April 28th – May 8th, 2022

La forastera

Valeria Stucki

Un impulso colectivo - Curts Spain, Switzerland 15 min World premiere Fiction
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Synopsis

In an atmosphere of a summery siesta, a novel foreign architect encounters the female neighbours of a Spanish working-class district that is about to be demolished. A daytime fable of ghosts from another time.

SESSIONS

30/04/2021 – 18:00H – ZUMZEIG
07/05/2021 – 18:00H – AUDITORI CCCB
This short film is part of the session Un Impulso Colectivo Shorts: The Day of Today.

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Short FilmFemale DirectorDocumentarySocial Issues

Director

Valeria Stucki

She graduated in Film Directing from the Haute École d’Art et de Design in Geneva (HEAD) in 2009 and since then has started working as an independent filmmaker and video artist for theater and dance productions. She is currently developing her first feature documentary, Zimmerwald.

Filmography: La forastera (curt, 2020), Simulantinnen (curt, 2016), Kosovo Dreams (migmetratge, 2013), Die Zurückgebliebenen (curt, 2010), Die Gastlosen (curt, 2008)

Valeria Stucki

Film information

Int. title: The stranger
Address: Valeria Stucki
Script: Valeria Stucki, Valérie Poirier
Contact: Valeria Stucki
With: Viola von Scarpatetti, Lucía Jaén, Angelina Comas, María Antich, Dolores Valero, Rocío Muñoz, Anna Sufrategui
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Year: 2020
Format: Digital
Length: 15 min
Language: Spanish, German
Subtitles: Spanish

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La forastera

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