SHORT OF THE MONTH: SAVE

DIRECTOR: IVÁN SÁINZ-PARDO

WRITER: IVÁN SÁINZ-PARDO

CAST: JOSEPHINE EHLERT, ROLAND VON KUMMANT,  MIA VON KUMMANT

YEAR: 2015

Iván Sáinz-Pardo (SCHNECKENTRAUN, LA MIRADA CIRCULAR)  is one of most  important Spanish short- movie directors. SAVE is one of his latest works, a supernatural story with which he won ECAM Best Director award at NotodoFilmFest. A well-deserved award.

SAVE follows the trend many eastern –and some western(LIGHTS OUT)- shorts are setting: short supernatural horror movies highlighting its atmosphere and surprising plot twist. However, Iván Sáinz-Pardo turns its movie in a style practice behind the camera, shooting in a sequence shot and searching for suspense instead of a final thrill. The result is a film that pretends to distress in a -very Hitchcocknian- classic way and not through short fast shots.

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Rubén Íñiguez Pérez is a Spanish literature scholar. He has written different articles about horror cinema for several media and he is part of the headquarters of La Mano Film Festival.