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MAILIN

Directed by:

María Silvia Esteve

Produced by:

María Silvia Esteve

Production Company

HANA Films, en coproducción con Ikki Films y deFilm

Contact:

  • Year

    2024

  • Length

    90 minutes

  • Country

    Argentina / France and Romania

Synopsis

Mailin tells her daughter a bedtime story, a metaphor unfolding the protagonist’s quest to recover the memory of her past. Through a collage of archives and childhood drawings emerges the story of a girl who, for fifteen years, suffered the abuses of a priest that justice has just set free.

  • María Silvia

    Esteve

    Director and Producer

    María is an Argentinean director and producer, educated in arts. She has written and directed films, some of which premiered at Cannes, won at Locarno, and were screened at the MoMA. She has been a jury member at International Film Festivals, and part of the selection committee of the Colombian Film Fund, Proimágenes.

  • Alejandra

    López

    Producer

    Mexican producer residing in France, currently head of the Documentary division at the production company Ikki Films. Throughout her career she has collaborated in different audiovisual and cinema projects, for different national and international institutions, production companies and tv chains.