Nochebuena

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What’s the story?

Synopsis

Five sisters meet after a long time without seeing each other for the Christmas reunion. Between glasses of wine and the preparation of the supper, they catch up on their lives while waiting for their father. Each one of them, with their different personalities, tries to find harmony so that the night is lived in a fun way and they can abstract themselves from the problems of everyday life. They take advantage of this time of year to remember that the most important thing is to have each other and have a good time.

Year: 2021

What’s the project?

Nochebuena is a heartfelt short comedy that celebrates women being women, naturally, without exaggeration or objectification. The film follows five sisters reuniting for Christmas after a long time apart. Amid glasses of wine and the preparation of the festive supper, they catch up on their lives, navigate their different personalities, and try to find harmony for the night. Through laughter, small tensions, and shared memories, the sisters remind themselves that the most important thing is having each other and enjoying the moment together.

The project was born from a desire to tell feminine stories in cinema in a fluid and authentic way, placing women at the center of a narrative about women, capturing the diversity of personalities and relationships without artifice.

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Directed and Produced by Anna de Escobar

Genre: Comedy

Starring: Jasmine Ribes Vicky Sirera Carmen Asecas rosita de los santos and Belen Bottarini

Written by Anna de Escobar and Jaime Delmonte

Director of Photography Josep Antoni Ruiz

Art Director Nuno Vilela

Sound designer Jaime Delmonte

Musician Pat Escobar

Award: Best Director – Medusa Film Awards, Best Female Director -FICIMAD

Nomination: Lisbon Film Rendezvous

Official Selection: The Paus Premieres Festival, ZUMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Filmmaker Sessions Volume 11, Festival RENUAC

Running Time: 8 minutes 44 seconds

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Who’s the director?

Anna de Escobar is a cinema and audiovisual professional with solid experience in production, distribution, and direction. She has established herself in the international independent film scene, following an initial phase of directing experimental projects that explored new storytelling languages and formats.

Her career includes collaboration with Carnaby International, a London-based distribution company, during the Cannes Film Festival, where she contributed to the promotion and management of international projects. She has also participated in major events such as Berlinale and the Students Academy Awards, with her works screened at film festivals across Europe, North America and Latin America.

Anna has combined her film experience with work in fashion and theatre, contributing to the Lisbon Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, as well as the Portuguese theatre company A Barraca in production roles. In advertising and social media management, she has worked with political parties and brands, handling digital campaigns and marketing strategies.

In cinema, she contributed to the production department of “Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey II” and worked as a camera person at London film premieres, including the British film “The Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance”.

Anna approached directing from the start as a creative experiment, using each project as a learning opportunity. Today, she combines artistic sensitivity with practical experience in production, distribution, digital marketing, and advertising, helping independent filmmakers and creative brands bring their projects to the right audiences.

Her social media work had a significant impact during the COVID era, when Anna and her friend Dévra Taboada founded an audiovisual collective for Brazilian artists living abroad. The collective focused on bringing artists together in virtual conversations during 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, fostering connections and collaboration. From this initiative, they created a project (a Film Letter), exploring the immigrant experience, which brought together a team of Brazilian women living in Europe and culminated in the filming of the short in Portugal after COVID restrictions eased.

Anna has received multiple Best Film awards at various international film festivals for different projects, highlighting her talent and recognition across a wide range of creative works.