Hora Bruja Producciones

EL RAYO Y LA SIRENA (Thunderbolt and the Mermaid)

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:13:07 +0000

2010 / 11′ / 35mm

It is said that dreams are unreachable, for they are far away, hiding beyond the stars. But in order to make them come true you do not have to know where they hide; you just have to be bold enough to chase them even in the deepest sea, and dare to be faster than the mermaids…

Awards:
- SPECIAL JURY MENTION – TRANIFILMFESTIVAL – CORTOMIRANTE (Italy)
- MALTA INTERNATIONAL TV SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Malta) – NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- BEST SOUND – BALLSTON SPA FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
- BEST FICTION SHORT FILM, NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, BEST ACTOR & – BEST SHORT FILM ABOUT HUMAN VALUES AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION – FESTIVAL DUNAS DE CINE Y VIDEO DE FUERTEVENTURA (Spain)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DEL AUDIOVISUAL CREANDO (Spain)
- NOMINATED FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – CERTAMEN CINEMÁLAGA (Spain)

Official Selection:
MONTEVIDEO FANTÁSTICO – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TERROR Y CIENCIA FICCIÓN EN URUGUAY (Uruguay)
TORONTO HISPANO-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
CENTRAL WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
GREATER READING FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
IASI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Romania)
MADRIDIMAGEN (Spain)
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE Y VIDEO ALTERNATIVO Y COMUNITARIO “OJO AL SANCOCHO” (Colombia)
FIŠ/FISCH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SMALL AND INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTIONS (Slovenia)
MURGIA FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
BRNO SIXTEEN (Czech Republic)
MES + CORTO (Spain)
TRANIFILMFESTIVAL – CORTOMIRANTE (Italy)
MISSISSIPPI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL (United Kingdom)
FESTIVAL DE CORTOMETRAJES CORTOS CON Ñ (Spain)
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES CORTO CREATIVO (Mexico)
CERTAMEN DE CORTOMETRAJES DE RIPOLLET (Spain)
FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL IN LUND (Sweden)
EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
CERTAMEN DE CORTOMETRAJES DE VILADECANS (Spain) – FINALIST TO THE BEST FICTION SHORT FILM
CERTAMEN DE CORTOMETRAJES DE LA SIERRA DE SEGURA – SILES CINEMA (Spain)
JORNADA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DA BAHIA (Brazil)
CINEFANTASY – FESTIVAL CURTA FANTÁSTICO (Brazil)
CONCURSO DE CORTOMETRAJES BASARTENA (Spain)
FESTIVAL DE CINE DE PASTO (Colombia)
BAY STREET FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
PORTO 7 – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CURTAS-METRAGENS DO PORTO (Portugal)
EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Nigeria)
BUSHO FILM FESTIVAL (Hungary)
PORTELLO RIVER FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
LOLA KENYA SCREEN (Kenya)
CERTAMEN NACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES VILLA DE AVILÉS (Spain) – FINALIST TO THE BEST FICTION SHORT FILM
FESTIVAL DIGITAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES EL SECTOR (Spain)
HIGUERA EN CORTO – CERTAMEN DE CORTOMETRAJES HIGUERA DE LA SIERRA (Spain)
FESTIVAL DE CORTOMETRAJES “GINÉS EN CORTO” (Spain)
CICUVI – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES CINE, CULTURA Y VIDA (Mexico)
A CORTO DI IDEE – RASSEGNA DI CORTOMETRAGGI INDIPENDENTI (Italy)
FESTIVAL DE CORTOMETRAJES HAYAH (Panama)
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DETMOLD – (Germany)
SHOTS “FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES FANTÁSTICOS SCIFIWORLD” – (Spain)
MUESTRA NACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES REUNART – (Spain)

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Watch traier in Youtube.

GPS

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:39:31 +0000

2009 / 8′ / HD

In order to give a new direction to his life, Javier buys a GPS navigator. A GPS which will do far more than just driving his way, because… wouldn’t it be great if a device always told you which way to take, where to stop by, how far you can get or when you have reached your destination?

