ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Cowboys & Indians
Overview
Leo plays "cowboys and Indians" every day at home. Today, aged just five, he learned a new game.
Director Biography — Emilia Ruiz
BIOGRAPHY
In 2015, Emilia Ruiz has obtained the MASTER CINEMATOGRAPHIC DIRECTION by the European University Campus-San Miguel University. In 2010, She has completed her diploma in MEISNER TECNIQUE for actors with Javier Galitó-Cava and Rachel Adler. Previously she had trained with several teachers as: Alejandro Giles, Pactrick Wengenroth, Guillermo Ghio, Kari Margolis, Alejandro Catalan, John Strasberg, Joseph Alford, Bob McAndrew, Enrique Vargas, Christophe Marchand and Boris Rotenstein. Apart from that, she explores different body Languages disciplines like: Fitzmaurice Method with Catherine Fitzmaurice, Bioenergetics with Susi Ghio, Movement and voice with Matthew Graham Smith, Linklater Method with Cristine Adaire, Feldenkrais Method with Beatriz Walterspiel and Sabina Dahrendorf, and Flamenco and Belly dancing. Throughout this period, she has worked as an Actress in many short films and pieces of theatre. Simultaneously, she works as a Dramaturge and Theatrical Designer for the following projects: “La cuna ausente”, “Descenso”, “Pánico contenido” and “Se-cre-to”. In 2012 she was invited to participate as an Actor’s Coach in the film “El árbol sin sombra”.
Her passion of writing stories combined with her experience and knowledge of the actor's work increase her interest in the audiovisual world. She starts to film her first short film in 2012. At the same time, she participates in a Cinema photography workshop by Santiago Fillol and Diego Dussuel and Cinematographic Language workshop by Lluis Adller. Finally, she founds her own film producer, CLAVELITOFilms in order to group her projects as Filmmaker and Screenwriter. Nowadays she has produced and directed 8 short films, which have been screened in many Festivals around the world and have obtained some international awards. Emilia Ruiz continues writing and producing.
FILMOGRAPHY
SENTIR TUS BRAZOS ROTOS (Feeling your broken Arms)
(Fiction / Comedy Drama / 13:30 / Spain 2017) In Postproduction
INDIOS Y VAQUEROS (COWBOYS AND INDIANS)
(Fiction / Drama / 04:00 / Spain 2016)
ROLLING WORLD
(Fiction / Reality / 01:00 / France 2014)
EL MUNDO TAN PEQUEÑITO (SUCH A SMALL WORLD)
(Fiction / Drama / 17:47 / Spain 2013)
ANEXOS (ANNEXES)
(Fiction / Realism / 16:06 / Spain-Belgium 2013)
PASAJE NO REEMBOLSABLE (NON-REFUNDABLE TICKET)
(Fiction / Drama / 02:06 / Spain-Mexico-Argentina 2013)
L’AIR FAIT BOUGER LES CHOSES (THE AIR MAKES THINGS MOVE)
(Fiction / Drama / 10:20 / France-Spain 2013)
HAVING A SHOWER
(Fiction / Fantastic / 02:43 / Spain 2013)
Director Statement
With this story, “Cowboys & Indians”, I desired to talk about the gender-based violence from a child look and stress the traumas arisen from domestic violence and how they can pierce chillingly our most fragile period of our life, childhood.
