La Gallina Ciega (Blindman’s Bluff)

Director: Isabel Herguera
Spain
2005 | 7min16sec | Colour

A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that his strength lies in recognising his own vulnerability.

Isabel Herguera

Born in San Sebastian, Spain in 1961, Isabel Herguera studied Fine Arts at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany and animation at the California Institute of the Arts – Los Angeles, California, USA. For the next ten years she worked in the advertisement industry for different animation Studios in Los Angeles. Since 2005 she juggles between making films and teaching. She regularly gives workshops at the National Institute of Design – NID in Ahmadabad and is a visiting professor at China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

Credits

Director: Isabel Herguera
Producer: Isabel Herguera
Screenwriter: Isabel Herguera, Satinder Singh, Sylvie Chesneau 
Editor: Isabel Herguera
Music:  Xabier Erkizia
Cinematographer: Eduardo Elosegi

Festival Appearances & Awards

Festival Iberoamericano de Cine de Atacama, Caldera, 2006 – Best Animation Short Film
International Latino Film Festival. San Francisco, 2006
Tehran International Short Film Festival, 2006
Festival Internazionale di Cinema d’Animazione di Dervio – Jury’s Prize
Nominee to the Goya Prize for Best Animated Short Film, 2006
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 2006