Awards:
Certamen Estatal de Video Selectiu Unica (BRONZE MEDAL FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM) – Spain
Saltburn Short Film Festival (Special Audience Mention) – Reino Unido
End Of The Pier International Film Festival (Best Comedy Short) – United Kingdom
International Film Festival for Young People Youngabout (best short film) – Italy
Dieciminuti Film Festival (best foreign short film) – Italy
Muestra de Cortos de Allí de Alicante (best short film) – Spain
Festival de Cine de Humor de Navalcarnero (best video short film) – Spain
Festival de Cortos de Humor Villa de El Recuenco (audience award) – Spain
Muestra de cortometrajes Torre Castilnovo (1st prize and audience award) – Spain
Muestra de Cortometrajes Visualia (audience award) – Spain
Festival de Cortometrajes Fescurts (3rd prize) – Spain

Official Selection:
CERTAMEN DE CORTOMETRAJES EL MILAGRO DE AZUAGA (Spain); MEETING RIMINI FILM FESTIVAL CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE DI CORTOMETRAGGI (Italy); FESTIVAL KORTERRAZA DE VÍDEO CORTOMETRAJE DE VITORIA-GASTEIZ (Spain); NAOUSSA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (Greece); Festival de Cortometrajes de Gavá Gavacurt – España; Ocular Festival de Cortos la Selva del Camp – España; Premio Lenola Inventa un Film – Italy; Festival of Nations – Austria; Concurso de Cortometrajes Dieciseisnovenos – España; Okanagan International Film Festival – Canadá; Festival de Cortometrajes Rodina – Spain; Certamen Estatal De Video Selectiu Unica – Spain; Time Film Festival – Switzerland; Concurs Nacional De Cinema Amateur Ciutat de Cornella Festival la Fila de Cortometrajes (Fesifil) – Spain; Sci-Fi-London: The London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film – United Kingdom; Arizona International Film Festival, The Reel Frontier Fim and Videp Competition – EEUU; Festival de cortos “La Tacita de Plata” – Spain ; Festival Audiovisual de Lambayeque – Peru; Chicago Latino Film Festival – USA; Festival de Cortometrajes Ciudad de Chinchilla – Spain; Certamen de Cine Corto de Salas de los Infantes – Spain; Festival de Cortometrajes “Curt al Pap” – Spain; Cineo, Festival de Cine de Jóvenes Creadores Ciudad de Orihuela – Spain; Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebu – Chile; Xornadas de Mostra de Curtametraxes – Spain; Certamen de Cortos de Bujaraloz – Spain; Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Experimentales Tunja, Fincortex – Colombia; Festival de Cortometrajes de Alcañiz – Spain; Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Fecoven – Venezuela; Concurso Internacional de Cortometrajes Cinemad – Spain; Concurso de Cine y Vídeo de Navás – Spain; Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes “Roberto di Chiara” Florencio Varela – Argentina; Certamen de Cine y Vídeo Joven de Irún – Spain; Festival de Cortometrajes A Lo Cortico – Spain; Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Atene@s de Villacanas – Spain; Certamen Nacional de Cortometrajes Ciutat de Valls – Spain; Taglia Corti, Rassegna di Cortometraggi – Italy; Cineculpable, Festival Interancional de Cortometrajes de Vila-Real – Spain; Malcine, Muestra de Cortos en Punta del Este – Uruguay; KO Digital, Festival Internacional de Cinema Solidario de Sant Sadurní – Spain; Sintetitza – Festival de Curtmetratges dels Pirineus – Spain; Festival Por Amor al Arte de Tafalla – Spain; Festival de Cortometrajes de la Sierra de Segura Siles Cinema – Spain; Festival de Cine de Humor de Navalcarnero – Spain; Mes + Corto – Spain; Concurso de cortometrajes Villa de Ayerbe – Spain; Festival de Cine de Comedia de Tarazona y El Moncayo – Spain; Festival de Cortos ‘El Pecado 2009′ – Spain; Certamen de Cortos de Campillos ‘Paco Rabal’ Cortema – Spain; Certamen de Cortometrajes Calamonte Joven – Spain; Festival de Cine Centrifugado y Canalla de Sada – Spain; Festival de Cine de Montalbanejo – Spain; Certamen de Creación Audiovisual de Cabra – Spain; Certamen de Cortometrajes de Higuera de la Sierra – Spain; Festival de Cine Europeo Vinos de Castilla-La Mancha de la Solana – Spain; Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Calasparra – Spain; Certamen de cortometrajes por Caracoles – Spain; Acurt Festival de Cortometrajes Acar – Spain; Premio de Cortometrajes Manuel Carmona Mir – Spain; Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes Reunart – Spain; Festival de Cortometrajes El Plaza en Corto – Spain.

