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Eco (Echo)

Xacio Baño
20' / 2015 / Spain
Web: http://xacio.rebordelos.com/
spanish, galician
English and spanish subtitled

Echo's voice was stolen and she was sentenced to repeat what everyone else said. Trapped, she decides to take shelter in a cave and to distance herself from human touch.

Main Festivals & Awards

2015 ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares Spain Third award nacional competition / 2015 ZINEBI - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films Spain Best spanish film / 2015 L'Alternativa - Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona Spain Audience award
2015 Festival del Film Locarno Switzerland / 2015 Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla Spain / 2015 FICV - Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia Chile / 2016 BAFICI - Buenos Aires Fest. Int. Cine Independiente Argentina / 2016 Play-Doc, Fest. Int. de Documentales de Tui Spain / 2016 Fest. Cinematográfico Int. del Uruguay / 2016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Int. FF / 2015 Antofadocs - Antofagasta Chile

Director's Biography

Xacio Baño (Xove, Galicia, Spain 1983) studies cinematography at the University of León. He produces, writes and directs several short films among them “Ser e voltar” (2014), “Anacos” (2012) and “Estereoscopía” (2011), appearing in festivals such as Locarno, New directors/New Films MoMA, Clermont Ferrand, Telluride Film Festival, Mar del Plata, Alcine, Slamdance, Festival Málaga, Encounters, Shnit, Aspen Shortfest…