Credits
- Director
- Emilia Ruiz
- Writer
- Emilia Ruiz
- Producer
- Emilia Ruiz
- Key Cast
- David Crivillé
- Key Cast
- Yolanda Belvis
Specifications
- Original title
- Indios y Vaqueros
- Project type
- Short
- Runtime
- 4 minutes 20 seconds
- Completion date
- June 1, 2016
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Countries of filming
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Shooting format
- Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- No
- Student project
- No
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
Artic Monthly LIVE
West Warwick
United States
Moving Picture Festival
Antwerpe
Belgium
FINALIST
TMFF, The Monthly Film Festival
Glasgow
United Kingdom
VII Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia "Ciudad de Bogotá"
Bogota
Colombia
28th Festival de Cinema de Girona
Girona
Spain
Ibiza CineFest
Ibiza
Spain
El Rodeo Film Festival
Rojales
Spain
Barcelona Planet Film Festival
Barcelona
Spain
Los Angeles CineFest
Los Angeles
United States
Rouge Cinema Film Festival
New York
United States
2nd PLACE WINNER
Dream City Rivne International Film Festival
Rivne
Ukraine
2nd PLACE WINNER SHORT-LENGTH LIVE ACTION FILM
XV Certametn International de Cortometrajes El Pecado
LLerena
Spain
August 2, 2016
Cinema Camp Festival
Zamora
Spain
July 17, 2016
Hot Shorts Film Festival London
London
United Kingdom
October 8, 2016
BEST ACTOR AWARD & JURY SPECIAL MENTION
Fort McMurray International Film Festival
Fort McMurray
Canada
September 3, 2016
Pink City International Short Film Festival
Jaipur
India
August 16, 2016
13th Corto Creativo UDCI
Tijuana
Mexico
August 31, 2016
SEMI-FINALIST
XIV Festival Internacional de Cine Ponferrada
Ponferrada
Spain
September 30, 2016
RETINA 2016 AWARD
12 Months Film Festival
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
August 31, 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine Fine Arts
San Juan
Puerto Rico
September 29, 2016
International Short Film Festival Kalmthout
Kalmthout
Belgium
September 29, 2016
FINALIST
6º. Almeria Western Film Festival
Almeria
Spain
October 6, 2016
Minutnik
Šentjernej
Slovenia
August 31, 2016
Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival
Ravenna
Italy
October 27, 2016
FINALIST
Orlando Edge Film Festival
Orlando
United States
October 31, 2016
Festival de Cortometrajes K-lidoscopi
Cullera
Spain
September 23, 2016
Tuzla Film Festival
Tuzla
Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 12, 2016
SEMI-FINALIST
Festival de Cine el Ojo cojo
Madrid
Spain
November 4, 2016
SEMI-FINALIST
PSICURT
Tarragona
Spain
October 6, 2016
3rd PLACE WINNER
Certament Cambio y Corto Madrid
Madrid
Spain
October 6, 2016
SPECIAL MENTION: BEST ACTOR
Tenebra Film Festival
Guadalajara
Mexico
October 17, 2016
17º fiaticorti Film Festival
Treviso
Italy
October 28, 2016
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Nahia
Granada
Spain
November 14, 2016
VI Visualízame
Alcalá la Real
Spain
September 30, 2016
iChill Manila Film Festival
Manila
Philippines
November 14, 2016
Horror Online Art Navarra
Pamplona
Spain
September 25, 2016
IX Conway Film festival
Conway
United States
September 30, 2016
3º Festival de Cinema de Caruaru
Caruaru
Brazil
November 5, 2016
8ª Muestra de Cine Iberoamericano Nicaragua
Managua
Nicaragua
October 6, 2016
SANFERNANCINE
San Fernando de Henares
Spain
October 6, 2016
BEST SHORT FILM
East Van Showcase Film Festival
Vancouver
Canada
October 23, 2016
7ª Muestra Audiovisual CINESÚ
Montería
Colombia
October 18, 2016
IX The East Los Angeles Film festival
Los Angeles
United States
October 14, 2016
Connect Film Festival
Melbourne
Australia
October 29, 2016
BEST DRAMA AWARD, BEST PICTURE NOMINATION & BEST MALE ACTOR NOMINATION
Asia Internationa Youth Short FIlm Exhibition
Wenzhou
China
October 9, 2016
Festival de Cine de Maracaibo
Maracaibo
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
October 20, 2016
FICVI, Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges de Vila-seca
Vila-seca
Spain
October 22, 2016
London Rolling Film Festival
London
United Kingdom
October 30, 2016
Clipaward "Cultural Caleidoscope"
Mannheim
Germany
November 5, 2016
Festival de Cortos de Villa de la Orotava
Orotava
Spain
November 14, 2016
Connect Film Festival TEXAS
Texas
United States
December 1, 2016
54th Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival
Marsa
Malta
November 25, 2016
Hrizantema Horror & Fantasy Film Festival
Subotica
Serbia
October 27, 2016
BEST ACTOR AWARD
Festival de cortoemtrajes de Terror Orés de Miedo
Orés
Spain
October 30, 2016
Amarcort Film Festival
Rimini
Italy
December 2, 2016
IKUSKA 2016
Pasaia
Spain
November 12, 2016
Festival de Cortometrajes contra la Violencia de Género
Jaén
Spain
November 2, 2016
Festival Cinematográfico "Visión ribereña"
Villa Constitución
Argentina
November 3, 2016
FENAVID 2016
Santa Cruz
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
