NO PASA NADA
This is Angela’s story, a girl who discovers at a very early age that actions don't always have consequences. All human beings live with a good side and a bad side within themselves. But we can decide to take any direction that we want, only to conclude that still, nothing happens.
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Victoria Naranjos MontoyaDirector
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Victoria Naranjos MontoyaWriter
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Ricardo Herrera MontoyaProducerVanessa Sansores
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Dominka A. BarrónKey Cast"Angela"
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Nahomi Ochoa AbbudKey Cast"Mother"
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Denisse FloresKey Cast"Angela Adult"
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Alan EscobedoKey Cast"Bully in a bar"
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Project Title (Original Language):NO PASA NADA
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:7 minutes 37 seconds
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Completion Date:March 1, 2021
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Production Budget:2,500 USD
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Country of Origin:Mexico
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Country of Filming:Mexico
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Language:Spanish
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Shooting Format:ARRI Alexa 4K
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Kiez Berlin Film Festival Kiez Berlin Film FestivalKiez Berlín
Germany
May 26, 2021
Best Director -
Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay CompetitionHollywood
United States
June 30, 2021
Best Short (Horror category) -
Ciudad De Mexico International Film FestCiudad de México
Mexico
July 9, 2021
Best Opera Prima -
Stockholm City Film FestivalStockholm
Sweden
June 30, 2021
Finalist June selection -
Virgin Spring CinefestKolkata, West Bengal
India
August 20, 2021
SILVER AWARD Best Short -
Virgin Spring CinefestKolkata, West Bengal
India
August 20, 2021
SILVER AWARD Best Actress -
Virgin Spring CinefestKolkata, West Bengal
India
August 20, 2021
GOLD AWARD Best Director -
Cult Critic Movie AwardsKolkata
India
August 20, 2021
BEST ACTRESS -
Cult Critic Movie AwardsKolkata
India
August 20, 2021
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Horror-Sci-Fi-Genre Film -
Cult Critic Movie AwardsKalkota
India
August 20, 2021
Monthly Winner, Women´s Films -
HIFF - HALO International Film FestivalSaint-Petesburg
Russian Federation
August 20, 2021
Best Young Actress -
Gangtok International Film FestivalGangtok
India
September 8, 2021
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Short Film -
Toronto Independent Film Festival of CiftToronto
Canada
September 16, 2021
Best Thriller -
Monthly Indie Shorts
September 18, 2021
Best Thriller Short Film September Edition -
Five Continents International FilmAnzoategui, Venezuela
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
September 14, 2021
Best Thriller Short Film -
El Paso Film FestivalEl Paso, Texas
United States
August 13, 2021
Official Selection -
Dulcísimo OvarioPachuca, Hidalgo
Mexico
September 17, 2021
Official Selection -
North Hollywood Cine FestHollywood, California
United States
October 1, 2021
Official Selection -
Rome Movie AwardsRome
Italy
September 10, 2021
Official Selection -
Milan Gold AwardsMilan
Italy
November 26, 2021
Official Selection -
OTB | Only The Best Film AwardsMiami
United States
October 5, 2021
BEST THRILLER - SHORT FILM -
World Film Carnival - SingaporeSingapore
Singapore
September 24, 2021
Finalist Women´s Films -
Prague International Indie Film FestivalPrague
September 18, 2021
Honorable Mention 4th Quarter Edition -
Prague International Indie Film FestivalPrague
December 1, 2021
SEMI-FINALIST Best Female Director Annual Competition 2021 -
Prague International Indie Film FestivalPrague
December 1, 2021
SEMI-FINALIST Best Production Design Annual Competition 2021 -
San Francisco Indie Short FestivalSan Francisco, California
United States
August 14, 2021
Nominee Best International Short Film -
Niagara Falls International Short FestivalNiagara
Canada
September 26, 2021
Nominee Best Thriller Short Film -
Phoenix ShortsOttawa, Ontario
Canada
August 20, 2021
Nominee -
Sunscreen Film Fest West, Hermosa BeachHermosa Beach, California
United States
November 5, 2021
Quarter Finalist 2021 -
Global Indie Film FestGlasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom
October 31, 2021
Official Selection -
Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture AwardsKolkata. West Bengal
India
October 6, 2021
Best Crime Short -
Berlin Shorts AwardsBerlin, Germany
Germany
September 30, 2021
SEMI-FINALIST -
Vancouver Independent Film FestivalVancouver, CA
Canada
October 5, 2021
SEMI-FINALIST -
Oculto Horror film festCiudad Juárez, Chihuahua, MX
Mexico
October 29, 2021
Official Selection -
New York International Women FestivalNew York, New York
United States
October 18, 2021
FINALIST -
Aab International Film FestivalMoga, Punjab
India
October 17, 2021
BEST ART DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM -
Moonrise Film FestivalHermosillo, Sonora
Mexico
October 31, 2021
Finalist -
CineFem 9Punta del Este
Uruguay
October 26, 2021
Official Selection -
Veracruz World Film FestivalVeracruz
Mexico
November 2, 2021
Official Selection -
Chihuahua International Film FestivalChihuahua
Mexico
November 9, 2021
Official Selection Shortfilms -
Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos OrienteAnzoátegui, Venezuela
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
November 1, 2021
Official Selection -
San Luis Film FestivalSan Luis, Arizona
United States
November 16, 2021
BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM 2021 -
Stockholm Short FestivalStockolm
Sweden
November 15, 2021
FINALIST -
The Film ContestONLINE EVENT
November 18, 2021
BEST SHORT WOMEN FILM -
