The Leak

In the quietness of an apartment the irruption of a water leak leads to the encounter of the protagonist with her younger self and their blurry memories of an early loss.

Stopmotion animation, 7 min, 2023

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Credits

Direction Paola Cubillos

DOP Paola Cubillos

Photography advisors David Garcia I Jeroen Ceulebrouck I Jean-François Pauly I Alex Pistorius

Animation Paola Cubillos

Animation assistance Geertrui de Vijlder I Anouk Killian-Debord

Set, puppets and props design Paola Cubillos

Costume design Charlotte Dupont

Music Composition Tiago Tobias Cabral

Sound design Arzu Saglam

Sound editing Rebecca Glover

Foley artist Arantxa Oliver

Foley recordist Arnulfo Flores

Foley supervisor Maria Alejandra Rojas

Voice recordist Guillaume Rousseré

Colour grading Vladislav Chernolyasov

VFX Agathe Juvenez I Lucia Scansetti I Nicolas Gillard

Mentor Emma de Swaef

Screenings and awards

  1. VAF Wildcard, Kortfilmfestival Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, December 2022, Honorable mention

  2. Kortfilmfestival Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, December 2022, Official selection

  3. Festival Premiers Plans Angers, France, January 2023, Official selection

  4. Diringo International Student Film Festival, Avon, England, February 2024, Winner

  5. Ghent International Short Film Festival, Belgium, March 2023, Official selection

  6. Athens ANIMFEST, Greece, March 2023, Official selection

  7. Monstra Livre de Cinema, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2023, Official selection

  8. Caribetoons Festival Internacional de animación, Colombia, June 2023, Official selection

  9. Framed | Animatiefilmfestival Forum Groningen, Groeningen, Netherlands, June 2023, Official selection

  10. TIFSS, Tel Aviv International Student Short film festival, Israel, June 2023, Official selection

  11. Cartoon Club Animated film festival, Rimini, Italy, July 2023, Official selection, International Panorama

  12. Boston Short Film Festival, United-States, July 2023, Official selection

  13. Animix International Animation film festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, August 2023, Official selection

  14. Short Shot Fest, Moscow, Russia, August 2023

  15. Flipbook Film Festival, Macedonia, August 2023, Best European Animated Student Short Film, Official selection

  16. AniMaji Festival, New York, United-States, August 2023, Official selection

  17. FICOT (Festival Internacional de cine de la Otredad), Guanajuato, Mexico, August 2023, Official selection

  18. ECCE! Short Film Festival, Antwerp, Belgium, August 202, Winner

  19. Cardiff Animation Nights, Cardiff, United-Kingdom, August 2023, Official selection

  20. KO:SH FILM FEST, Korça, Albania, September 2023, Official selection

  21. 25th Festival universitario de cine y audiovisuales Equinoxio, Bogota, Colombia, September 2023, Official selection

  22. ANIMAURA, Morelia, Mexico, September 2023, Official selection, Winner

  23. TrikFilm, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 2023, Official selection

  24. Lisboa Indie Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2023, Official selection

  25. Anima Cinefest, New York, United-States, October 2023, Official selection

  26. International Short Film Festival, Un Festival C’est Trop Court!, Nice, France, October 2023, Official selection

  27. Cartoons Underground, Singapore, October 2023, Official selection

  28. International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia, Iassy, Romania, October 2023, Winner

  29. Mobile Animation Film Festival - MAFF, Mobile, United-States, October 2023, International Student Animation - Official selection

  30. 3er Festival de Mujeres de Medios Audiovisuales, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, October 2023, International short film competition

  31. ArteNonStopFestival / BA2024 - International Film & Art Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2023, International short film competition

  32. Festival Internacional de Cine de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, October 2023, Winner

  33. STOP MOTION MX FILM FESTIVAL, Mexico City, Mexico, November 2023, Official selection

  34. Future Film Festival, Bologna & Modena, Italy, November 2023, Official selection

  35. Animateka International Animation Film Festival, November 2023, Student Panorama - Official selection

  36. CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Querétaro, Mexico, November 2023, Official selection

  37. Animex Screen, United-Kingdom, November 2023, Official selection

  38. Anim!Arte, International Student Animation Festival of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2023, Official selection

