EL LABERINTO DE SIMONE

Simone's Labyrinth

España. 2003. Color. 16 min. Ficción. 35mm.
  • Film Director: Iván Sáinz-Pardo.
  • Producer: Quirin Berg; Ignacio Gómez; Christoph Menardi; Iván Sáinz-Pardo; Philipp Schall; Max Wiedmann.
Simone is a 11-year-old, introverted and mysterious girl, product of the separation of her parents and of the conviviality to alone with her alcoholic and depressive mother in a too big house for both. Simone hides an incredible secret that probably could help to recover the fondness and the attention of her mother. The power of the interior world of a child is like the darkest and impregnable of the labyrinths.

Iván Sáinz-Pardo
Iván was born in Madrid in 1972. He started studying German Philology in 1991 in Valladolid. After attending a course for TV camera operators, he made various short films on video that received numerous awards in different festivals. Iván studied Direction at the Film and TV school in Munich, Germany in 1999. In 2001, he shot his first short film in film format called 'Schneckentraum (El sueño del caracol)' that was pre-selected for the Oscar. His next short film in Munich, 'Simones Labyrinth' received more than fifty international awards and allowed him to do a master in the Universal studios in Hollywood. After some more short films, he participated in an audiovisual project for the exposition 'El Madrid de Alatriste y el siglo de Oro'.
"Sorin Dragoi (BvK) Porträt eines Kameramannes" (2007) / "El último viaje del Almirante" (2006) / "La Marea" (2006) / "Schneckentraum (El Sueño del Caracol)" (2001) / "La frontera silenciosa" (1999) / "Descanse en paz" (1998) / "Apretón mortal" (1996) / "Entre nosotros"