Spain
Adrián Silvestre, Raphaelle Perez, Carlos Marquès-Marcet

My Emptiness and I

Competition

FILM INFO

Raphi, from France, fantasizes about romances with princes and starting a traditional family. But in reality, things aren't like that. She works in a call center in Barcelona, struggles with, at times, embarrassing dates, and is diagnosed by her therapist as having gender dysphoria.

Original title
Mi vacio y yo
Country
Spain
Year
2022
Duration
98’
Color / Black&White
Color
Form
Fiction

DIRECtor

Adrián Silvestre

Filmmaker born in Valencia in 1981. He studied Audiovisual Communication, Film Direction, and Contemporary Art History in Madrid, Rome, and Havana. In his film projects, he explores the limits between reality and fiction, staging real people alongside professional performers and taking on artistic practice by analyzing their life experiences. His films are preceded by close collaboration with communities, generally linked to issues of gender, migration, and LGBTI groups.

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Adrián Silvestre

Filmmaker born in Valencia in 1981. He studied Audiovisual Communication, Film Direction, and Contemporary Art History in Madrid, Rome, and Havana. In his film projects, he explores the limits between reality and fiction, staging real people alongside professional performers and taking on artistic practice by analyzing their life experiences. His films are preceded by close collaboration with communities, generally linked to issues of gender, migration, and LGBTI groups.

Режисер_ка

Adrián Silvestre

Filmmaker born in Valencia in 1981. He studied Audiovisual Communication, Film Direction, and Contemporary Art History in Madrid, Rome, and Havana. In his film projects, he explores the limits between reality and fiction, staging real people alongside professional performers and taking on artistic practice by analyzing their life experiences. His films are preceded by close collaboration with communities, generally linked to issues of gender, migration, and LGBTI groups.

Режисер_ка

Adrián Silvestre

Filmmaker born in Valencia in 1981. He studied Audiovisual Communication, Film Direction, and Contemporary Art History in Madrid, Rome, and Havana. In his film projects, he explores the limits between reality and fiction, staging real people alongside professional performers and taking on artistic practice by analyzing their life experiences. His films are preceded by close collaboration with communities, generally linked to issues of gender, migration, and LGBTI groups.

Team

Director
Adrián Silvestre, Raphaelle Perez, Carlos Marquès-Marcet
Screenplay
Cast
Raphaëlle Pérez, Alberto Díaz, Marc Ribera, Isabel Rocatti, Carles Fernández Guía
Camera
Laura Herrero Garvín
Music
Editing
Adrián Silvestre
Production design
Anna Chwaliszewska
Producer
Marta Figueras, Javier Pérez Santana, Alba Sotorra
World sales company
Film Republic filmrepublic.biz