AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
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75th BERLINALE International Film Festival / Generation Plus - Berlin, Germany - (World Premiere)
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31st Sarajevo Film Festival - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Best Short Film Teen Arena)
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23rd Tirana International Film Festival - Tirana, Albania
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Curtmetratge Candidat al Premis Gaudí XVIII - Catalunya, España
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27th Abycine Film Festival - Albacete, España
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Norwich Film Festival - Norwich, UK (Nominee Best International Film)
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Cinekid Film Festival - Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Nominee Best International Film)
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Aesthetica Short Film Festival - York, UK
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54th ALCINE Film Festival - Alcalá de Henares, España
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51st Festival de Huelva Cine Iberoamericano - Huelva, España
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Mequinenza Film Festival - Zaragoza, España (Best ShortFilm)
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Stockholm Film Festival Junior - Estocolmo, Suecia
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San Diego Latino Film Festival 2026 - San Diego, Estados Unidos
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13th Play Film Festival - Lisboa, Portugal
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Psaroloco International Children's & Young People’s Film Festival 2026 - Atenas, Grecia
JUANITA (2025)
Premiered at the 75th Berlinale
Juanita is a 12-year-old Latin American girl living in Barcelona who tries to grow up under the expectations of female beauty stereotypes. She idealizes the freedom of European women, until she's invited to a pool party and must face something growing just like her: the hair on her legs.
Directed by Karen Joaquín and Uliane Tatit
Produced by Aguacate & Calabaza Films
Distribution by Agencia Freak
Funded by ICEC (Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals)
Drama - 2025
Audio in Spanish and Catalan.
