Girls & The Party, 6 minutes, 2020
A group of girlfriends prepare for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom.
Between boy talk and makeup, Mercedes navigates her blossoming attraction.
selected screenings & awards
✶ BFI Future Film Festival, London, Feb 2021A group of girlfriends prepare for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom.
Between boy talk and makeup, Mercedes navigates her blossoming attraction.
selected screenings & awards
✶ Outfest Film Festival, Los Angeles, August 2021
- Grand Jury Prize for Best US Fiction short film
✶ Brussels International Film Festival, Brussels, Sep 2021
✶ New Fest, New York, October 2021
✶ Aesthetica Short Film Festival, London, Nov 2021
✶ Festival Chéries-Chérie, Paris, Nov 2021
✶ France 2, Histoires Courtes, February 2022
✶ Mecal Barcelona, 2022
✶ Florida Film Festival, Oscar Qualifying, April 2022
✶ NFFTY, Seattle, May 2022
✶ Cinequest, August 2022
cast & crew
writer & director
Paloma López
producers
Natalie Herman
executive producers
Giulia Jimenez & Gia Rigoli
cast
Maya Delmont, Amber Wynne-Jones, Arianna Lopez, Nayara Alexis
cinematographer
Matthew Chuang ACS
production design
Michael Nicholas
editor
Paloma López & Stéphane Myczkowski
sound design & mixing
Andres Velasquez, One Thousand Birds
score
Gene Back
music
“Living Somewhere” by Utopian, Urge Records
color
Strack Azar
sound recordistwriter & director
Paloma López
producers
Natalie Herman
executive producers
Giulia Jimenez & Gia Rigoli
cast
Maya Delmont, Amber Wynne-Jones, Arianna Lopez, Nayara Alexis
cinematographer
Matthew Chuang ACS
production design
Michael Nicholas
editor
Paloma López & Stéphane Myczkowski
sound design & mixing
Andres Velasquez, One Thousand Birds
score
Gene Back
music
“Living Somewhere” by Utopian, Urge Records
color
Strack Azar
Margot Padilla
makeup artists
McKenzie McDermont
Elena Bartolomé
main title animation
Giulia Jimenez
title designGiulia Jimenez
Rachael Brianna
catering
Carmen Bartolomé
bts photography
Ayaka Furukawa