Petit Mal

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Petit Mal.

Have you ever met a throuple? We are opening our home’s doors to show you how is our life, how we, as a women’s throuple, live the absence of one of us. This real fiction show us how we deal with loneliness, jealousy and how we have to adapt ourselves when three become two.

Director.

Ruth Caudeli was born in Valencia, Spain. She has a Master in film directing from the renowned ESCAC film school and another in fiction for television from the Pompeu Fabra university. She studied audiovisual communication at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, where she won the award for excellence. She has written and directed the feature film EVA+CANDELA (2017) and Second Star on the Right (2019) is her second feature film. She has directed several short films, including Late (2010) and Porque no (2016), Between Walls (2017), Aquí no hay señal, marica (2018), EVA minus CANDELA (2018) and Screenshots for a Goodbye (2020), which were selected for and won awards at various international festivals. She directed commercials for recognized brand names at the production company Ovella Blava Films. She is a contributor to publications, such as Kinetoscope, and is a professor of film and television at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Leading Ladies (2021) was her third feature film. After directing Petit Mal in 2022, in 2024 Ruth Caudeli directes her fifth feature film, entitled Same, Again.

Details.

  • Title
    Petit Mal
  • Rights
    Festivals,
    Sales
  • Country
    Colombia
  • Year
    2022
  • Length
    89′,col.

  • Director
    Ruth Caudeli
  • Screenplay
    Ruth Caudeli
  • Editing
    Ruth Caudeli,
    Silvia Varón
  • Photography
    Andrés Botero

  • Sound
    Daniel González
  • Music
    Fabio Chaves
  • Cast
    Silvia Varón, Ana María Otálora,
    Ruth Caudeli

  • Producers
    Sara Larrota, Ruth Caudeli,
    Silvia Varón
  • Production
    Ovella Blava Films


  • Tribeca Film Festival New York 2022 – ViewPoints
  • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2022 – Maguey Award Competition
  • Frameline San Francisco 2022
  • Andrógina Diversa Film Festival Guadalajara 2022
  • Ciné Pride Nantes 2022
  • OutFest Peru Lima 2022
  • Monterrey  Queer Film Festival 2022
  • Some Prefer Cake Bologna 2022
  • Sidewalk Film Festival Birmingham (AL) 2022
  • Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2022
  • Seattle Queer Film Festival 2022
  • ZeFestival Nice 2022
  • Outshine Fort Lauderdale 2022
  • Tampa International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2022 – Closing Night Title
  • Vinokino Helsinki Turku, Oulu 2022
  • aGLIFF Queer Spectrum Austin 2022
  • Way Out West Festival Albuquerque 2022
  • TLV Fest Tel Aviv 2022
  • Queersicht Bern 2022
  • Image + Nation Montreál 2022
  • Lesgaicinemad Madrid 2022 – Panorama
  • Festival Chéries-Chéris Paris  2022 – Panorama
  • Mix Brasil São Paulo 2022 – International Panorama
  • FanCineGay Badajoz 2022
  • Forrainbow Festival Fortaleza 2022 – Feature Film Competition
  • Des Images aux Mots Toulouse 2023 – Feature Film Competition
  • Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival Sydney 2023
  • Rozen Filmdagen Amsterdam 2023
  • MAMM Medellin 2023
  • Mostra Fire!! Barcelona 2023
  • Ciclo Rosa Bogotá 2023
  • Cinema Lliure a la Platja Barcelona 2023
  • Cinema Lliure a la Platja Sitges 2023
  • TLV Fest Pride Month Tel Aviv 2023
  • Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival Cagliari 2023
  • Queer Voicea Film Festival Chisinau 2023
  • Entre 3 Cineforum Vitoria Gasteiz 2024
  • La Invertida Queer Film Festival Alcoy 2024


  • Premio Sebastiane Latino 2022 – Nomination Best Film
  • Forrainbow Festival Fortaleza 2022 – Best Leading Actresses
  • Candidate Colombian Entry for the Oscars 2024
  • Macondo Awards – Nomination Best Leading Actress, Best Non Leading Actress


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