AITOR SÁNCHEZ SMITH & LANDER IBARRETXE
Synopsis :
Balika tells the story of Dipendra and Sushmita, two teenagers living in an orphanage in Kathmandu. The protagonists, like all his friends, were abandoned by their families.
Directors Biography :
Aitor studied direction and production in the Bande à Part Film School in Barcelona. His first short movie ‘’When The Cicadas Become Silent’’ (2020) has been selected and awarded in over twenty national and international festivals. Recently he has been selected by the Government of Cantabria to attend a course in Observational Documentary Studies in the prestigious Cuban school, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños.
Lander is a film director and cinematographer who studied in the Barcelona Film School, Bande à Part. As a director, his first short movie ‘’Regina’’ won awards in several festivals such as Málaga, Zinebi or Elche. As director of photography, he has received an award from the Filmstrip International Film Festival in Rumanía for the short movie, ‘’Lotus Eater’’.