Anita is a single mother who emigrated from Venezuela to Argentina. In order to support herself and her son, she works as an illegal immigrant in a small supermarket in Buenos Aires. One day, her boss threatens to suspend her from work. The officer in the migration office has kept an eye on Anita already for some time. However, until now he has not been successful. Finally, he sees his great opportunity.

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Festivals (selection):

 

Izmir International Short Film Festival 2019, Izmir, Turkey

Sydney Latin American Film Festival 2019, Sydney, Australia

Entretodos - Festival De Curtas De Direitos Humanos 2019, São Paulo, Brazil

Munich International Festival of Film Schools 2019, Munich, Germany

Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-la Mancha 2019, Toledo, Spain

Fecineu Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente De Neuquén 2019, Neuquén, Argentina

Cortos de Vista - Festival internacional de cortometrajes universitarios, Chiclayo, Peru

Abuja International Film Festival 2019, Abuja, Nigeria

Festival de Cine Latinoamericano 2019, Punta del Este, Uruguay

​Festival de Cine de Chascomús 2019, Chascomús, Argentina

Festival Internacional De Cine De La Siberia, 2019, La Siberia, Spain

Festival de Cine y Vídeo Kayche Tejidos Visuales, 2019, Merida, Mexico

La Muestra De Cine Independiente De Jalisco, 2019, Guadalajara, Mexico

Social Film Festival Artelesia, 2019, Benevento, Italy 

Festival Internacional de Cine de Fusagasugá, 2019, Fusagasugá, Colombia

International Short Film Festival Hacelo Corto, 2020, Saladillo, Argentina

Cap Spartel Film Festival, 2020, Tanger, Morocco

Chennai International Short Film Festival, 2020, Chennai, India

Mufest - Festival de Cine Feito por Mulleres, 2020, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Festival de Cine de Alicante, 2020, Alicante, Spain

Vox Feminae, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia

Festival De Cine Entre Largos Y Cortos Oriente, 2020, Anzoátegui, Venezuela

Festival Internacional de Cine de Cúcuta, 2020, Cúcuta, Columbia

Almaty Indie Film Fest, 2020, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Lublin Film Festival, 2020, Lublin, Poland

Festival Ecuatoriano de Cine Atuk, 2020, Quito, Ecuador

GlobalGirl Media Film Festival, 2021, United Kingdom

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Starring: Natalia Morales Herrera, Juan Manuel López Baio, Kiyomi Gaillardou

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Writer & Director: Mariella Santibáñez
Producer: Nitzan Levinson

Cinematographer: Blas Lafontaine
Editor: Sofía Angelina Machado
Production Designer: Victoria Codaro

 

Production company: Universidad del Cine Buenos Aires, University of Television and Film Munich

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English Title: The procedure

Production: AR/DE 2019

Runtime: 12 minutes

Genre: Drama

Format: DCP | 16:9 | 5.1 | 25p

Language: Spanish OV with English or German subtitles

World Sales: Ama shorts