  39. Sussex International Film Festival, Hailsham, United-Kingdom, November 2023, Best of student short films

  40. ICONA - Animation Festival, Icona, Greece, November 2023, International student short films competition

  41. Silence is golden - Silent Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, November 2023, International competition programme

  42. International Inter University Short Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2023, International competition

  43. International Filmschool Festival Tetouan, Morrocco, December 2023, Official selection

  44. LISBIFF, Lisbon Independent Film Festival, December 2023, Official selection

  45. BOGOSHORTS, Bogota, December 2023, Official selection

  46. SHORT to the point, Bucharest, Romania, December 2023, Winner

  47. International 3.Bornova Short Film Days, Izmir, Turkey, December 2023, International Short Animation

  48. Napoli - CortiSonanti International Short Film Festival, Napoli, Italy, December 2023, International Animated Short films

  49. That’s ANIMATO! International Animation Film Student Awards @ Sottodiciotto Film Festival, Torino, Italy, December 2023, Animato4all

  50. Heroes International Film Festival, Rome, Italy, December 2023, International Graduation Film competition

  51. Golden Baklava Film Academy International Student Film Festival, Gaziantep, Turkey, December 2023, International Student Competition, Honorable Mention

  52. Cardiff Animation Nights, Cardiff, United-Kingdom, December 2023, Animated Short

  53. Festival Internacional de Cine Estudiantil Naranjal, Guayas, Ecuador, December 2023, International Competition

  54. Animakon Fest, Bilbao, Spain, December 2023, Student competition

  55. ANIMA Animation Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium, February 2024, Official selection

  56. Shortcutz Brazil, Santa-Catarina, Brazil, March 2024, Short films selection

  57. Montecito Student Film Festival 2024, Santa-Barbara (California), United-States, March 2024, Student short films

  58. Happy Valley Animation Festival, Pennsylvania, United-States, March 2024, International Animated Student Short Film

  59. Festival RENUAC, Santiago, Chile, March 2024

  60. VI Festival de Cine Universitario Render, Lima, Peru, April 2024, Fiction / Experimental selection

  61. KINOLATINO - Latin American Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium, April 2024, Honorable Mention

  62. 11th Showreel: Effat International Student Film Festival, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, April 2024, International Student Animation film Selection

  63. Festival Encarrete Isleño, San Andrés Island, Colombia, May 2024

  64. FOFR Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2024, Animated International Competition, Winner

  65. Martinique Film Festival - Cannes International Film Week, Paris, France, May 2024, Online streaming from May 13 to May 30: https://www.cannesfilmweek.com/animated-films

  66. Premios Quirino 2024, Tenerife, Spain, May 2024, Winner

  67. Cima en corto - Distancias Cortas, CIMA Asociación de mujeres cineastas y de medios audiovisuales, Madrid, Spain, May 2024

  68. Duemila30 Film Festival, Milano, Italy, July 2024

  69. Vagrant Film Festival, Itinerant festival, Georgia, July 2024

  70. Athens Film Festival, Athens (Georgia), USA, Student film competition, August 2024, Winner

  71. 24 International Film Schools Festival / 24 Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 2024

  72. Baikal International Film Festival ‘People and Environment” n.a. Valentin Rasputin, Irtutsk (East Siberian region), Russian Federation, September 2024

  73. T-Short Animated film festival, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, September 2024

  74. CineOdyssey Animation Festival, Charlotte (North Carolina), USA, October 2024

  75. “Best of European Schools”, Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Lille, France, October 2024

  76. Balkanima, Belgrade, Serbia, October 2024

  77. Mriya IFF, Brussels, Belgium, October 2024

  78. PACCPA, Cinéma Arlequin, Paris, France, October 2024

  79. Best of Stopmotion programme, L’Hybride, Lille, October 2024

  80. Aaaargh Retro FF, Quai 22, Namur, Belgium, October 2024

  81. FICCALI, Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali, Cali, Colombia, November 2024

  82. 3KinoFil Fest, FOFR Echoes Program, Prague, Czech Republic, November 2024

  83. Animation Nights New York 2024, New York, USA, November 2024