a short film by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière
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Country: Iceland
Genre: Drama, Magic Realism,
Length: 15 minutes
“Milk Teeth” is set in 1980s Iceland and follows a group of seven-year-old girls on a week-long camping trip with their teacher, Maria. The girls soon find themselves alone when their teacher doesn't wake up after first night. They must learn to survive in the wilderness, find food, and cope with the loss of their teacher. As the girls navigate their new reality, the film blends elements of a coming-of-age story with horror, suspense, and magic realism, capturing the complex tones of childhood.
Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière (1996) is an argentine director and screenwriter based in Iceland with a degree in Film Directing from the Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
In 2017, at just 21 years old, she won first prize in the INCAA (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Argentina) "Opera Prima" contest to support the first films by new directors.
Her debut feature premiered at the 2020 Berlinale in the Generation section, where it was awarded the Special Mention of the International Jury. She was also the youngest director at the 70th Berlinale. That same year, her film had its premiere at the San Sebastián Festival, Mar del Plata and 50 other festivals around the world.
At the end of 2020 she obtained the support of the Biennale College Cinema to make her second film: “Our Happiest Days”, which was shot in 2021 and premiered at the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia 2021.
In 2025, she was awarded with the Academy Awards from Iceland "Edda Awards" for her shortfilm "Geltu!".
She’s currently working on the development of her shortfilm "Milk Teeth", a co production between Iceland and Argentina.
Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11294374/
www.solberruezo.com
Laura Mara Tablón (1979) is a producer, scriptwriter and director from Argentina.
In 2015, she founded Rita Cine, a film company focused on auteur movies. She has produced over 20 films under her company.
Her films premiered and were awarded at international festivals such as Berlinale, Biennale di Venezia, Cannes, San Sebastian, Mar del Plata.
Since 2019, she has been a jury for the Argentine Film Institute INCAA and other international and regional funds. She is also an active member of APIMA, Association of Independent Producers of
Argentina.
In 2020 she was selected by Biennale College Cinema with the project “Our happiest days”, second film directed by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière, co-written by both of them.
In 2022, she was selected at the Cannes Film Festival to be part of the Start me Up residency at the ECAM.
At the beginning of 2024, she shot “The Message”, ninth feature film by Iván Fund, that premiered in the Berlinale 2025 and won the Silver Bear Jury Prize. Recently, the film also won 3 Tiantan Awards at the Beijing International Film Festival.
www.ritacine.com.ar
"Dientes de leche" (Milk Teeth) is a story born from my desire to portray two elements I've been passionate about since starting my career: childhood and Iceland. Iceland is a very special country to me. If I could describe what I feel, I'd say I have a spiritual relationship with the country.
That's why I decided to migrate from my native South America to the other side of the world, to pursue a dream that became a reality. My intention is to portray this country and its culture from both an external and an internal perspective.
As a foreigner, it's difficult to establish oneself in another country's film industry. My goal is to fuse my native country with the new stimuli and discoveries of my adventure in Iceland. With this short film, I aim to enter the Icelandic industry so I can continue my career internationally (though always linking it with Argentina and my South American collaborators).
"Dientes de leche" refers to a very special stage of childhood: when teeth begin to fall out to be replaced by new ones, an analogy for the progressive loss of childhood and innocence. It's a childhood that hurts, almost like mourning death itself, except what's being mourned is the loss of innocence.
Finally, it's worth mentioning that the goal is to complete the post-production of the short film in Argentina, merging Argentine artistic contribution with the magical Icelandic landscapes.
Director: solberruezopr@gmail.com
Producer: lautablon@gmail.com
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