SWEATSHOP GIRL
Iberoamerican Short Film Contest 52 ED. 2024
Mexico 2023 16' Fiction
Inés works as a seamstress in a sweatshop where pregnancy tests are periodically administered. When she becomes pregnant, she is sure that her condition will get her fired. She does everything she can to keep it a secret.
Selma Cervantes
Selma is an up-and-coming director whose films advocate human and social perspectives and female narratives. She became a member of the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after receiving a nomination for Best Short Film for her project Manchester Acatitla. In 2023, her second short film, Sweatshop Girl, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The script was awarded a public grant for short films with the subject of labor rights thus making its shooting possible.
TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:
Selma Cervantes
SCRIPT:
Selma Cervantes, Indra Villaseñor
PRODUCTION:
Alfonso Caballero, Selma Cervantes, Bruno Gaeta, Jim Stark
EDITING:
Mario Monroy
ART:
Anaís Vasconcelos
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Bruno Gaeta
ORIGINAL MUSIC:
Daniel Lopto, Iván Lopto
SOUND:
Daniel Rojo
CAST:
Yalitza Aparicio, Mariana Villegas, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Amorita Rasgado, Juan Carlos Medellín
CONTACT:
bogoshortsfilmagency@gmail.com