KINOFILM Festival Presents SPANISH SHORTS PROGRAMME
Thurs 29th May – 6.00pm (for 6.30pm start) at the INSTITUTO CERVANTES
A wild programme of the best Spanish short films, featuring everything from a young girlâs coming-of-age on a 1930s island to modern-day gentrification. Expect quirky undertakers, dangerous drivers, pensioners in peril, cafĂ© rivalries, and surprise parties galore!
EL NUEVO BARRIO / THE NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD
Dir/Wri: VĂctor Izquierdo Alcaraz, Wri: Jorge Dantart, Juan LĂłpez de la Osa, Mario LĂłpez, Marina ParĂ©s, Prod: Joshua Escribano, Spain, 2024, 20:00 min
Angel and his group of retired friends finally live peacefully in their usual neighborhood, thinking they have signed their life contract. Every day they attend El Chispasâ funeral. A scathing critique of real estate speculation and gentrification that mixes thriller and black comedy.
BLAVA TERRA / BLUE LAND
Dir/Wri: Marine Auclair March, Wri: David Junyent, Prod: David LĂłpez, Spain, 2024, 19:00 min
Elionor discovers the intricacies of adulthood in 1940âs Mallorca. She lives in a remote farmhouse, from which the inhabitants have never ventured out. Everything will change with the arrival of a movie
PREDATOR
Dir/Wri: Javier Fesser, Prod: Pepe Jordana, Spain, 2024, 10:00 min
Two friends are traveling through a lonely place when their car suffers a tragic breakdown.
AGRIO / SOUR
Dir/Wri/Prod: David PĂ©rez Sañudo, Wri: Sergio Granda, Pablo BartolomĂ©, Prod: Elena Maeso, AgustĂn Delgado Bulnes, Ălvaro Cervantes, Kevin Iglesias, Fernando PĂ©rez Sañudo, Spain, 2023, 18:00 min
The shop sales have decreased since they were unjustly accused of selling a product in bad condition. Therefore, Mentxu organizes a surprise party to his sister Laura, responsible for the establishment. However, what seemed like a support meeting does not develop as expected. The surprise party becomes an exercise of trust.
TITO
Dir/Wri: Javier Celay, Prod: Raquel DomĂnguez Vegas, Spain, 2025, 12:00 min
Filo to take desperate measures. A chance encounter at Jereâs bar will set the stage for a showdown between them.
EL PEOR OFICIO DEL MUNDO / THE WORST TRADE IN THE WORLD
Dir/Wri/Prod: Luis Larrodera, Prod: RaĂșl GarcĂa Medrano, Spain, 2023, 16:00 min
Pablo is a salesman at a funeral home. His work begins when someone dies: at that moment, he quickly goes to offer all the services of his company to the relatives of the deceased. For him, every day is the same as the last. He often questions himself how he ended up doing this, whether he could do his job differently.
1 VIDA / 1 LIFE
Dir/Wri/Prod: Virginia Rodriguez, Spain, 2024, 9:00 min
Managing the loss of a mother at such a young age is not easy for the person or those around them. Only certain people can have the key to saying the right words that help. In a dentistâs waiting room, Alexandra has a conversation that will change her life forever.
Total Runtime: 01:44:00
FREE ENTRY BUT BOOK IN ADVANCE BY CLICKING ON THE ORANGE TICKET BUTTON TO TAKE YOU TO EVENTBRITE.
We will have have a drinks reception with networking opportunity after the screening with the kind support of the Instituto Cervantes.
