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
Credits
Direction Paola Cubillos
DOP Paola Cubillos
Photography advisors David Garcia I Jeroen Ceulebrouck I Jean-François Pauly I Alex Pistorius
Animation Paola Cubillos I 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
Festival selections
Festival Premiers Plans Angers, France, January 2023, Official selection
Ghent International Short Film Festival, Belgium, March 2023, Official selection
Athens ANIMFEST, Greece, March 2023, Official selection
Monstra Livre de Cinema, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2023, Official selection
Caribetoons Festival Internacional de animación, Colombia, June 2023, Official selection
Framed | Animatiefilmfestival Forum Groningen, Groeningen, Netherlands, June 2023, Official selection
TIFSS, Tel Aviv International Student Short film festival, Israel, June 2023, Official selection
Cartoon Club Animated film festival, Rimini, Italy, July 2023, Official selection, International Panorama
Boston Short Film Festival, United-States, July 2023, Official selection
Animix International Animation film festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, August 2023, Official selection
Short Shot Fest, Moscow, Russia, August 2023
Flipbook Film Festival, Macedonia, August 2023, Best European Animated Student Short Film, Official selection
AniMaji Festival, New York, United-States, August 2023, Official selection
FICOT (Festival Internacional de cine de la Otredad), Guanajuato, Mexico, August 2023, Official selection
ECCE! Short Film Festival, Antwerp, Belgium, August 202
Cardiff Animation Nights, Cardiff, United-Kingdom, August 2023, Official selection
KO:SH FILM FEST, Korça, Albania, September 2023, Official selection
25th Festival universitario de cine y audiovisuales Equinoxio, Bogota, Colombia, September 2023, Official selection
ANIMAURA, Morelia, Mexico, September 2023, Official selection
TrikFilm, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 2023, Official selection
Lisboa Indie Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2023, Official selection
Anima Cinefest, New York, United-States, October 2023, Official selection
International Short Film Festival, Un Festival C’est Trop Court!, Nice, France, October 2023, Official selection
Cartoons Underground, Singapore, October 2023, Official selection
International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia, Iassy, Romania, October 2023, Official selection
Mobile Animation Film Festival - MAFF, Mobile, United-States, October 2023, International Student Animation - Official selection
3er Festival de Mujeres de Medios Audiovisuales, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, October 2023, International short film competition
ArteNonStopFestival / BA2024 - International Film & Art Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2023, International short film competition
Festival Internacional de Cine de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, October 2023, Official selection
STOP MOTION MX FILM FESTIVAL, Mexico City, Mexico, November 2023, Official selection
Future Film Festival, Bologna & Modena, Italy, November 2023, Official selection
Animateka International Animation Film Festival, November 2023, Student Panorama - Official selection
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Querétaro, Mexico, November 2023, Official selection
Animex Screen, United-Kingdom, November 2023, Official selection
Anim!Arte, International Student Animation Festival of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2023, Official selection
Sussex International Film Festival, Hailsham, United-Kingdom, November 2023, Best of student short films
ICONA - Animation Festival, Icona, Greece, November 2023, International student short films competition
Silence is golden - Silent Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, November 2023, International competition programme
International Inter University Short Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2023, International competition
International Filmschool Festival Tetouan, Morrocco, December 2023, Official selection
LISBIFF, Lisbon Independent Film Festival, December 2023, Official selection
BOGOSHORTS, Bogota, December 2023, Official selection
SHORT to the point, Bucharest, Romania, December 2023, Official selection
International 3.Bornova Short Film Days, Izmir, Turkey, December 2023, International Short Animation
Napoli - CortiSonanti International Short Film Festival, Napoli, Italy, December 2023, International Animated Short films
That’s ANIMATO! International Animation Film Student Awards @ Sottodiciotto Film Festival, Torino, Italy, December 2023, Animato4all
Heroes International Film Festival, Rome, Italy, December 2023, International Graduation Film competition
Golden Baklava Film Academy International Student Film Festival, Gaziantep, Turkey, December 2023, International Student Competition
Cardiff Animation Nights, Cardiff, United-Kingdom, December 2023, Animated Short
Festival Internacional de Cine Estudiantil Naranjal, Guayas, Ecuador, December 2023, International Competition
Animakom Fest, Bilbao, Spain, December 2023, Student competition
ANIMA Animation Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium, February 2024, Official selection
Shortcutz Brazil, Santa-Catarina, Brazil, March 2024, Short films selection
Montecito Student Film Festival 2024, Santa-Barbara (California), United-States, March 2024, Student short films
Happy Valley Animation Festival, Pennsylvania, United-States, March 2024, International Animated Student Short Film
VI Festival de Cine Universitario Render, Lima, Peru, April 2024, Fiction / Experimental selection
KINOLATINO - Latin American Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium, Short films selection
11th Showreel: Effat International Student Film Festival, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, April 2024, International Student Animation film Selection
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
Premios Quirino 2024, Tenerife, Spain, May 2024, Graduation Film Finalist