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Watch ‘making of’ in Youtube.

EL HILO DE ORO (The Golden Thread)

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:32:51 +0000

2007 / 20′ / 35mm

Sometimes, mystifying bonds set connections among people. Bonds which overcome distance, unawareness and oblivion. And, when these bonds are created, they can become what we need to survive.

Awards:
Short Cuts William Woods University Film Festival (Third Prize For The Best Short Film) – USA
“WorldFest” Houston International Film & Video Festival (Gold Remi Award) – USA
Ahmedabad International Film Festival (Best Direction and Best Screenplay)- India
Festival de Cortometrajes Ciudad de Chinchilla (special jury mention)- Spain
Festival Digital El Sector (nominee for best short, best actress -Ana Asensio-, best cinematography and best original soundtrack) – Spain
Festival Internacional del Audiovisual Creando (Best Editing and Best Original Soundtrack; Best actress -Patricia Cercas- Nominee and Best Cinematography Nominee) – Spain
Festival Nacional de Cine de Ciempozuelos Ciemcine (1st prize) – Spain
Notecortesfilmfest (Best Screenplay and Best Actress Ana Asensio y Patricia Cercas) – Spain
Certamen Regional de Cortos de Saldañ (Best Original Soundtrack) – Spain
Manhattan Short Film Festival (Finalist) – USA
Finalist to the Best Fiction Short Film Concurs Nacional de Cinema Ciutat de Cornella – Spain

