screening format
35mm
aspect ratio
1.66:1
sound format
Dolby SR
languages
Spanisch
Subtitles
Englisch
screening format
HDCAM
aspect ratio
1.66:1
sound format
Dolby SR
languages
Spanisch
Subtitles
Englisch
Every weekend at an illegal drag show in a suburb of Havana, Sebastián, a 17-year-old Cuban teenager, transforms into Mila Caos. He suffers from his mother's indifference and dreams that she will see him on stage one day.
director
Simon Paetau
Original Score
Juan Formell
Editing
Ilka M. Valdes
DOP
Charlotte Michel
Production
Ute Dilger
Script
Fabian Suarez
Sound Design
Raynier Hinojosa
film school
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
Festival de Cannes - Internationale Filmfestspiele von Cannes, France
NewFest - LGBTQ+ Film and Media New York, New York City, USA
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
Fresh Film Fest Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Curta Kinoforum), Brazil
Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey
CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Kolkata International Film Festival, India
MoMA - New Directors/New Films, New York, USA
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania
Festival Pantalla Latina, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Republic of Kosovo
Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania
Production
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
- Ute Dilger
- +49 221 20189 330
- https://www.khm.de/
Distribution
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
- Ute Dilger
- +49 221 20189 330
- https://www.khm.de/
Sales
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
- Ute Dilger
- +49 221 20189 330
- https://www.khm.de/
School
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
- Heumarkt 14
- 50667 Köln
- Germany
- +49 221 201890
- http://www.khm.de
Simon Paetau
Born 1986;
has realised projects in Colombia, Brazil, Cuba, Germany, winning several awards;
since 2008 studying at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne;
visiting student at the EICTV in Cuba
Filmography
2006 Paloma
2007 El otro lado de la cienaga
2008 Oury Jalloh
2011 Lua Verde
2012 POSH!