Don’t You Let Me Go

by Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge

Synopsis

Logline

In the wake of her best friend’s death, Adela embarks on a journey through time to a distant autumn, where Elena eagerly awaits, armed with detective novels and the warmth of a crackling fire. A tale of timeless sisterhood and celebration of life, Adela must confront her grief and unravel the mysteries that bind them together.

 

Specifications

Uruguay  74min  16:9  5.1  Spanish

Written and Directed by

Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge

Produced by

Agustina Chiarino (Bocacha Films)

With

Chiara Hourcade

Victoria Jorge

Eva Dans

Crew

DoP: Yarará Rodríguez

Production Designer: Cecilia Guerriero

Sound: Rafael Álvarez, Juan Ignacio Giobio

Editor: Lucía Casal, Stephanie Tabárez

Music: Luciano Supervielle

Festivals

DON’T YOU LET ME GO is nominated as Best Ibero American Film for the 39th GOYA Awards 

Tribeca Festival – NORA EPHRON AWARD 

AFI Latin American Film Festival

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival – BEST FILM AWARD 

Cinemaissí Film Festival

Mostra de Sao Paulo – International Perspective 

Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali – International Competition 

Festival de Huelva Cine Iberoamericano – Features Competition 

Festival Cineuropa en Santiago de Compostela – Panorama Internacional 

Singapore International Film Festival – Horizons 


2025

Göteborg Film Festival – Voyages 

Bengaluru International Film Festival

Panorama Coisa Cinema (Brazil)

BAFICI (Argentina)

Festival de Cine Pobre (Cuba)

PRESS QUOTES

 

HIGH ON FILM written by Debanjan Dhar

Richly Beguiling, Dreamlike Burrowing Out of Grief

An exquisite, life-affirming little marvel

An exultation in the expansive wonder and joy of a time supposed to have been lost forever

SCREEN ANARCHY written by Peter Martin

Wishful and wistful

a thoughtful, imaginative journey into memory

MOVIE JAWN written by Gary Kramer

A lovely, poignant drama

delivers a magical realist ending, feels like the most appropriate payoff

SUNSHINE ESTATE written by Borja Izuzquiza

stand out in the way it ultimately resonates. 

A poignant look into the transcendency of Sisterhood