Official Selection:
FESTICINE – FESTIVAL DE CINE DE DOSQUEBRADAS (Colombia); QUEERSICHT – LESBISCH-SCHWULES FILMFESTIVAL BERN (Switzerland); LOVE AND ANARCHY – HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Finland); MUESTRA DE CINE INDEPENDIENTE CINESEPTIEMBRE (Mexico); Q! FILM FESTIVAL – JAKARTA LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL (Indonesia); SLOW FILM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (Hungary); MUESTRA DE CINE GLBT EN PANAMÁ (Panama); Queerfilmfest Rostock – Germany; Fright Night Film Fest – USA; Muestra de Cortometrajes en Ixtenco Tlaxcala – Mexico; Interrobang Film Festival – USA; Frontera Pride Film Festival – USA; Skopje Film Festival – Macedonia; Festival de Cinema Image et Vie – Senegal; Libercine, Festival Internacional de Cine Sobre Diversidad Sexual y Género de Mendoza – Argentina; One Minute One Shot – Armenia; World Independent Film Expo – USA; Cine a la Calle – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes al Aire Libre – Colombia; Muestra Internacional De Cine Gay, Lésbico, Bisexual Y Transexual de Valladolid (Cinhomo) – Spain; Short Cuts William Woods University Film Festival – USA; Concurs Nacional de Cinema Amateur Ciutat De Cornella – Spain; Worldwest, Houston International film and video festival – USA; One in Ten Film Festival – USA; Festival International du Cinema Art en Exil – Francia; New Strand Film Festival – USA; White Sands International Film Festival – USA; London Lesbian Film Festival; Festival de cortos “La Tacita de Plata” – España; Certamen Internacional de Curtmetratges de la Cerdanya – España; Idem, Festival Internacional Gay-Lésbico de Artes Audiovisuales de Andalucía – España; Festimatge, Certamen de curtmetratges Trofeu Torretes de Calella – España; International Film Festival Zoom, Zblizenia – Poland; The International Second Hand Short Film Festival – Turkey; Vision & Reality Thessaloniki International LGBTI Short Film Festival – Greece; Sed de cine, Festival de Cine en el Desierto – Mexico; Amelia Island Film Festival – USA; Chicago Latino Film Festival – USA; Romance in a Can Short Film Competition – USA; Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival – India; San Diego Latino Film Festival – USA; Magnolia Independent Film Festival – USA; Denver Underground Film Festival – USA; Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Experimentales Tunja, Fincortex – Colombia; Boston Latino International Film Festival – USA; Riviera Maya Underground Film Festival – Mexico; Trail Dance Film Festival – USA; Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes “La Factoría” – Spain; KO Digital, Festival Internacional de Cinema Solidario de Sant Sadurní – Spain; International Video Festival Videomedeja – Serbia; Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno – Italy; Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes “Roberto di Chiara” Florencio Varela – Argentina; Concurso de Cine y Vídeo de Navás – Spain; LesGaiCineMad – Spain; Festival de Cine de Pasto – Colombia; Festival de Cortometrajes a lo Cortico – Spain; Festival de Cortometraje El Cine a las Calles – Mexico; Certamen Nacional de Cortometrajes Ciutat de Valls – Spain; Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cusco – Peru; Beloit International Film Festival – USA; Cine 2.0, Festival de Cine Lésbico, Gay, Bisexual y Transexual – Chile; Festival Internacional de Cine del Mar Menor – Spain; Urban Mediamakers Film Festival – USA; High Desert Shorts International Film Festival – USA; International Film Festival Noah’s Ark – Russia; Montezuma International Film Festival – Costa Rica; Cortocircuito: The Latin American Film Festival for Short Films – USA; Global Cinema Festival – India; Cinefantasy – Brazil; Festival del Cinema Latino Americano de Trieste – Italy; Festival Internacional de Cine y Vídeo Alternativo y Comunitario “Ojo al Sancocho” – Colombia; Flyway Film Festival – USA; Brno Sixteen – Czech Republic; Iasi International Film Festival – Romania; Humanity Explored Film Festival – India; Landlocked Film Festival – USA; Festival de Cine de Villa de Leyva – Colombia; Orlando Hispanic Film Festival – USA; Norrköpings Film Festival Flimmer – Sweden; Portobello Film Festival – United Kingdom; Cyprus International Film Festival – Greece; Cicuvi, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine, Cultura y Vida – Mexico; Certamen de Cortometrajes de Higuera de la Sierra – Spain; Tre-Che Short Fest – USA; Bay Street Film Festival – Canada; San Francisco Frozen Film Festival – USA; Open Cinema Film Festival – Russia; Festival Internacional de cortometrajes Corto Creativo – Mexico; Cinemadamare International Itinerant Film Festival – Italy; Philadelphia Independent Film Festival – USA; Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes Villa de Tembleque – Spain; Delray Beach Film Festival – Florida, USA; Boomtown Film and Music Festival – Texas, USA; Fotogramas en Corto – Spain; International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka – Bangladesh; Muestra de Cortometrajes de Palencia – Spain; Dereel Independent Film Festival – Victoria, Australia; Nevada City Film Festival – USA; Shangay International Film Festival – China; Festival de Cine de Martil – Morocco; Pentedattilo Film Festival – Italy; Portable International Film Festival – Australia; Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Benalmádena – Spain; Siena International Short Film Festival – Italy; Molodist, Kyiv International Film Festival – Kiev, Ucrania; Muestra de Vídeos Jujuy – Argentina; Festival de Cine y Vídeo Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires – Argentina; Octubre en Corto – Spain; Enkarzine – Spain; Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena – Spain; Certamen de Cortometrajes Aula 18 – Spain; Festival de Cortometrajes de Orihuela Cineo – Spain; Festival de Cortometrajes de Alcañiz – Spain; Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre de Humberto Solás – Cuba

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Watch trailer in Youtube.

A PRIMERA VISTA (At First Sight)

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:15:26 +0000

2007 / 5′ / MiniDV

Love has no age and is always looking for company. It does not know in which mirror will find its reflection, or in which exact moment, but, sometimes, it happens much closer than expected…

Awards:
I Festival de Cine Solidario de Madrid (’Desafío FICS’ Award for Best Short)
II Festival Corto Dunas de Fuerteventura (Human Values Award)
IV Festival de Cine de Villaviciosa de Odón – Madrid (Dafne Human Values Award)
I Festival Internacional Ateneo en Corto Coste Cero – La Laguna, Tenerife (Organization Award)
I Certamen de Vídeos Sociales de Astorga – León (3rd Prize)
II Certamen de Cortos de San Pedro de Alcántara – Málaga (Best Screenplay)
X Mostra Cinema Jove d’Elx – Elche, Alicante (Special Srize for Social Values)
V Festival nacional de cine de ciempozuelos (2nd Prize)
IV Concurso de Cortos de Temática Social, Solidaria y de Voluntariado de Sevilla (1st Prize).

