PEPPERMINT DIESEL 20%
PEPPERMINT DIESEL 20%
Synopsis
After wrapping up their day on a film set, Liboria and Claudia stop at a deserted gas station and accidentally fill their van with the wrong fuel. When another car arrives, Liboria notices that the driver resembles an aggressor involved in a past incident with her friend. Liboria wants to leave, but Claudia decides to take the driver hostage. Can revenge become consensual?
Info
Year: 2024
Country: Finland
Type: Fiction
Duration: 15:00
Formats: DCP, ProRes, H264
Spoken language: English
Subtitles: English
Team
Director: Mariangela Pluchino
Screenwriter: Mariangela Pluchino
Producer: Danai Anagnostou
Cinematographer: Kerttu Hakkarainen
Editor: Stavros Symeonidis
Music: Paradox Obscur
Cast: Katja Kiuru, Laura Cemin, Maikon Kempinski, Saara Hasan, Daniele Secondi
Camera operator: Name Surname
Sound engineer: Arttu Hokkanen
Set Designer: Helena Aleksandrova
Costume Designers: Kaisa Pohjola, Helena Aleksandrova
Produced by: Kenno Filmi
Director's Bio
Mariangela Pluchino (b. 1991 in Maracay, Venezuela), is a psychologist and filmmaker. After finishing her studies to become a psychologist from the University of Costa Rica, she transitioned to audiovisual media through a master in Documentary Filmmaking from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Infinite Galatée (Galatée à l’infini, 2017), 17 minutes
Directors: Mariangela Pluchino, Julia Maura, Fatima Flores, Maria Chatzi & Ambra Reijnen
A visual essay that showcases the model of man’s experiments on the female body in privilege and power through time. From Greek mythology, to Victorian gynecology, to current AI technology, we see how gender, sexuality and desire have been ideologically shaped to fit a male fantasy. This film was awarded and screened in several international film festivals such as:
Festivals and Awards
2017 – WORLD PREMIERE // ZINEBI- International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao. Sección oficial.
→ Golden Mikeldi for Best Documentary. ZINEBI- International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, 2017
→ Great Spanish Award. ZINEBI- International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, 2017.
2018 – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE// The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, Colombia.
→ Special Mention from Jury. National Shorts from Documenta Madrid, 2018
→ Young Jury Award to Best Short. Cinema Jove, 2018
→ Best Short Award. Short Film Festival Lima, 2018
→ Special Mention. Short Section. Alcances, 2018
→ Best Film Award. “The Latücht Award Of The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern”. dokumentART, 2018
→ GAC Award (Guionistes Associats de Catalunya - Catalonian Script Writers) to best short film script Panorama. L’Alternativa – Independent Film Festival Barcelona, 2018
→ Golden Eagle to best editing and montage. International Short Film Aguilar de Campoo, 2018
→ Special Jury Award. National Short Film Competition. CRFIC – Costa Rica International Film Festival, 2019
→ Val del Omar award for Best Short. FIJR – Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Realizadores de Granada, 2019
→ Best Short Award. The Sicilia Queer Festival, 2019
Other selected festivals
2017 – Vía XIV Festival Internacional de Cortos de Verín. Official Selection. Another Gaze.
2017 – Bibliocurts – Short Film Festival Biblioteques de Barcelona. Official Selection.
2018 – Zinegoak Bilbao Internacional LGTB FILM and Performance Art Festival. Official Selection OFF.
2018 – IBAFF – Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia. Official Selection.
2018 – Mecal Pro|Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona. Womart section.
2018 – International Cinematographic Film Festival Uruguay. International Short Film Competition.
2018 – Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Shorts.
2018 – DocumentaMadrid. National Competition Shorts.
2018 – Cinespaña Toulouse
2018 – Hamburg International Short Film Festival
2018 – IBAFF International Cinema Festival Murcia
2018 – Alcances. Documentary Film Festival Cadiz
2018 – Queer Lisboa 22 Official Competition
2018 – SCAT- Scotland Catalan Film Festival
2019 – Xposed international Queer Film Festival Berlin
2019 – Turku – Video Art Film Festival – Selección oficial
2019 – Miradocs Barcelona. Casa Elizalde – UAB Section
2019 – RIFF 2019- Reykjavík International Film Festival. Official Section.
OTHER
2017 – Convocatoria Hamaca – Reina Sofía. Catalogue Selection.
2018 – Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre. Cicle ‘Proposal for a video archival'.
2022 – Art for Art's sake. Screening programme for experimental film. Cinema Orion, Helsinki.
Leonarda-Flesh Ain’t Weak (Finland, 2020), short fiction film.
A vegan soap maker and serial killer from contemporary Helsinki. She makes soap out of the bodies of her victims. She would do anything to protect her favourite child: Giuseppe. Based on the case of Leonarda Cianciulli, a serial killer from southern Italy during the 30s.
2020 – Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy
Director's Filmography
Peppermint Diesel 20% (2024, short)
Leonarda-Flesh Ain’t Weak (2020, short)
Infinite Galatée (2017, short)
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