International Competition

Tea Time

Maite Alberdi
Screening time  
23.02. / Monday, 22:00 - 00:00 Theatre 5  
25.02. / Wednesday, 14:00 - 16:00 Theatre 5  
Six elderly friends gather to have tea religiously once a month since sixty years ago.

Six elderly friends gather to have tea religiously once a month since sixty years ago. In these meetings they find themselves and have fall outs, they reminisce about their common past and try to demonstrate their validity, ignoring for a minute the ailments that afflict them. Afternoons go by but it seems as though time stands still, but it's presence is felt because they slowly disappear.

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Maite Alberdi

Maite Alberdi studied Film and Aesthetics at the Universidad Católica de Chile. She is a writer-director who has developed a highly particular style that achieves an intimate portrayal of the characters she works with through everyday stories in small-scale worlds. She has directed three feature documentaries:The Grown-Ups(2016), Tea Time (2015), and The Lifeguard (2011) and three documentary short films I’m Not from Here (2015), The Hairdressers (2008), and The Trapeze Artists (2005). In 2013 she was selected as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum, and in 2018 she became a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

General sponsor

La once

Chile
2014, 70', DCP

Directed by:
Maite Alberdi

Cinematography:
Pablo Valdés

Edited by:
Juan Eduardo Murillo, Sebastián Brahm

Music:
Miranda & Tobar

Producer:
Clara Taricco

Produced by:
Micromundo Producciones

Festivals & Awards:

IDFA 2014 – EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Documentary; Santiago International Film Festival 2014