Puntada
Directed by Sonia Bertotti
Choreographer
Official Selection at 8 International Film Festivals
Short Film | 2011
Overview
Puntada is a short film that explores the invisible encounters that unfold within everyday urban life. Through a poetic visual language, two strangers unknowingly share the same moment, the same place and, metaphorically, the same stitch (“puntada”), revealing how lives briefly intersect before continuing on separate paths.
Minimal dialogue and carefully composed movement transform ordinary gestures into an emotional narrative where absence, coincidence and memory become the film’s central themes.
Independent Short Film
Argentina · 2011
Documentation
Context and Artistic Process
The film approaches movement not as dance inserted into cinema, but as a dramaturgical tool that shapes the relationships between bodies, space and time. Physical expression becomes essential in communicating what remains unspoken, allowing subtle gestures, rhythms and spatial trajectories to carry the emotional weight of the story.
As Choreographer, I collaborated with the director and creative team in developing the physical language for a pivotal sequence, shaping movement to support the dramatic tension and visual composition of the film while remaining fully integrated within its cinematic language.
Festivals
Official Selection
- 19th Latin American Festival of Video and Audiovisual Arts — Rosario, Argentina
- PueloCineFest – International Film Festival of Lago Puelo
- Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre – International Horror, Fantasy and Bizarre Film Festival (Argentine Shorts Competition)
- IV International Videopoetry Festival Por la Tierra
- 8th Penca Short Film Festival — San Juan, Argentina
- Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes del Uruguay (FICU)
- Ciudades Reveladas – International Film and City Showcase — Buenos Aires
Screenings
D-Cabeza – Second Art and Design Showcase (Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina)
Cine de Acá. MIX – Espacio INCAA Cine Guido Miranda (Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina)
Credits
Puntada
Directed by Sonia Bertotti
Movement Direction — German Ivancic
Assistant Director — Jorge Enrique Espinoza Castillo
Art Direction — Federico Muñoz
Acting Direction — Mabel “Olave” Mendoza
Producers — Daniela López Camino · Lucía Rouaux
Director of Photography — Igor Prudkin
Assistant Cinematography — Marcos Tarachian
Camera — Santiago Núñez Bonifacino
Grip — Nicolás Roviello
Costume Design — Joaquín Belmonte (Belmo)
Make-up — Daniela López Camino
Cast
- Valeria Boruch
- Juan Manuel Domínguez