- Manuel Abramovic
- filmmaker, artist
- Berlin - Buenos Aires
The Queen
Film, 2013, 19min
"Her crown is so heavy, they had to remove weight from it. She couldn’t carry it. It would fall off her head. But now she doesn’t want anything else to be done with it because she looks so pretty."
CREDITS
director MANUEL ABRAMOVICH
cinematographer MANUEL ABRAMOVICH and JUAN RENAU
line producer DANIELA RASCHCOVSKY
sound SOFÍA STRAFACE
editor IARA RODRIGUEZ VILARDEBÓ
color grading LUISA CAVANAGH
AWARDS
Grand Prix - Best Short Film / MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL 2014
1st Prize / DOCUMENTA MADRID 2014
1st Prize / FRIBOURG FILM FESTIVAL 2014
2nd Prize / BAFICI 2014
Best Documentary Short / LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Special Jury Mention "Child Protection Award" / ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL
1st Prize / UNCIPAR 2014
1st Prize / FICIC-COSQUIN 2014
1st Prize / Concurso FINI - Mexico 2014
Special Jury Mention / SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Special Jury Mention / GUANAJUATO FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Best Documentary Short / TABOR FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Best Documentary / MIRADA EN CORTOS - Entre Rios, 2014.
Best Documentary / MONTENEGRO FILM FESTIVAL 2014.
Best Documentary / FESTIVAL IMAGENES SOCIALES DE LA RIOJA 2014.
1er Premio / Concurso de Cortometrajes FNA 2014
Special Jury Mention / DOKUFEST KOSOVO 2014
Best Short Film / ESCOBAR DE PELÍCULA 2014
Best Documentary / TANDIL CORTOS 2014.
Best Documentary / Festival Latinoamericano de Rosario
Best Documentary (Jury Award) / Mirada Oeste, Godoy Cruz. 2014
Best Documentary (Press Award) / Mirada Oeste, Godoy Cruz. 2014
Best Documentary / FESAALP. 2014
Best Short Film / FESAALP. 2014.
Best Director / UNASUR CINE 2014.
Best Short Film / UNASUR CINE 2014.
Premio FEISAL / UNASUR CINE 2014.
Special Jury Mention, Best Sound / UNASUR CINE 2014.
Centaur Prize - Best Short Documentary Film / Message to Man FF 2014
Special Jury Mention / VILNIUS FILM SHORTS 2014
Best Documentary Short / HAMPTONS FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Best Film / EDOX 2014
Best Sound / Janela Internacional de Cinema de Recife
Special Jury Mention / MIRADAS DOC 2014
Best Documentary Short / ANTOFADOCS 2014
Best Documentary Short / Certamen de Cortos Soria 2014
Special Jury Mention / Festival de Cine de Martil / 2014
Mejor Corto Argentino 2014 / La noche del cortometraje INCAA
Premio INCAA TV / La noche del cortometraje INCAA / 2014
Best Short Film / Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2014
Best Short Film / Mooov Film Festival 2015
Jury Special Mention / Lakino Berlin 2015
Best Documentary / Festival de Cine en el Desierto 2015
Best Short Film / Festival de Cine Social de Concordia
Best Short Film / Nevada City Film Festival 2015
Best Documentary Short / Short Mexico 2015
Best Documentary / Automn in Voronet 2015
Mejor Documental / Festival de CIPOLLETTI 2015
Premio del Público / Festival de CIPOLLETTI 2015
Best Short Film / Festival IMAGO PARIS 2015
Prix LUSSAS / FILMER À TOUT PRIX 2015
Best Short Film / Perugia Social Film Festival 2015
Premio Internacional de Cortometrajes Universidad de Laguna 2015
SCREENINGS
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (EAU, October 2013)
IDFA (Netherlands, November 2013)
ZagrebDox (Croatia, February 2014)
FICG Guadalajara (Mexico, March 2014)
Fribourg International Film Festival (Switzerland, March 2014)
BAFICI (Argentina, April 2014)
IndieLisboa (Portugal, April 2014)
Uncipar (Villa Gesell, April 2014)
Documenta Madrid (Spain, May 2014)
Concurso FINI (México, May 2014)
FICIC, Cosquín, (Argentina, May 2014)
Cannes Film Festival, Short Film Corner - "Coups de Coeur- BaseCourts" (May 2014)
Seattle International Film Festival (USA, May 2014)
EDOC (Ecuador, May 2014)
Curt.Doc (Spain, June 2014)
Tenemos que ver (Uruguay, June 2014)
Tabor Film Festival (Croatia, June 2014)
Los Angeles Film Festival (USA, June 2014)
Sidney Film Festival (Australia, June 2014)
FIDOCS (Chile, June 2014)
Open City Docs Fest (UK, June 2014)
FEST - New Directors | New Films (Portugal, June 2014)
Karlovy Vary Film Festival (Czech Republic, July 2014)
Kratkofil Plus (Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 2014)
Guanajuato Film Festival (Mexico, July 2014)
Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia, July 2014)
Montenegro Film Festival (Serbia, August 2014)
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Hayah (Panama, August 2014)
Mirada en Cortos (Argentina, August 2014)
One Reel Film Festival, Seattle (USA, August 2014)
Festival Imágenes Sociales (Argentina, August 2014)
III Semana de Soria en Bs.As. (Argentina, August 2014)
