Tramway Film Festival
BIRD
Ecuador | 2023 | 22’ | Polish premiere
A group of adolescents victims of sex trafficking live temporarily in a shelter in Ecuador hidden in a beautiful forest. Accustomed to a night schedule, the girls spend the day sleeping. Fourteen-year-old Abigail visits a room full of babies, the result of the abuse they have suffered; hers is 5 months old and she carries it as if it were a doll. Small details reveal what they have gone through, invisible but present.
Director: Ana Cristina Barragán
Script: Ana Cristina Barragán
Cast: Thaís Montufar, Ana Vera, Azzul Silva, Celeste Arboleda, Deysi Sánchez, Vale Ruiz, Isadora Chávez, Doménica Aspiazu, Millaray Barragán, Elizabeth Maldonado, Shirley Flores
Production: Boton Films, Bomba Cine, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
Main festivals:
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Vienna Shorts
- Norwegian Short Film Festival
- Kinoforum Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes de São Paulo
- Cinélatino – Festival Toulouse