Castaways

Friday 24. 1. 2025.
21:00 – The Damned Yard Theatre

Miriam is a 13-year-old teenager who, faced with the abandonment of her stepfather and the clinical depression of her mother, She has been left in charge of her 4-month-old brother. When her best friend Natalia invites her to a party, she will do everything possible to put her newborn brother to sleep without thinking about the consequences.

Director: Andrea Saavedra de la Teja
Screenplay: Andrea Saavedra de la Teja, Kim Torres
Director of Photography: Mariana Saldivar Robles
Film Editing: Fernando Siler, Sebastián Santamaría
Film School: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C.
Producer: Vittorio Camacho
Cast: Paula Lara, Joanna Larequi, Mateo Loza, Ximena Martínez, Demetrio Bonilla
Duration: 13’
Mexico, 2024

About Director

Andrea Saavedra de la Teja

Andrea Saavedra de la Teja is a film director born in Mexico City. Before studying Cinematography at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Andrea obtained a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. She has written and directed one documentary short film: La Labor de Sísifo (winner of a PROCINE grant and selected in Shorts Mx festival) and three fiction short films: Todos tus daños, Reunión, Náufragos. Her last work is a documentary feature film titled Los Incendios, which currently is in post production. Andrea has also worked in several films as Script Supervisor, Assistant Director and Editor.