NO TIME FOR CARNAVAL

Iberoamerican Short Film Contest 53 ED. 2025
Argentina 2025 23' Fiction

Joaco rides his motorcycle through the neighborhoods of Salta, Argentina, selling pirated movies. On the eve of Carnaval, he meets Martina, the daughter of one of his clients, and soon finds himself entangled in a series of robberies targeting delivery workers at the flea market where he works

Tadeo Pestaña Caro, Kevin Havas

Tadeo Pestaña Caro (Salta, Argentina, 1995) studied Filmmaking at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires (FUC). He directed the short films Vodka (2018) and Complejo de Algo (2023), and his debut feature, A metros de distancia (2025), premiered at BFI Flare in London. Kevin Havas (San Fernando, Argentina, 1995), also a FUC graduate, directed Kharon (2018), music videos for Delfina Campos, Khea, Enrique Campos, and the musical short Llueve en el Jardín. He is currently writing his first feature film.

TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:

Tadeo Pestaña Caro, Kevin Havas

SCRIPT:

Tadeo Pestaña Caro, Kevin Havas

PRODUCTION:

Tadeo Pestaña Caro, Kevin Havas. Producción ejecutiva: Kevin Havas, Tadeo Pestaña Caro, Malena Suárez, Eugenia Gonzalia

EDITING:

Tadeo Pestaña Caro, Kevin Havas

ART:

Paula Ferrer

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Mariam Bakir

ORIGINAL MUSIC:

Emiliano Livelli

SOUND:

Javier Jensen, Mauricio Velasquez

CAMERA:

Mariam Bakir, Tadeo Pestaña Caro

CAST:

Neyen Guzmán Rivero, Delfina Lanusse, Pablo Mercolli, Javier Corbalán

CONTACT:

tpestanacaro@mesachicacine.com