As Neves

'As Neves', the directorial debut of Sonia Méndez, opens in theaters on March 15, 2024 distributed by Sideral Cinema. Due to its release date, we could also see it at the Malaga Film Festival. It is a production of Here and There Films ('Mantícora', 'Counting sheep'), Cósmica Produciones ('Antes de Perder') and has the support of ICAA, AGADIC and with the collaboration of TVG.

The film was filmed during the snowy season in the province of Lugo and stars a cast of teenage actors, selected during a casting attended by more than 500 young people. This story is defined as "a portrait of a hyperconnected generation that lives isolated in rural environments," in Méndez's words.

The plot moves to a remote Galician town, where a group of teenagers are celebrating the carnival. During the party the sexual video of one of the young women comes to light, Paula, who, overwhelmed by the situation, leaves the place and disappears without leaving a trace in the middle of a gigantic snowfall. While the entire town undertakes an exhaustive search to find her, her group of friends will face the responsibility for what happened.

The director has explained that she seeks to tell the stories of these young people from a close and intimate position . "Getting closer and showing these girls and boys, almost as if it were an excuse to get closer to myself when I was their age. Adolescence has always attracted me in an aesthetic sense, it seems like a wonderful fertile territory for visual storytelling. Very more attractive in this era of multi-screens.