Nayan

Nayan

Carla Andrade

Un impulso colectivo - Curts Spain 23 min Catalan premiere Non-Fiction

Synopsis

Nayan is based on the diary of a shipwreck-like journey. What begins as a search for the experience of emptiness in the Nepalese Himalayas, unpredictably culminates in its antipodes, in the Chilean Atacama Desert, where emptiness occupies everything, immersing us in a new beginning.

Themes

Spanish CinemaShort FilmFemale DirectorDocumental

Filmmaker

Carla Andrade

She has a Degree in Audiovisual Communication and Philosophy, as well as a Master in Artists’ Film and Moving Image at Goldsmiths University of London. She has shown her work in renowned contemporary art venues such as Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, Le 104 Paris, CaixaForum Barcelona, or Tabacalera Madrid, and in prestigious photography and film festivals such as PhotoEspaña, Mois de la Photo (Paris) or Encontros da imagem (Portugal), and Rotterdam, Zinebi or PortoPostDoc film festivals.

Filmography: Nayan (short film, 2025, D'A 2025), Atlantic Yellow (short film, 2022), No River Protects Me From Myself (short film, 2021), The Landscape is Empty and Emptiness is Landscape (short film, 2017), Listen to Me (short film, 2016), Bocanoite (short film, 2013)

Carla Andrade

Film information

Director: Carla Andrade
Script: Carla Andrade
Production: Testaferro Films, Paraíso perdido films
Distribution: Marvin & Wayne
Country: Spain
Year: 2024
Format: DCP
Length: 23 min
Language: English, Galician, Hindi, Nepali, Quechua, Spanish
Subtitles: Spanish
Edition: 2025

Awards and festivals

AGUILAR DE CAMPOO FILM FESTIVAL
Best Spanish Short Film
Best Male Performance

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