La Nueva (The Newcomer)

Directed by Ivan Villamel

Runtime: 15:00

Country of Origin: Spain

Maria is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious kids who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.

Director Biography - Ivan Villamel

Trained in directing, screenwriting and production at the "Bande a Part Cinema School" in Barcelona. Short filmmaker with a successful career in genre cinema. Passionate about cinema in general, and specialized in film language analysis. With his two previous short films, "Refugio 115" and "Mr.Dentonn", he reached the figure of more than 750 selections in international festivals, accumulating between both short films nearly 200 awards. Precisely with the latter, "Mr.Dentonn", he obtained great repercussion in national and international media, becoming at the time the most awarded and selected horror short film in history around the world. "La Nueva (The Newcomer)" is his latest fantastic/terror genre short film.