
- IDFA (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | 2025
María Silvia Esteve’s first feature documentary film “SILVIA” was selected at IDFA in 2018. Her last two short films received accolades such as Pardino d’Oro Award at Locarno IFF in 2021 for “CRIATURA”, and a world premiere at 2022 Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs for “THE SPIRAL”. In 2024-2025, her video installation “CORTEX” was exhibited at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris, a landmark institution for contemporary photographic art.
© HANA FILMS (AR) | deFilm (RO) | IKKI FILMS (FR), 2025