FICTV - FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE TERROR VALPARAISOVALPARAISO, VALPARAISO
Chile
November 23, 2021
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Accord Cine Fest
United States
December 10, 2021
FINALIST -
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE TERROR VALPARAISOVALPARAISO
Chile
December 16, 2021
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
iDEAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALSillod, Maharashtra
India
December 19, 2021
AWARD WINNER -
FCGSD FESTIVAL DE CINE GLOBAL DE SANTO DOMINGOSanto Domingo
Dominican Republic
January 1, 2022
Official Selection -
Paris Woman Festival of OntarioParis, Ontario
Canada
January 20, 2022
SEMI-FINALIST -
TFM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
India
January 1, 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDSnew york
United States
January 5, 2022
BEST INDIE SHORT FILM -
STAR FILM FESTIVALBarcelona
Spain
January 18, 2022
SPECIAL MENTION -
Chambal International Film FestivalMumbai
India
January 18, 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Vesuvius International Film FestivalVesuvius
Italy
January 21, 2022
BEST PÓSTER -
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film FestivalKOLKATA
India
February 16, 2022
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY 34TH EDITION L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival -
Rolling IdeasTargu Mures
Romania
March 4, 2022
HONRABLE MENTION -
6th annual Cinema Sisters Film FestivalWilmington, NC
United States
May 22, 2022
united states
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
THE FILMY MONKS FILM FESTIVALMUMBAI
India
January 1, 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
New York City IO Film FestivalBrooklyn, New York
United States
March 22, 2022
FINALIST -
International World Photography AwardsNew York
United States
May 31, 2022
Official Selection -
First Women Film Festivaliran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
June 22, 2022
Best Horror / Thriller Short Film -
Uptilt Film FestivalWilmington
United States
June 18, 2022
Official Selection -
Venus Community AwardsCC Kültür Merkezi, Balat, Fatih/ Istanbul
Turkey
August 30, 2022
Award winner
Victoria Naranjos Montoya is a filmmaker from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. She has been a Producer and Screenwriter at Intelia Films since 2006.
Good and evil have been in us since we were born,
we are children who react to the adversities of
different ways, within the innocence of childhood
can grow one perverse side, a dark side, that if you
we develop can accompany us throughout our lives
hiddenly or discreetly, but you can also
manifest ourselves and take victims from victims.
In No Pasa Nada, Angela's story is portrayed, a
girl who is about to start her basic education and that's when
arrives at his new school's classroom, when he watches as the
strongly takes advantage of the weakest, in a world of children who
you don't know.
Angela sees herself and somehow the same day that conflict is
"resolved". That girl from her perspective is taking “justice”,
as an adult we observe Angela a professional woman who has
grown up with this fact that I mark their actions throughout
his life.
The short is divided into two parts, the childhood
(late 90's), and for his recreation we'll have the clothes, the styling,
a beeper, cars, an ambulance and a lunch box.
The color must give us a sense of Analog TV, costumes and makeup as well
as cars they makeallow us to be in recent years of the 1990s.
The song of Angela mother's car, withmake us put ourselves in the
stage in which the first fact that marks the life of the protagonist.
Angela's lunchbox is an object that will tell us why we always see it with her,
Somehow in it she carries everything that makes her feel safe.
In the second part we see Angela as a woman of 30 years, she lives in a city,
has an executive position and a life that any professional would aspire to
have. She's a beautiful woman, but we started to see her repeat
patterns of behavior when she saw her out of her work, alone in
a place where no matter who it is, it's one more of the
crowd, just like when it first comes to that
classroom full of strange children.
Once her experience of the bar is completed, in the
next sequence we see Angela with a necklace that has
a saying of the same character (of the lunch box) that had when she was a kid,
here is when we see that even though we "mature" there is always some of the
past that we carry with us all our existence.
The locations of the second part show us Angela as an adult in a modern office,
to denote an atmosphere of power. Places where we see her arrive as the bar also
show us that
is a woman who develops in a very high class environment..
No pasa nada story, shows us each of viewers that duality of human beings, all
we're good at the start but we have this part that makes usbad for thought, there
are only small actions that can make us a bad person, and it depends on how
we show the world will be the kind of person we will be.
The protagonist of this story has no entrance intending to be a bad person, however
it is the circumstances of her life that make her start taking action on situations that are wrong for her, situations that are "resolving" without being discovered.
This story can connect us to anyone to watch the short film because somehow we're
each that girl, and as adults we're very used to seeing that a woman defends herself as an adult from what she feels like a situation of abuse.
No pasa nada, shows us how to go unnoticed in a world of children is not difficult,
and like being a person important also rules you out of being noticed as
possible protagonist of an unlawful act.
It's a story that touches us all, we're able to be good or bad, it's a natural feeling
that we can ignore and continue to live on the right side of life, or at some point
you need to get your survival instinct out
to resolve a conflict.
Here all of us will see how easily a human being goes from being
victim to be a victimary and to "nothing happen."