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ÑUSTA

By Christian ROJAS

Children's - Development 2024

At the age of 12, Kallpa, an indigenous boy from the Ecuadorian highlands, decides to reveal his desire to be a woman to his family and town during the Inti Raymi (winter solstice) festival. Ñusta explores gender transition through instinct, the body, the indigenous cosmovision and sexual abuse.

Festivals
& Awards

Bio Bio Lab 2021

Encuentros de producción

Myxomatosis Lab 2021

Asesoramiento de guion

Eave on Demand 2021

Ventana Sur 2021

Punto Genero - GÉNERO-DAC AWARD (Directores Argentinos Cinematográficos)

Locarno 2022

OPEN DOORS - WINS IN PRODUCER LAB

Encuentro de coproduccion del Festival Internacinal de cine en Guadalajara 2023

Premio Sonata Films & CTT rental

BrLab 2023

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Children's, LGBT, First film
- Countries
- ECUADOR, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, PERU
- Languages
- QUECHUA, SPANISH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 94 mn
- Director(s)
- Christian ROJAS
- Writer(s)
- Christian ROJAS
- Producer(s)
- María Angeles PALACIOS (EPOPEYA S.A.)
- Synopsis
- Ecuador 1997. Kallpa (12), an indigenous boy from the Azuaya community, lives among the misty Andean mountains and large vegetable plantations. Together with his sister Sisa (14) and their mother Toa, they prepare for the celebration of Inti Raymi (winter solstice festival). Sisa was born on the same day of the ceremony, which makes her a candidate for her community to be elected as Ñusta, but she does not want to, while her brother does.
  
  Every morning they leave for the market square in the city to sell their harvest. Kallpa between the shouts of the vendors, the stores around the square; she will meet Nebraska and Julieta, a young transsexuals who run a hairdresser's, in the market house, they will guide and will be her engine to face her family and community.
  
  Between Kallpa's curiosity and the changes in his body from childhood to adolescence, he will strengthen his desire to become a woman, he will understand that it is not only to reveal himself to his surroundings, but to fight to be accepted in a society that is debating the beginning of decriminalizing homosexuality in the country, showing that he can be a Ñusta (princess warrior) without the need for a ceremony.
- Partners & financing
- En busca de co-productores Europeos.
  Agentes de Venta.
  
  Financiamiento Confirmado:
  Fondo de producción de largometraje de ficción - IFCI - Ecuador
  Fondo de coproducción minoritaria - DAFO - Perú
  Fondo de coproducción minoritaria - INCAA - Argentina
  Fondo de coproducción - PROGRAMA IBERMEDIA
  Fondo regional de cine Prefectura de Pichincha
  Premio - CTT RENTAL - FICG 2023
  Premio - SONATA FILMS - FICG 2023
  
  Looking for European co-producers.
  Sales Agents.
  
  Confirmed financing:
  Fiction feature film production fund - IFCI - Ecuador.
  Minority Co-Production Fund - DAFO - Peru
  Minority Co-Production Fund - INCAA - Argentina.
  Co-Production Fund - IBERMEDIA PROGRAM - Argentina
  Regional Film Fund - Prefectura de Pichincha - Ecuador
  Award - CTT RENTAL - FICG 2023
  Award - SONATA FILMS - FICG 2023
- Beginning of shooting
- Jun 17, 2024
- End of shooting
- Jul 27, 2024

ÑUSTA

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