Mila Caos

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2011 runtime 18'00 colour
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-Filmmusik / Original Score Juan Formell Schnitt / Editing Ilka M. Valdes Bildgestaltung / DOP Charlotte Michel Produktion / Production Ute Dilger Drehbuch / Script Fabian Suarez Tongestaltung / Sound Design Raynier Hinojosa film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
Festival de Cannes - Internationale Filmfestspiele von Cannes, France
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 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
EXPIFF International Experimental Film Festival Bucharest, Romania
Festival Pantalla Latina, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Republic of Kosovo
NewFest - New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival, New York City, USA
Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • +49 221 20189330
  • http://www.khm.de
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • +49 221 20189330
  • http://www.khm.de
Sales
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • +49 221 20189330
  • http://www.khm.de
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • Deutschland
  • +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!