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Watch short in Youtube.

ATADO (Tied Up)

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:13:15 +0000

2006 / 13′ / HDV

If love is a game, Jaime is one of the most ridiculous losers. The world feels too big for him, so he decides he will find the love of his life inside the bus he takes every day, but things don’t turn out the way he expected…

Awards:
IV Festival de Cortometrajes San Agustín de Guadalix (Best Short Film) – Spain
12º Concurso de Cortometrajes “Ciudat de Valls” (2nd Prize for Fiction Category) – Spain
VI International Audiovizual Festival Baku (Special Prize from the Jury) – Azerbaijan
IV Muestra de Cortometrajes de Ajalvir (2nd Best Short) – Spain
VIII Film Festival “Sesily” (Best Actor) – Georgia Republic
II Festival Corto Dunas de Fuerteventura (Best Fiction Short Nominee) – Spain
7th Martil International Film Festival (Special Prize from the Jury) – Morocco
II Muestra de Cortometrajes en video “Ithilien” (1st Prize) – Spain
Festival der Nationen 2007 (Golden Bear Award) – Austria

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HISTORIA DE UN DESTINO (A Story of Destiny)

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:53:14 +0000

2004 / 16′ / miniDV

Destiny has its own and secret way of showing us its path, inviting us to follow it, using random events to give us our opportunity, guiding us to take advantage of it… and it has also the power to push forward whoever decides not to keep on walking.

Awards:
18ª Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo – Valladolid (Second Prize for Video Short Film Category)
Subimagen 05, Concurso de Cortometrajes Ciudad de Zamora (Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography)

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ABOUT US

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:42:50 +0000

Created in 2004 under the name of DSR PRODUCCIONES, this small production company began recording events and producing reports and low-cost short films. During this years and with the support of its clients, the company and its projects have been growing over time. With a brand new crew and technical equipment, the company has evolved to become HORA BRUJA PRODUCCIONES.

DIEGO SANCHIDRIÁN RUBIO

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:38:47 +0000

Diego is the founder of Hora Bruja Producciones. Born in Madrid in 1977, has a degree in Audiovisual Communication and two college master courses: Interactive Digital Technologies and Film Direction. Passionate about film, when he was 15 he started participating in short films and went on to collaborate in almost 50 different projects in different departments, until he specialized as director, assistant director for TV, editor and camera operator. He worked for the company Europroducciones, and now he is director, producer and editor in Hora Bruja, where he has directed corporate videos, reports and diverse audiovisual works. So far, he has been the director of five fiction short films, wining more than 40 awards in national and international film festivals and being selected worldwide. At the moment he is pre-producing his next short film, developing a documentary and will soon undertake his first feature film.

CARLOS PAYÁ BRIOSO

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:35:29 +0000

Carlos arrived in Madrid in 2001 and attended several courses in Spanish film schools Metrópolis CE, Escuela de Artes Visuales and TAI. From then, he has worked in different positions in the art department in music videos, TV commercials, short films and TV dramas like ‘700 euros’ for the private channel Antena 3 or ‘La Señora’ for TVE, the Spanish national broadcasting company. He started collaborating with Diego and DSR in different short films and videos and now he works full time for Hora Bruja Producciones.

PEDRO PABLO PICAZO

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:28:37 +0000

Pedro Pablo has a degree in Screenwriting by the Escuela de Cine y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid (ECAM) and has been writer for different TV shows, documentaries, feature and animation series for channels like Canal Sur, Telecinco or Antena 3. He has written and co-directed the documentaries ‘Cuando yo me haya ido’ and ‘Donde aprendiste a vivir’ for Burbuja Films and he is the writer of the feature films ‘Voces’ and ‘Los protectores’. He is also the author of awarded short films like ‘Banda Sonora Original’ or ‘Connecting People’, as well as ‘A primera vista’, ‘El Hilo de Oro’ (both awarded for best screenplay) and ‘GPS’, directed by Diego Sanchidrián. He has collaborated with Hora Bruja Producciones in several reports, documentaries and corporate videos.