PASTA NEGRA - EN

PASTA NEGRA
A film by Jorge Thielen Armand
Canada, Venezuela, Italy, Colombia
15 min. 2025


41st Sundance Film Festival
Short Film Competition



Based on the short story Tijeras
2021 O. Henry Prize
by Karina Sainz Borgo

WITH
Lesbia López
Grieber Acosta
Mónica Zabaleta

DIRECTOR
Jorge Thielen Armand

PRODUCERS
Jorge Thielen Armand
Stefano Centini
Felipe Guerrero
Rodrigo Michelangeli

SCREENPLAY
 Jorge Thielen Armand
Mo Scarpelli

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Marcela Gómez Montoya

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Simone D’Arcangelo

EDITOR
Felipe Guerrero

CASTING
John Bedoya

MUSIC
Leila Bordreuil

SOUND DESIGN
Alessandro Bianchi

PRODUCTION COMPANIES
La Faena
Volos Films Italia
mutokino

INTERNATIONAL SALES
Lights On Film
 
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
The Canada Council For the Arts
The Ontario Arts Council

 

A striking visual experience… one is immersed in the difficulties and dangers faced by those who are forced to leave their homes in search of a solution to what their country cannot provide.
— David Delgado, El Impulso


SYNOPSIS
Three Venezuelan women cross the border into Colombia to buy a packet of pasta.


DIRECTOR'S NOTE
The massive exodus from Venezuela has left an indescribable scar. The family has been separated, loss has invaded our homes. This catastrophe is relentless, omnipresent in every one of my actions, in the tired bodies and broken voices of relatives who say goodbye. This is an homage to those who sacrificed anything precious,  and especially to grandmothers, mothers, and women who have relinquished everything of their own.


SCREENINGS
41st Sundance Film Festival - short film competition. USA

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