November 26, 2016
BEST SHORT FILM AWARD & ACTING SPECIAL MENTION
Muestra de Cortoemtrajes "San Rafael en Corto"
Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Spain
November 12, 2016
First Rule of Film Club Presents
Widnes
United Kingdom
November 11, 2016
FIC.BiE Festival Internacional de Microcortos
Bisbal de l'Empordà
Spain
November 25, 2016
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XII Festival de Cine Infantil de Ciudad Guayana
Ciudad Guayana
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
November 25, 2016
Almaty Indie Film Festival
Almaty
Kazakhstan
May 15, 2017
Lecce Film Festival - Cinema Invisible
Lecce
Italy
December 26, 2016
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
Pune
India
December 24, 2016
Stonefair International Film Festival
Pietra Neamt
Romania
December 19, 2016
CORTIAMO
Alcamo
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December 11, 2016
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Elche
Spain
December 11, 2016
Fest'Yves Arts
Quiberon
France
January 20, 2017
XVII Certamen de Cine Corto de Salas de los Infantes
Burgos
Spain
January 21, 2017
Festival de Cortometrajes José francisco Rosado PACAS
Pedro Muñoz
Spain
January 7, 2017
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Widnes
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March 25, 2017
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Tampa
United States
March 16, 2017
XVII Indepedent Days FilmFest
karlsruhe
Germany
April 5, 2017
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United States
April 1, 2017
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France
March 2, 2017
UK Screen One International film Festival
Leicester
United Kingdom
March 5, 2017
Festival Internacional de Cortos Independientes "El día se hace corto"
Puerto la Cruz
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
February 20, 2017
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Nacogdoches Film Festival
Nacogdoches
United States
February 24, 2017
2nd PLACE WINNER
Houston Latino Film Festival
Bellaire
United States
March 24, 2017
Austrian Independent Film Festival
Viena
Austria
May 17, 2017
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
March 1, 2017
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Navarclés
Spain
April 27, 2017
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London
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February 28, 2017
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Quito
Ecuador
March 7, 2017
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Modica
Italy
March 21, 2017
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Milwaukee
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April 24, 2017
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Imperia
Italy
April 18, 2017
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Ancona
Italy
May 30, 2017
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Bariloche
Argentina
April 7, 2017
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Oklahoma
United States
March 25, 2017
ACAFilms Low Film Festival
São Paulo
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July 14, 2017
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April 6, 2017
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Chile
April 20, 2017
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May 17, 2017
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May 26, 2017
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April 6, 2018
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May 9, 2017
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Jamaica
June 15, 2017
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May 25, 2017
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Switzerland
March 31, 2017
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Cergy
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June 13, 2017
International Children's Rights Film festival
Bursa
Turkey
May 3, 2017
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April 30, 2017
Yes Let's Make a Movie Film Festival
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June 4, 2017
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Athens
Greece
May 4, 2017
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Nazareth
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May 17, 2017
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May 31, 2017
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July 15, 2017
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July 18, 2017
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June 1, 2017
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torino
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August 28, 2017
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September 6, 2017
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