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Sweatshop Girl

International Competition 5

Inés works as a seamstress in a sweatshop where pregnancy tests are periodically administered. When she becomes pregnant, she is sure that her condition will get her fired, so she does everything she can to keep it a secret.

  • Mexico
  • 2023, 17 min
  • Director: Selma Cervantes
  • Director of photography: Bruno Gaeta
  • Editor: Mario Monroy Nieblas
  • Screenplay: Selma Cervantes, Indra Villaseñor Amador
  • Sound: Daniel Rojo Solis
  • Cast: Yalitza Aparicio, Mariana Villegas, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Amorita Rasgado, Juan Carlos Medellín
  • Art Director: Anaís Vasconcelos
  • Producer: Alfonso Caballero, Selma Cervantes, Bruno Gaeta, Jim Stark

PROJECTIONS
1.3. 15:00 Praha | Světozor Velký sál

Selma Cervantes

Selma Cervantes

Selma Cervantes is a Mexican director who became a member of the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after receiving a nomination for Best Short Film for her project Manchester Acatitla (2021). Her second short film, Sweatshop Girl, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.