.Westerns...All'Italiana!: Manuel Olaya concludes the filming of the short film 'Agnella' at the MiniHollywood

Friday, July 19, 2024

Manuel Olaya concludes the filming of the short film 'Agnella' at the MiniHollywood

The actors Quique Durio and Pedro López have been joined by the Alicante actress Selena Hurtado de Mendoza and the actor Álex Navarro

Diario del Almeria

By Diego Martínez

June 28, 2024

[Part of the short film team preparing one of the scenes.]

A few days ago, the short film Agnella was finished shooting at the MiniHollywood Oasys film set in the Tabernas desert in Almeria. It is now in the post-production phase, in the hands of Gilberto Vilaplana, editor and director of photography of the short film, giving it the final brushstrokes before being able to pass it on to the composer David Miralles, who will be in charge of working on the sound and soundtrack.

Miralles is the composer recently awarded for “Two Bullets for the Devil”, at the I Blanes Film Festival on the Costa Brava (Girona), an award that David himself collected, from the hand of the actress Ruth Gabriel.

[Selena Hurtado de Mendoza, protagonist of the short film.]

The short film will have a duration of 20 minutes, to be presented at festivals around the world and a duration of almost 30 minutes, which will be the director's version or editing. For this short film, an old Victorian-style hotel room has been built from scratch.

The story is set in North America at the end of the nineteenth century (1880), using several locations within the same film set such as interiors in the General Store, Railroad Station, Yellow Rose Room, or a house set in a period setting.

[Cristina Gómez has also participated in this filming.]

The actors Quique Durio and Pedro López were joined by the Alicante actress Selena Hurtado de Mendoza and the well-known actor Álex Navarro, who became known in the series ‘Águila Roja’. Highlight the presence of the great actress Terry Bordiu and the collaboration of the artist Cristina Gómez. As for the costumes, costumes from Leonardo Armory and several private collectors have been used.

[Manuel Olaya, director of the short film.]

For the poster, based on the photographs of the photographer Andy Arche, the Almansa painter Paulino Ruano, will be in charge of shaping it. By next July, it is expected to have the short film already edited to be able to present it at festivals, we will try to make a screening in Almansa and another in Almeria, if there is a theater that wanted to collaborate pay to screen the preview of it, including if necessary an exhibition with different pieces of props made exclusively for the short film as well as costumes.

We would like to thank the Almeria production company, Un nuevo renacer Producciones to the film set Minihollywood Oasys Studios and to all those who have contributed in one way or another to make this short film.