Chanel
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2017
Dominican Republic
10 mins
Spanish
NYC Premiere
Short Film Competition
| Humberto Vallejo | |
| Robelitza Pérez, Luguely Cunillera | |
| Ruairi Rhodes, Karina Valdez, Luna Feliz Paredes |
Chanel doesn’t live in New York like she has led all her family to believe. A voice message puts in danger the double life she has built for her baby daughter and herself.
About the Director
Humberto Vallejo (Mexico City, 1991) was awarded a scholarship to study at University of Navarra, in Pamplona, Spain, where he majored in Audiovisual Communications and directed his first short film Mi memoria está llena de gatos. In 2016, he gave Film Directing courses at Altos de Chavón School of Design, in the Dominican Republic. Chanel, finished in 2017, is his second short film. Currently, he works as a commercial director in Mexico, while developing new film projects.
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Awards
2018 International Film and Music Festival Kustendorf (Serbia) – First Special Jury Award
2018 del festival de Cine Documental, Video-Periodismo y Derechos Humanos Artículo (Spain) – Mención Especial del Jurado
2018 Dominican Film Festival (USA) – Premio al Mejor Cortometraje
2018 RiuRau Film Festival (Spain) – Mejor Cortometraje de Ficción Social-Igualdad de Género
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-la Mancha (Spain) – Premio Dirección Joven
2018 Festival International de Cine Fine Arts (Dominican Republic) – Segundo Premio al Mejor Corto Dominicano
Trailer
https://vimeo.com/214643403
