HÉKATE
2021 / Thriller - LGBTIQ+ / 77 min. / Argentina
We're in the middle of nowhere with my almost-dead boyfriend in there. That’s how you call that piece of shit? Helena and Kira argue on the side of the road. No destination in mind, no plan to follow. The journey unfolds kilometer by kilometer; a journey that soon becomes a ritual.
Cast Sabrina Macchi, Rosario Varela, Federico Liss and Julieta Brito.
Script, Direction and Executive Production Nadia Benedicto
Production Leonor García Vercillo
Photography Director Cecilia Tasso
Art Director Flor Penélope Núñez
Editing Sabrina Gazzaneo
Original Music Lucy Patané
Sound Design Virginia Scaro and Gonzalo Komel
Sound Marilina Giménez
Costumes Mariángeles Gelosi
Make up and Hair Style Lola Masip
Director´s Assistant and Casting Lucila Frank
Graphics and Poster Diego Cinalli
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Awards
2023 - Best Cinematography - ADF Award - 4th Hurlingham Film Festival - Argentina
2023 - Best Edition - Lujan Film Festival - Argentina
2023 - Best Original Soundtrack - Mercedes Sosa Awards - Tucumán, Argentina
2022 - Best Film - 46th Atlanta Film Festival - USA / Academy Award®- Qualifying
2022 - Best Film - 2nd Dissident Film Festival - Guatemala
2022 - Best Cinematography - ADF Award - 4th FICE Ensenada International Film Festival - Argentina
2021 - Best Film - 23º Cinema las Americas International Film Festival - USA
2021 - Best Photography - 9th FAB Audiovisual Festival Bariloche - Argentina
2021 - Special Mention - 5th Luz del Desierto International Film Festival - Argentina
Festivals
2023 - 4th Hurlingham Film Festival - Argentina
2023 - 2nd Lujan Film Festival - Argentina
2022 - 25th Ícaro International Film Festival in Central America - Guatemala
2022 - 2nd Dissident Film Festival - Guatemala
2022 - 4th FICAB Almirante Brown International Film Festival - Guest Film - Argentina
2022 - 2nd MUMA Fest - International Audiovisual Festival of Women and Dissidents of Patagonia - Bariloche, Argentina
2022 - 8th MIRA Independent Latin American Film Festival - Bonn, Germany
2022 - 9th Leonardo Favio National Film Festival - Bolívar, Argentina
2022 - 16th International Film Festival on Sexual and Gender Diversity - Llamale H - Montevideo, Uruguay
2022 - 4th FICE Ensenada International Film Festival - Argentina
2022 - 7th Chascomús Film Festival - Argentina
2022 - 6th MifVif Maracay International Film and Video Festival - Venezuela
2022 - 31st Woods Hole Film Festival - Massachusetts, USA
2022 - 3rd Soho Horror Pride Film Festival - UK
2022 - 46th Atlanta Film Festival - USA
2022 - 9th MAFICI - Puerto Madryn International Film Festival - Argentina
2021 - 8th Asterisk International LGBTIQ+ Film Festival - Argentina
2021 - 5th Luz del Desierto International Film Festival - Argentina
2021 - 13th San Francisco Latino Film Festival - USA
2021 - 6th FNCA Nicaraguan Film and Audiovisual Festival of the National Cinematheque of Nicaragua
2021 - 9th FAB Audiovisual Festival Bariloche - Argentina
2021 - 23rd Cine las Americas International Film Festival - Austin - USA.
Exhibitions
2023 - Cinema and Diversity - Virtual Billboard of the Cinephile Community.
2023 - Love on the Run Cycle. Asterisk Festival at the Recoleta Cultural Center. Curated by Diego Trerotola.
2023 - Recent Argentine Film Series at the Haroldo Conti Cultural Center.
2022 - Women and Dissidence Film Series. Transfeminist billboard at Cineclub Municipal Hugo del Carril, Córdoba, Argentina.
2022 - 35th Plurinational Meeting of Women and Dissidence in San Luis, Argentina. Representing Transfeminist Billboard in conjunction with Gafas Violetas INCAA.
2022 - Cineclub Lucero, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022 - José Ingenieros Popular Library, Carlos Casares, Argentina. Film declared of municipal interest.
2022 - And set her free. Contemporary Feature Films Cycle. Kirchner Cultural Center.
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