SHE (THEY)

2010 | Documentary | Drama | 90 min | Color

Synopsis

This documentary unveils the figure of Mercedes Pinto, a fascinating woman who inspired Buñuel and Pablo Neruda and a decisive character on the fight over women’s rights.

DATA SHEET

Direction: David Baute
Script: David Baute with the collaboration of Yolanda Serrano, Dani Millet and Rolando Díaz
Production companies: Inicia Films in co-production with Tinglado Film, Guazu Media and Gran Número Once, with the collaboration of MEDIA, IBERMEDIA, Canary Islands government, CCR, TVE, Televisión de Canarias, Ayuntamiento de La Laguna, and Gabildo de Tenerife
Executive production: David Baute and Valérie Delpierre
Direction of photography: Neus Ollé
Location: Tenerife, Madrid, Montevideo, México DF, La Habana
Sound: Christian Johansen
Edition: David Baute and Alejandro Lázaro

Casting

Silvia Munt, Paola Bontempi, Marta Aura, Silvia Munt, Cesar Troncoso

PREMIOS Y FESTIVALES

Festival de Málaga de cine español 2010 (SPAIN)
Biznaga de plata “Women’s rights”

Festival de Cine Latino de Trieste 2010 (ITALY)
Best Documentary

Festival de Guadalajara 2010 (MEXICO)

Festival de la Habana 2010 (CUBA)

Festival de Ourense 2010 (SPAIN)

Other films

My school

Documentary 2012
Antonio Pérez Molero

Schoolgirls

Fiction 2020
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The night of all things

Fiction 2015
Pilar Palomero

In Inicia Films we understand that production is a way to influence society and connect emotionally with the audience. Since 2006 we have been working to promote new generations of filmmakers and give them a voice in today’s audiovisual world.

Through the eyes of our creators and the sensitivity of our authors, we accompany the development of international projects and multicultural talent, building bridges between their experiences abroad and their roots. We deal with themes that respond to current concerns and we believe that by connecting people and emotions we can help to draw new narrative and visual horizons.

Films produced by Inicia Films have been selected and awarded at numerous festivals including “Queens” by Klaudia Reynicke in co-production with Switzerland and Peru, which premiered at Sundance 2024 and won the Grand Prix at Berlin Generation; “20.000 species of bees” by Estibaliz Urresola winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, two Forque Awards including Best Film, two Feroz Awards including Best Dramatic Film and three Goya Awards 2024; “Foremost by night by Víctor Iriarte, premiered at Giornate degli autori in Venice and winner of the Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction; “Schoolgirls by Pilar Palomero with four Goya Awards 2021, including Best Film; “Summer 1993” by Carla Simón, Best Opera Prima at the Berlinale 2017; “La Maternal” also by Pilar Palomero, winner of the Silver Shell for Best Acting in San Sebastian 2022, “Unicorns” by Àlex Lora, with Premiere in the Official Selection of the Malaga Festival and “Teresa” by Paula Ortiz, premiered in this edition of Tallinn.

For documentaries such as “The west Indies fleet“ by Antonio Pérez Molero produced in collaboration with RTVE, Canal Sur and Telemadrid or “Singing on the rooftops” by Enric Ribes, with Premiere at Sheffield DocFest.

Also, for short films such as “The disinherited” by Laura Ferrés, Best Short Film at the Semaine de la Critique de Cannes, “The bus” by Sandra Reina, premiered at SXSW, nominated for the Goya Awards and winner of the Gaudí Award.