LUCÍA VALVERDE
Directora & Guionista

Una comedia sobre Europa y sus clichés a través de la historia de una pareja germano-española, una ola de calor y la primera visita del suegro español al Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo.
                                                               

Escrito & Dirigido por Lucía Valverde

Producido por Calach Films con el apoyo del Film Fund Luxembourg

Luxemburgo 2015 / HD / 18 min

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PREMIOS:
Mención Especial del Jurado – Festival de Cine de Zaragoza 2015
(Zaragoza, España)
Judges Award – Iron Mule Short Comedy Screening Series 2016
(NYC, USA)
“Congratulations. Heat Wave won the Judges Award at last night’s Iron Mule show. The crowd was very enthusiastic – there were lots of laughs.”
Short Comedy Award – United Latino International Film Festival 2016
(Cleveland, USA)

SELECCIONES OFICIALES:

1. Montreal World Film Festival 2015 – Focus on World Cinema – Montreal (Canadá)

2. Festival de Cine de Zaragoza 2015 

3. Festival ALTA FIDELIDAD – Experimenta 2015 – Finalist 2015 – Madrid (España)

4. La Cueva en Corto 2016 – 2016 – Zamora (España)

5. ‘Best Fiction Short Film’ – Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis 2016 d’Filmakademie Luxembourg

6. 14th International Filmmor Women’s Film Festival –  2016 –  Istanbul (Turquía)

7. Fincortex International Film Festival – 2016 – Tunja, Bocayá (Colombia)

8. Sguardi Altrove Film Festival –  2016 – Milan (Italia)

9. 28 Filmfest Dresden 2016 – Kino Roulette: Europäisches Rad 2016 – Dresden (Alemania)

10. Studio 35 Cinema Comedy Film Festival – 2016 – Ohio (USA)

11. Nuit de la Culture – 2016 – Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)

12. NYC Short Comedy Film Festival – 2016 – New York City (USA)

13. LA Comedy Film Festival –  2016 – Los Angeles (USA)

14. Iron Mule Short Comedy Screening Series – 2016 – New York City (USA)
    Judges Award: “Congratulations. Heat Wave won the Judges Award at last night’s Iron Mule show. The crowd was very enthusiastic – there were lots of laughs.”

15. Festival Gradual Murchante – 2016 – Murchante, Navarra (España)

16. Berlin Short Film Festival –  2016 – Berlin (Alemania)

17. Jagran Film Festival – 2016 -Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Dehradun, Hisar, Ludhiana, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Indore, Bhopal and Mumbai (India)

18. Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche – 2016 – Benidorm (España).

19. Marquesa Film Festival – 2016 – Córdoba (España).

20. Short Film Festival ‘Cortos con Ñ’ – 2016 – Madrid (España)

21. Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo la Luna de Islantilla – 2016
    Islantilla, Huelva (España.

22. United Latino International Film Festival – 2016 – Cleveland (USA)
    Short Comedy Award

23. International Film & Comedy Festival ’24 laughs per second’ – 2016 – Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico)

24. Mizzica Comedy Film Festival – 2016 – Casteltermini – Agrigento (Italia)

25. 4th Annual Short Film Festival North Shore Towers – 2016 – New York (USA)

26. Astorga Film Festival – 2016 – Astorga, León (España)

27. International Film Festival ‘La Rioja es de Cine’ – 2016 – Haro, La Rioja (España)

28. Rodinia Short Film Festival – 2016 – Valladolid (España).

29. PNR Madrid Film Festival – 2016 – Madrid (España)

30. Maipu – Humour Film Festival – 2016 – Maipu (Argentina)

31. Sanfernancine Film Festival – 2016 – San Fernando de Henares, Madrid (España)

32. Visualízame Film Festival – 2016 – Jaen (España)

33. Santander Film Festival ‘Nuevas Olas’ (New Waves) – 2016 – Santander (España)

34. WINE PANORAMA Film Festival – Logroño (Spain)

35. Film Festival ‘Rafal en Corto’ – 2016 – Alicante (España)

36. FICME – V Medellin Short Film Festival – Best Fiction Short Film Selection
    2016 – Medellin (Colombia)

37. International Film Festival  Roberto Di Chiara –  2016 – Buenos Aires (Argentina)

38. Verín Short Film Festival – 2016 – Verín, Galicia (España)

39. 14th Dhaka International Film Festival –  2016 – Dhaka, Bangladesh

40. FIC Esmi Short Film International Festival – 2016 – Bella Vista, Argentina

41. Kisa Nettir – 2017 – Istambul (Turquía)

42. 7th Kalat Nissa Film Festival – 2017 – Caltanissetta, Sicily (Italia)

43. Miradas/Blecker Short Film Festival – Pre-Selected
    Centro Cultural Antonio Machado – Luxembourg 2017

44. VII FIBABC Short Film Festival – Finalist / Best Actress Nomination (Laure Roldán) / Best Actor Nomination (Luc Spada) / Cortometraje más visto del 2017 – España

45. III Directed by Women Spain 2017– Madrid (España)

46. Mujeres de Cine – Madrid (España).