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THE SPIRAL

María Silvia Esteve
Argentina, 2022
19 min.

A WhatsApp audio begins, and with it, a downward spiral unfolds. The voice of a woman sinking into a health anxiety attack, quickly entangles a complex labyrinth of fears and emotions that deal with childhood, family, and the loneliness of “home”.

A fragment of an old film reminds us of the stranger in the mirror, shadows of thoughts grow frightening from the darkness, multiplying endlessly, fragments of voices full of exasperation or despair greet us at every corner. María Silvia Esteve takes the viewer along a corridor of horrors: from one end to the other, the walls are covered with fears and obsessions, anguish lurks in the gloom, the claws of loneliness reach out from under the bed – nothing but the image of a panic attack. Her film is like a desperate jigsaw puzzle with pieces melted at the edges: even if they don’t fit perfectly into the final picture, the painting will remain just as frightening, the image in the mirror just as wicked. (Andreea Chiper, BIEFF 2022)

Date and Location

30th of September, 20:00, Cinema Elvire Popesco

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María Silvia Esteve

María Silvia Esteve is an Argentinian film director, born in Guatemala. Her debut documentary film Silvia had its World Premiere at IDFA, received the Artistic Vision Award at Docaviv, and won at Habana Film Festival, DocLisboa, amongst others. Selected for The Biennale of Young Art Buenos Aires, the director participated in IDFA Summer School and IDFA Project Space, with her new project in development, Mailin, winner of the IDFA Bertha Fund and double award winner at the Visions du Réel Industry as the project with the highest international potential. Currently, Silvia is writing her first fiction feature Fauces, winner of the Focus COPRO’ 2022 at Cannes.

  • Technical sheet
  • CAST: Emma Isabella, Richard Townley, Viveca Paoli
  • SCREENWRITING / ANIMATION/COMPOSING/EDITING: María Silvia Esteve
  • PRODUCER: Laura Mara Tablón, María Silvia Esteve
  • PRODUCTION: Rita Cine & Hanna Films
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