International Feature Competition

Upon Entry

Swiss Premiere

Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Spain

CLAUSTROPHOBIC NAIL-BITER

2023, 74'

VO. English, Spanish, Catalan

ST. English, French

With

Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cusí, Laura Gomez

A couple with visas for a new life. She's Spanish, he's Venezuelan. The final step in their new life is an unsettling interrogation conducted by US immigration officers. An intense and claustrophobic thriller.

In this first film co-written by two Venezuelans now based in Barcelona, you can feel the authenticity and sadness of this lived experience. The tension is palpable in this taut and claustrophobic work. We meet a couple: she a dancer from Spain, he an urban planner from Venezuela. With their visas in hand, they prepare to start a new life in the United States, but there's one last step to take. We find ourselves plunged into the inner world of the characters, as they are subjected to a hellish interrogation. In an immigration officer's office, two destinies hang on a single stamp. A nightmare in thriller form, not devoid of humor, yet utterly destabilizing.
Gaëlle Vidalie

Direction

Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Screenplay

Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Image

Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Editing

Emanuele Tiziani

Art Director

Zelso de García

Sound

Jordi Cirbian, Xavi Saucedo