Hidden Away
DCP/HD - Spain - 2014 - 88mn - color - drama
Hidden Away
Original title: A escondidas
A film by Mikel Rueda
Ibrahim, a 14 year‐old Moroccan boy, walks down a road in the outskirts of a big city, alone and disoriented. He has just been informed that he will deported in two days, so he has packed up and run away. He is alone with no place to go. Rafa, a 14 years‐old Spanish boy, runs into a club toilet like a bundle of nerves. Outside, there is a girl, Marta, waiting for him. A girl that expects from him, far more than he can give. These two boys´ paths are about to cross.
Original language: Spanish
Produced by: Baleuko SL, Bitart Media, Eduardo Barinaga
Festivals:
Guadalajara Film Festival 2015 / Spanish Film Festival, Australia 2015
Spanish Film Festival in Australia 2015
Avvantura Film Festival in Zadar 2015 - FIRST/SECOND FILM COMPETITION
Awards:
Best EoF film - Avvantura Film Festival in Zadar 2015, FIRST/SECOND FILM COMPETITION
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Mikel Rueda
Mikel Rueda, (Bilbao), debut as director with “A escondidas”. After completing his studies in Audiovisual Communication, he worked for 4 years in television as producer of the tv-show “Vaya Semanita” (ETB). After receiving a grant from the Diputación of Vizcaya, he decided to continue his studies at the New York Film Academy, where he shooted, among others, the short Present Perfect. With this short film, Mikel has been awarded in more than 25 international film festivals. The next year, gets the opportunity to co-direct his first feature film: “Stars that wish upon”, selected in San Sebastian Film Festival. During this years, Rueda decide to keep shooting two more short-films, with them he has been selected in more than 150 festivals around the world.
