PASTA NEGRA
by Jorge Thielen Armand​

15min | Canada/Venezuela/Italy/Colombia | 2025

Three Venezuelan women cross the border into Colombia to buy a packet of pasta.

​Year of production 2025
Length 15'
Country Canada/Venezuela/Italy/Colombia
Shooting Format 16mm
Aspect Ratio 1.66:1
Dialogue Spanish
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Director Jorge Thielen Armand
Production Companies La Faena, Mutokino, Volos Films
ProducerJorge Thielen Armand
Co-Producer Stefano Centini 
Executive Producer Felipe Guerrero
Associate Producer Rodrigo Michelangeli
Writers Jorge Thielen Armand, Mo Scarpelli
Cinematographer Simone D’Arcangelo
Editor Felipe Guerrero
Production Designer Marcela Gomez Montoya
Music Leila Bordreuil
Wardrobe Ana Acosta
Sound Design Alessandro Bianchi
Sound Recordist Alejandro Fábregas
Colorist Nazzareno Neri
Casting Director John Bedoya
First Assistant Director Julián Laguna
Line Producer Adriana Agudelo
Cast Lesbia López, Grieber Acosta, Mónica Zabaleta
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With the support of The Canada Council for the Arts Ontario Arts Council

Based on the short story “Tijeras” by Karina Sainz Borgo, author of the best selling novel "It would be night in Caracas (La hija de la española)" translated into 26 languages and included in Time Magazine’s list of best books of 2019.
“Tijeras” is part of her latest book "No Place to Bury The Dead (El tercer país)".
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Festival selections
​​Sundance Film Festival 2025, USA - World Premiere
​Movies that Matter 2025, Netherlands - Special Mention
Canadian Film Fest 2025, Canada
Habitar el Cine - Caracas International Contemporary Film Festival 2025, Venezuela
​Philosophical Film Festival 2025, North Macedonia -Best Short Film Award
Festival del Cine Venezolano 2025
International Film Festival Innsbruck 2025, Austria
Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos 2025, Argentina
deadCenter Film Festival 2025, USA
Shanghai International Film Festival 2025, China
​Ouray International Film Festival 2025, USA
​Cinema Jove - Festival Internacional de Valencia 2025, Spain
ShorTS - International Film Festival 2025, Italy
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival 2025, Portugal
​Durban International Film Festival 2025, South Africa
​Aegean Film Festival 2025, Greece​
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2025, Mexico
​​​​HollyShorts Film Festival 2025, USA
​La Guarimba Film Festival 2025, Italy
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Director's Statement
The massive exodus from Venezuela has left an indescribable scar. The family has been separated, loss
has invaded our homes. This catastrophe is relentless, omnipresent in every one of my actions, in the tired bodies and broken voices of relatives who say goodbye.
This is an homage to those who sacrificed anything precious,  and especially to grandmothers, mothers, and women who have relinquished everything of their own.