Pacgirl
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NOMINEE - BEST STUDENT FILM
2017
Mexico
12 mins
Spanish
NYC Premiere
Short Film Competition
| Jaime Pena | |
| Jaime Gonsalez | |
| Antón Araiza (Antonio), Antonia De La Riba (Karen) |
Antonio, a single father, lives trapped by his unfulfilled dreams of becoming a rock star. His day to day life has turned into a soul-crushing routine at a job he hates. Antonio misses his band, his friends, and the love of his life who passed away giving birth to their daughter. On top of this, Antonio can’t control the unruly behavior of his daughter. Tired of the constant complaints, he decides to take her to a psychologist who diagnoses her with a severe Pac-man disorder, a strange and complicated disease that is turning her into a kinetic yellow Pac-man.
About the Director
Jaime javier (Ja´ja) Peña was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in 1991. As a newborn, he moved to Mazatlán Sinaloa where he spent his childhood years watching movies and playing video games. At the age of 19, he moved to Mexico City to study Communications at the Universidad Iberoamericana. In 2017 he finished his first professional short film called “Pacgirl”, in this project he combines his taste for directing and his passion for video games.
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