Para Los Contrincantes (For the Opponents)
Synopsis
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2026 - Short Film Competition
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 15 min
- Director
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Federico Luis
- Producer
- Fernando Bascuñán, Fernanda de la Peza, Elena Fortes, Augusto Matte
- Co-Producer
- Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Alejandro Azorín, Xavier Cunilleras
- Executive Producer
- Héctor Sulaimán
- Editor
- Andrés Medina
- Screenwriter
- Federico Luis
- Director of Photography
- Marcos Hastrup
- Sound
- Martín García Blaya
- Composer
- Satoshi & Makoto
- Principal cast
- Damian López, Jesús Esquivel, Ian Haziel Castillo, Jair Monroy, Isaac Rivas Cruz, Wil Pérez, Gilles Aniorte Tomassian, Rubén Machorro Álvarez, Anne Geraldine Hinostroza Méndez, Martha María López Ramos
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Mexico, Chile, France, UK co-production
Planta (CL), Cárcava (MX), Fiasco (MX), Deptford Film (UK) in co-production with Les films du Worso (FR), Estudios Churubusco Azteca (MX), Cineteca Nacional de Chile (CL), Aura Lens Rental (MX)
Deptford Film
Augusto MatteInternational House
64 Nile Street
London
N1 7SR
Sales Company
Luxbox Films
6 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud75011 Paris
France
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