The Nest
TITLE
The Nest
DIRECTOR
Valèria Cuní
COUNTRY
Spain
YEAR
2023
DURATION
8′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview

The Nest
Genís goes along with his older brother Martí to spend the afternoon with their friends, a group of teenagers from a small inland town. After being the victims of abuse by the group of the older generation, Martí’s group leaves the town, prepared to make mischief in a nearby farmhouse.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Valèria Cuní
Valèria Cuní (Barcelona, Spain, 01/30/2000). Graduated from the Bachelor's Degree in Cinematography at the Catalonia School of Film and Audiovisuals (ESCAC) and currently studying the Master's Degree in Film Direction. She is director and screenwriter of short films which feature child and adolescent protagonists facing the loss of their innocence. She also creates experimental pieces, and her video art has received national and international recognition. “The Nest” (original title “Niuada”) is her fifth short film as a director, after “Petites Morts” (2022), “Pas A Dos” (2021), “El Milagro de Paula” (2020) and “Amada Amanda” (2019).
Credits
- DirectorValèria Cuní
- ScreenplayValèria Cuní
- CinematographyPere Girbau Pladelasala
- Cast
- EditingEnric Batalla
- Producer/s Pausa Dramática Films, Ferran Giol Gort, Anna Moragriega Farrés
- Production Company
- Distributor/sDistribution with Glasses Distributor Worldwide All Rights
- Project TitleThe Nest
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date 1 January 2023
- Country of originSpain
- Country of filmingSpain
- LanguageCatalan
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectYes

Valèria Cuní
Valèria Cuní (Barcelona, Spain, 01/30/2000). Graduated from the Bachelor's Degree in Cinematography at the Catalonia School of Film and Audiovisuals (ESCAC) and currently studying the Master's Degree in Film Direction. She is director and screenwriter of short films which feature child and adolescent protagonists facing the loss of their innocence. She also creates experimental pieces, and her video art has received national and international recognition. “The Nest” (original title “Niuada”) is her fifth short film as a director, after “Petites Morts” (2022), “Pas A Dos” (2021), “El Milagro de Paula” (2020) and “Amada Amanda” (2019).