Synthesize Me

Production Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
Running Time: 15mins
Year: 2024

Violeta, the young daughter of a widowed electrical maintenance worker, retreats to her mother's neglected music workshop to play music to remember her. When she causes a widespread power cut tensions rise between father and daughter bringing their grief to boiling point.

FILM CREW:
Director: Bear Damen
Producer: Salim El Arja, Po Wei Su, Bear Damen
Exec Producer: Constanza Peréz, Irlanda Tapia, Ana Cardona
Writer: Bear Damen
DOP: Alfonso Herrera Salcedo
Editor: Bear Damen
Sound Design: Jesse Enzler, Moritz Staub, Bear Damen
Composer: Bear Damen, Rob Kovacs
Production Design: Ana Blizzard
Costume Design: Luba Ramirez Florés
Hair & Makeup: Regina Aguilar
VFX: Eduardo Avalos Jimenéz
Casting: Alessandra Nesma

Cast: Ivanna Plantier, Antonio Trejo Sánchez


FESTIVALS:
Lethbridge Independent Film Festival April 2026
Indie Short Film FestivalMarch 2026
Houston Latino Film Festival March 2026
The Lake County Film FestivalMarch 2026
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival March 2026
Cambria Film FestivalFebruary 2026
CineSol Film FestivalDecember 2025
Norwich Film FestivalNovember 2025
New Orleans Film Festival October 2025
Virginia Film Festival October 2025
SCAD Savannah Film FestivalOctober 2025
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival October 2025
Kerry International Film Festival October 2025
Bend Film FestivalOctober 2025
Tallgrass Film FestivalOctober 2025
Bolton International Film FestivalOctober 2025
Lucca Film Festival September 2025
SHORTS MÉXICO - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de MéxicoSeptember 2025
HollyShorts Film FestivalAugust 2025
Guanajuato International Film FestivalAugust 2025
Walla Walla Movie CrushJuly 2025
Galway Film Fleadh July 2025
Palm Springs International ShortsFestJune 2025
Nevada City Film FestivalJune 2025
deadCenter Film FestivalJune 2025
SXSWMarch 2025