We Need It Yesterday

(Para ayer)
Celia Galán | Fiction, Comedy

2018 | 6 minutes | Spain

An emerging production company is ready to do whatever it takes in order to get the job from an award-winning advertising agency.

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Synopsis

An emerging production company goes to the headquarters of an award-winning advertising agency. In a meeting full of contradictory briefs and impossible deadlines, the filmmakers will have to decide how much they are willing to compromise to in order to get that precious job.

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Main credits

Galán, Celia (film director)
Galán, Celia (screenwriter)
Rodó, Ignacio F. (film producer)
Túrnez, Betsy (actor)
Rius, Marc (actor)
Garcia Llidó, Carles (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Maite Astiz; editing, Celia Galán.


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advertising,characters,cinema,surreal,work,short films,short film,short,non-feature,run time,short run time,running time,short running time,live-action short,documentary short,animated short,live-action short film,documentary short film,animated short film,cinema studies,film studies,cinema,film,movies,motion pictures,film history,film production,film criticism,cinema history,cinema production,cinema criticism,movie history,movie production,movie criticism,history of cinema,history of film; "We Need It Yesterday"; Pragda Films
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Festivals

TRIFI Tri-Cities International Film Festival – Best Comedy Short; Mostra de Curtas Noia – Best Script; FASCURT Masnou Short Film Festival – Undercut Award; Visualia Short Film Contest – Best Short Film; L’Eliana Cinema – Audience Award 

DIRECTOR: Celia Galán

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2018

GENRE: Fiction, Comedy

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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