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FRIDAY 18th // 19:00h
CENTRO CULTURAL DOCTOR MADRAZO
Joel Munu
Spain // 4 min.
Cru comes to Planet Earth to analyse its composition and the behaviour of its living beings. During his trip, he will meet a group of friends who love hardcore music and party all night long. This chance meeting will change Cru's plans, and the future of the entire known and unknown universe.
- Awards:
Ull Nu Festival Audiovisual, 2023, Andorra
Mejor Dirección - Festival Notodofilmfest, 2023, Spain
Mark Albiston
Nueva Zelanda // 15 min.
A fourteen-year-old boy, whose Mum plans on selling his deceased Dad’s Datsun, decides to take his best friend and little brother on one last joyride.
- Selections:
Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, 2022, Deutschland
Sofia Georgovassili
Greece // 14 min.
What happens to roe deer during their reproductive period? What does a young female body feel during and after an abortion? Can a cyclone break out only in our unconscious?
It is a morning in September. A storm is about to break. Α mother drives a girl to school in the morning and picks up a woman at the end of the school day. Anna, a fifteen-year-old girl sneaks out of school, and with the help of her boyfriend, they visit a hospital. There, she has to face an event that will jolt her into adulthood.
- Selections:
International Film Festival Zoom-Zblizenia, 2023, Poland
Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, 2022, Desutschland
Alcibiade Cohen
France // 14 min.
Maria, a young argentinian woman, evolves in a men's world : rodeo. The day before qualifying for the famous "Jesus Maria" tournament, for the first time open to women, she must make a choice: speak or let fate decide for her...
- Selections:
Un Poing C'est Court - Festival Du Film Court Francophone, France
Festival Europeen Du Film Court De Brest, France
Alcine - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Festival Du Premier Court Métrage, France
Festival Tous Courts, France
TISFF, Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece
Marija Apcevska
North Macedonia // 15 min.
Misty field, crowded locker room. Margo belongs to neither. Maybe if she loses her virginity, she will finally find her place.
- Selections:
Festival De Cine Global Dominicano, 2023, República Dominicana
Festival Internacional De Cine Corto De Cali, 2022, Colombia
Jos Man
Spain // 19 min.
Robert Preston and Julia Desmond are in charge of the most advanced computerized military system in existence. But their decisions will face the logic of Arion, the Artificial Intelligence that governs the system, created to help them achieve their objectives in the most efficient way.
Arion must first learn from human decisions, to then seek more effective alternatives, putting into debate the ethics and morals of the acts that govern our society.
- Selections:
Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film Festival (BSSSFFF), 2023, USA
Duván Duque Vargas
Colombia // 20 min.
Eleven-year-old Fer travels with his family to a countryside resort a few hours outside Bogotá. Although Fer’s father will be doing business, he has promised to make time for family fun, something that has been missing from their lives for a while.
- Selections:
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 2022, Canada