DokuFest (Kosovo, August 2014)
Seoul International Youth Film Festival (Korea, August 2014)
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de São Paulo (Brazil, August 2014)
Festival UNICA (Slovakia, August 2014)
FICMonterrey (Mexico, August 2014)
Escobar de Película (Argentina, August 2014)
Tandil Cortos (Argentina, August 2014)
Unasur Cine (Argentina, September 2014)
DMZ Docs (Korea, September 2014)
FESAALP Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de La Plata (Argentina, September 2014)
FICG in Los Angeles (USA, September 2014)
Festival Latinoamericano de Artes Audiovisuales Rosario (Argentina, September 2014)
Milano Film Festival (Italy, September 2014)
Message to Man International Film Festival (Russia, September 2014)
FAB Bariloche (Argentina, September 2014)
Mirada Oeste - Godoy Cruz (Argentina, September 2014)
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (Brazil, September 2014)
Reykjavík International Film Festival (Iceland, September 2014)
Taiwan International Documentary Festival (Taiwan, October 2014)
Cortópolis (Argentina, October 2014)
Shnit International Shortfilmfestival (Switzerland, October 2014)
EDOX (Lithuania, October 2014)
Doc Buenos Aires (Argentina, October 2014)
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (Cyprus, October 2014)
“La nuit du court” Tour (Switzerland, October 2014)
Hamptons International Film Festival (USA, October 2014)
Vilnius Film Shorts (Lithuania, October 2014)
BH International Film Festival (Brazil, October 2014)
Curtocircuíto Santiago de Compostela (Spain, October 2014)
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (USA, October 2014)
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (USA, October 2014)
Pisek Film Festival (Czech Republic, October 2014)
Diálogo de Cinema Porto Alegre (Brazil, October 2014)
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife (Brazil, October 2014)
Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema (Brazil, October 2014)
Ozu Film Festival (Italy, November 2014)
Pantalla Latina (Switzerland, November 2014)
FILMAR (Switzerland, November 2014)
CurtaCinema Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, November 2014)
L´Alternativa Barcelona (Spain, November 2014)
Women's Worlds Film Festival (Germany, November 2014)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali (Colombia, November 2014)
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 2014)
Miradas Doc (Spain, November 2014)
"Cinema Verite" Iran International Documentary Film Festival (Iran, November 2014)
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (Germany, November 2014)
Zinebi Film Festival - Bilbao (Spain, November 2014)
Ícaro Festival Internacional de Cine (Guatemala, November 2014)
Certamen Internacional de Cortos Soria (Spain, November 2014)
Festival Internacional de Villa de Leyva (Colombia, November 2014)
Festival de Cine La Orquídea (Ecuador, Noviembre 2014)
Festival de Cine Argentino en Londres (UK, November 2014)
FestCine America do Sul (Brazil, November 2014)
Festival Aguilar de Campo (Spain, December 2014)
Festival de Cine de Gualeguaychú (Argentina, December 2014)
Doc en Court, Lyon. (France, February 2015)
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (USA, February 2015)
Portland International Film Festival (USA, February 2015)
La Mujer y El Cine (Argentina, March 2015)
Pantalla Pinamar (Argentina, March 2015)
Mecal Pro (Spain, March 2015)
AluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival, Toronto (Canada, April 2015)
Nashville Film Festival (USA, April 2015)
Festival de Cortos Argentinos en Salzburgo (Austria, April 2015)
MOOOV FILM FESTIVAL (Belgium, April 2015)
Lakino Film Festival (Berlin, April 2015)
Full Frame (USA, April 2015)
Tlanchana Fest (Mexico, April 2015)
Documentary Edge Festival (New Zealand, May 2015)
Festival de Cine en el Desierto (Mexico, May 2015)
Festival de Cine Social de Concordia (Argentina, May 2015)
Videorama - Werkleitz (Germany, May 2015)
International Short Film Festival 20min|max (Germany, June 2015)
Festival de Cine de Derechos Humanos de Buenos Aires (Argentina, June 2015)
Oberá en Cortos (Argentina, July 2015)
Festival de Cinema do Vale do Jaguaribe (Brazil, July 2015)
Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes de Villa Mercedes (Argentina, July 2015)
BIG SUR Short Film Series (USA, July 2015)
La Guarimba (Italy, August 2015)
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México (México, September 2015)
Festival IMAGO - Paris (France, September 2015)
Perugia Social Film Festival (Italy, September 2015)
FICBUEU (Spain, September 2015)
Festival Transterritorial de Cine Undergound (Argentina, September 2015)
DOKUart (Croatia, October 2015)