Family | Short Film | 5m 25sec. | 2024
Writer & Executive Producer: Alberto Jaen
Chloe is not in the mood. No one likes working on the holidays—especially not in an empty building on Christmas. In the foreground, just outside the lobby doors, sits Bárbara, a homeless woman with a Christmas tree lit by battery-powered lights.
Neither the cold, the wet pavement, nor the loneliness of her situation stops her from spreading holiday cheer to those who pass by. But when the tree’s lights go out and there are no batteries to bring them back to life, Chloe decides to brighten Bárbara’s night with much more than just a few lights.
Chloe no está de humor. A nadie le gusta trabajar en días festivos, y mucho menos en un edificio vacío en Navidad. En primer plano, justo afuera de las puertas del vestíbulo, se sienta Bárbara, una mujer sin hogar, con un árbol de Navidad con luces que funciona con pilas.
Ni el frío, ni el suelo mojado, ni la soledad, le impiden a la mujer repartir alegría navideña a quienes pasan por delante de ella. Pero cuando las luces del árbol se apagan, y no hay pilas para revivirlo, Chloe decide iluminar la noche de Bárbara con mucho más que unas cuantas luces.
NY SCREENWRITING AWARDS, Honorable Mention - SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Semi-Finalist - PORTLAND SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Quarter-Finalist - NYC INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Quarter-Finalist - MIAMI SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Quarter-Finalist - SCRIPT MATIX FELLOWSHIP, Semi-Finalist - PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Quarter-Finalist - LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Oficial Selection - BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION, Honorable Mention - CHICAGO SCRIPT AWARDS, Official Selection
