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Standard deviation

Standard deviation

Standard deviation

10:07 | Spain | 2022

8:30 PM

April 21, 2023

DIRECTOR:

Paco Ruiz

FILM TYPE:

Short

SYNOPSIS

River goes to their first appointment at the Gender Identity Disorder Unit. There, River must answer the psychiatrist’s test questions that will decide if they will be able to access the care they need. River knows exactly what they must say, but one little slip up could foil their plans.


DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY

Paco Ruiz (Madrid, Spain, 02/12/1984) grew up among the corridors of his neighborhood’s video store. Today he works as a postproduction operator (“Lullaby”, “The Year of the Discovery”, “Black Beach”). In 2020 he directed the short film “Three Times”, candidate for the Goya Awards 2021 in the category of Best Fiction Short Film, selected in more than 30 national and international festivals. He also won, among others, the Best New Author Award at the Elche International Independent Film Festival and the Best National Short Film Award and Best Screenplay in Cortogenia. “Standard deviation” is his second short film as a director.

Year:

2022

Runtime:

10:07

Language:

Spanish

Country:

Spain

Premiere:

Pennsylvania

Director:

Paco Ruiz

Executive Producer:

Producer:

Algo está pasando, Roberto Butragueño, Paola Botrán

Writer:

Caru Basakatua

Cinematographer:

Víctor Benavides

Editor:

Andrés Federico

Cast:

Kenai White, Luis Bermejo, Laura Blázquez, Alexandra Pino

Paco Ruiz

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