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Maelstrøm
A Film by Carlos Gómez, Spain, 2016
Original Title
Maelstrøm
Country of Production
Spain
Year of Production
2016
Running Time
3'0"
Language
No dialogue
Awards
Busho - Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
** Special Prize of Sopron
180´ Berlin FilmFest
** Best Director
Certamen Cortometrajes Castilla – La Mancha, Spain
** Accésit
Enmut – Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges Muts, Spain
** Mejor interpretación/ Best Acting Antonio Ponce
End of Days Film Festival, United States
** Best Super Short
Sanford International Film Festival, United States
** Best Sound
Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, South Africa
** Best International Short Film
Production
Production Company or Producer
Carlos Gómez-Trigo
Contact Person
Carlos Gómez-Trigo
Synopsys
Karl spins the spoon from his coffee. Something spins even faster inside Tony's head.
Name
Carlos Gómez
Country
Spain
Biography
Carlos Gómez-Trigo (Madrid, 1981) studies Filmmaking in Barcelona. He shot there a school short film, “Clase de baile”, winning the Young Artist Award from Castilla-La Mancha in 2009.
In 2008 he goes to India to work in two documentaries and then moves to Madrid, where he works as producer and director of commercials.
His Maelstrøm (2017), has more than 160 official selections in international festivals, winning several awards for best short film, director, performance or sound.
Filmography
2009 – Clase de baile (film school short)
2017 – Maelstrøm (short)
2020 – Survivers (short)
Director's notes
When I started to think about Maelstrøm as a visual concept, I was trying to make an exercise about the narrative use of zoom technique. No dialogues, one location and using codes from a western were my guidelines.
Beside that, I worked the concept line from exploring two ideas and takes them to the extreme. Obsession, as a pathological process, that makes a person feel trapped and make decisions that he would not otherwise have made. Intolerance, as a characteristic of our current society that
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