Your Kid
Short film | 16′ | 2022 | Spain – France – USA
Catalogue
“El Yiyo, a gypsy flamenco dancer, leaves San Roque for Los Angeles in a visual poem about alienation and the yearning for connection between father and son.”
Short film | 16′ | 2022 | Spain – France – USA
Director: Sergi Castellà
Production Companies: POEM, AGOSTO TV, CAVIAR
Starring: El Yiyo
Original Music: El Niño de Elche
Available in FILMIN
Synopsis
“Tu Niño” is a love letter from a son yearning to connect with his distant father. It follows the journey of gypsy flamenco dancer, El Niño, who left his conservative community in Spain to immerse himself in the city of Los Angeles. Unsure of what he is searching for he loses himself to the underworld of a decaying society. A visual poem set to the rhythm of his “taconeo” that explores the individualism and alienation that comes when one leaves home. Staring up at the same moon as his father, from different perspectives, he now tries to communicate his loneliness reflecting on his origins with resurrected longing.
Festivals
- Odense International Short Film Festival (Denmark, 2023)
- Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival (Japan, 2023)
- New York INDIE Shorts Awars, Foreign Shorts Competition (USA, 2023)
- FILMETS, Badalona (Spain, 2022)
- Dumbo Film Festival (USA, 2022)
- Newport Beach Short Film Festival, Best Short Narrative (USA2023)
- CANNES INDIE SHORTS AWARDS 2022 – Best Experimental short, Best first time filmmaker short, Best Cinematograph, Best Original Score
- Dublin World Film Festival – Best first time filmmaker short, Best dance short film (Ireland, 2022)
- VENEZIA Shorts Italy, Foreign Shorts Competition (Italy, 2022)
- Berlin Shorts Award, Best Intl. short Film, Best first time short filmmaker (Germany, 2022)
- Palm Springs International Film Awards, Best Narrative short (Usa, 2022)
- Dubai Independent Film Festival, Best Experimental Short (2022)
Awards
- “Best Production” FILMETS Festival, Badalona Spain (2022)
- “Best Short Film Experimental”, New Filmmakers New Orleans (USA 2023)
- “Best Narrative short” Palm Springs International Film Awards (USA 2022)
- “Best Experimental Short” Dubai Independent Film Festival (2022)
- “Best first time filmmaker short” “Best dance short film”, Hong Kong Indie Film Festival (Hong Kong 022)
- “Best Experimental Shorts”, Phoenix Shorts Festival (USA 2022)
- “Best first time filmmaker short” “Best Foreign Language Short” “Best Experimental Shorts” – HOLLYWOOD ShortFest (USA 2022)
