IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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COMPETITION<br />
CINEMA OF THE WORLD<br />
<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
Spain<br />
Under the Snow<br />
<strong>2008</strong>, 35 mm, Colour, Spanish<br />
Director<br />
Candela Figueira, Maitena Muruzabal<br />
Screenplay<br />
Candela Figueira, Maitena Muruzabal<br />
Cinematography<br />
Rob Christopher Webb<br />
Editor<br />
Eduardo Chibás Fernández<br />
Music<br />
Gonzalo Díaz Yerro<br />
Cast<br />
Laura De Pedro (Angela), Gabriel Latorre (Javier), Asun<br />
Aguinaco (Karmentxu),<br />
Xabi Yárnoz (Jairo)<br />
Sound<br />
Fernando Urrutia, Oliver Barriga & Victor Moreno<br />
Production & Sales<br />
Cronopia <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Travesia Monasterio Cilveti 2, 9A<br />
31011 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain<br />
T: (+34) 948.174.855 Spain<br />
(+1) 310.405.4251 USA<br />
Email: cronopia@cronopia.com; candela@cronopia.com;<br />
maitena@cronopia.com<br />
www.cronopia.com<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s & Awards<br />
Valladolid (Audience Award), Miami Underground (Best<br />
Feature), Moscow, Cuenca, Santiago, New Jersey<br />
Following the unusual connection made between four workers at different stages <strong>of</strong> their<br />
lives, this film captures factory life in a way rarely seen: personal, flirtatious,<br />
introspective. With the winter season fast approaching and orders piling up in the snow<br />
chain division, supervisor Javier and shy assistant Jairo are joined by temporary<br />
workers, motherly Karmentxu and feisty Angela. For long, frigid days they each pack<br />
chains in silence until Angela starts breaking the rules - then work becomes a game and<br />
their cold, gray building a playground. This newfound camaraderie challenges them to<br />
look at what they demand <strong>of</strong> their lives and <strong>of</strong> each other, but this world only survives<br />
thanks to the continuous snow. What is going to happen when the snow ceases to fall?<br />
Candela Figueira was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978 and Maitena<br />
Muruzabal in Pamplona, Spain in 1979. The two met in Los Angeles in 2001, when<br />
both decided to extend their filming studies at the University <strong>of</strong> California, Los Angeles<br />
(UCLA). Candela has a bachelor degree in Directing and Producing (Belgrano<br />
University, Argentina) and Maitena a bachelor degree in Audiovisual Communication<br />
(Navarra University, Spain). It was during their studies at UCLA that a group <strong>of</strong> friends<br />
banded together, making a great deal <strong>of</strong> short films. With their schooling behind them,<br />
they went their separate ways in pursuit <strong>of</strong> their careers. Their pr<strong>of</strong>essional paths<br />
collided again in 2003 during the filming <strong>of</strong> Americano, a US production, filmed in<br />
Pamplona, Spain. During that time, the idea <strong>of</strong> working together again and creating a<br />
production company that would allow them to carry out their own projects began to<br />
grow. Thus, by the end <strong>of</strong> 2004, Cronopia, the production company was created in<br />
Pamplona. Candela permanently resides in Los Angeles, while Maitena lives full time in<br />
Pamplona. The physical distance does not impede their work together; they continue to<br />
turn into reality these stories that keep appearing in their imagination<br />
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