SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2025
WORKSHOP CONTEST 2019
The works participating in this section of the festival will compete for the Melitón Workshop Contest for the best work produced in the annual Estudios Melitón workshop. €1,000
The section will include a selection of the 16 finalist films shot by the 40 students who participated in the filmmaking workshop "Filming in Navarre with Asghar Farhadi," taught by the Iranian filmmaker from May 30 to June 8 at the Melitón Studios on the Lekaroz Business Campus in northern Navarre.
SELECTED
Below we present the 16 finalist projects from among the 40 students in the workshop.
"Filming in Navarra with Asghar Farhadi"
ADRIAN
8’ SPAIN
Following the death of his mother, a depressed, estranged man finds himself rediscovering the joy of life when he opens a small toy stand he inherited from his mother.
Alicia Marina
Film Director
He lived in Los Angeles for eight years, where he trained himself in production and directing while writing, directing, and producing "LOVE-LY," a five-part series currently in production in Spain.
LA MALETA
3' SPAIN
In a place in northern Navarre, a family member must leave... Not everyone agrees, but silence makes us complicit in the pain.
Armando del Río
Film Director
Actor desde los 18 años, Armando del Río ha trabajado en más de 15 películas, entre ellas “Jamón, jamón”, series de televisión y teatro. Ha dirigido 4 cortometrajes y varios vídeos corporativos para su productora Cromagnon Producciones S.L.
VALZER
5' SPAIN
Jose and Maria are an elderly couple who have lived together in their house for a lifetime. Every day, Maria gets up before Jose and helps him with the small daily tasks that are becoming more complicated for him. Everything goes on as usual until Jose hears a song that reminds him of his past and leaves the house without warning. Maria goes looking for him and finds a surprise that takes her back to her past.
Chiara Sulis
Film Director
Se formó en Historia y Crítica del cine en la Universidad de Cagliari y luego Dirección y guión en Bande à part - Escuela de cine de Barcelona. Ha trabajado en películas como auxiliar de dirección y producción y ha rodado varios cortos como directora y guionista. Actualmente prepara su primer largometraje.
OVEJAS
9' SPAIN
A casting director interviews a girl in a rural Spanish village, trying to convince her to cut off all her hair to play a role in a film to be shot there. However, the girl asks for a day to think it over.
Daniel Yépez
Film Director
Guionista y director de cine ecuatoriano, Daniel Yépez compagina la escritura en cine, la literatura y la producción de cine de animación.
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EN NINGUNA PARTE
2' SPAIN
You're far from everything you feel, everything you are, and everything you want to be. Until one day, a void takes over.
Enrique Rambal
Film Director
Se formó en la especialidad de Dirección de cine en la escuela Metropolis C.E. Ha trabajado tanto de guionista, director y montador de cine documental y de largometrajes de ficción.
EL ÚLTIMO BAILE
6' SPAIN
In a village in Navarre, everyone is having a good time while a man tries to hide his sadness by dancing under a skirt. A final dance filled with symbols and secrets.
Fani Konstantinou
Film Director
Formada como directora de cine y guionista, la griega Fani Konstantinou, trabaja en proyectos publicitarios relacionados con el deporte.
SIEMPRE AQUÍ
3' SPAIN
A father and his daughter are near the river.
Fermín Gil
Film Director
Estudió Comunicación Audiovisual en la Universidad de Navarra, antes de especializarse en guión y dirección de cine en la Escuela TAI de Madrid. Ha trabajado para el Grupo Secuoya y Atresmedia Studios. Ha escrito, dirigido y producido diversos cortometrajes.
INSIDE
3' SPAIN
Loneliness can seem insurmountable. But the solution doesn't always yield the expected results.
Iria Parada
Film Director
La actriz gallega Iria Parada se licenció en la ESAD de Galicia, tiene un Máster de interpretación ante la cámara en la Central de Cine de Madrid, y ha dirigido varios proyectos de microteatro.
PIE DE HIERRO
6' SPAIN
This short film tells the story of José Miguel Dorregaray "Contín"'s overcoming difficulties. It tells how he regained his zest for life after his accident. Jose Miguel had a truck accident that cost him a leg, but his zest for life enabled him not only to walk again, but also to ride his bike over the toughest mountain passes in Spain and France.
Javier Otero
Film Director
Actor y director de escena. Trabaja en el ámbito universitario en un grado en teatro físico. También ha bailado y coreografiado danza contemporánea y desarrolla labores de director técnico y diseñador de iluminación teatral.
ÚLTIMO PASEO
9' DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Jesus, an elderly man who has worked in the fields his entire life, is forced to say goodbye to the only thing he has left in the world: his little dog. After handing him over to his new owner, he sets off for the place where he will be welcomed and spend the rest of his life. Once in his new home, Jesus realizes what his new life alone entails.
Lia Chapman
Film Director
Lia Chapman reside entre Madrid, Los Angeles y su país de origen. Es licenciada en Sociología por la Universidad de Fordham en New York y graduada con méritos en dirección de la Universidad de UCLA. Ha dirigido los cortometrajes “Ángeles Rotos” (2014) y “En los brazos de mi madre” (2017).
HIM
2’ SPAIN
A man takes care of a palace for people to visit. Everyone who enters looks at the world through the lens of their cameras, and no one sees him. Until one more photo is taken.
Madalena Brandao
Film Director
Popular actriz portuguesa que comenzó su carrera en el programa de televisión “Super Pai”. En 2018 participó en la película “Variacoes” de Joao Maia, o en la serie de televisión “A Teia”, una producción para TVI Chanel.
LA INTÉRPRETE
3' SPAIN
Saioa and her mother, Ana Mari, go to the church in Lekaroz, Baztán, to pray to Our Lady of the Rosary, as they do every week. Saioa translates what Ana Mari asks of Our Lady because she's deaf (her mother, not the Virgin). But Ana Mari wants Saioa to ask for something too... Saioa refuses at first, but soon takes the plunge and does it of her own accord. Will Our Lady be receptive?
Martín Barandalla
Film Director
El pamplonés Martín Barandalla reside actualmente en Londres. He trabajado en televisión como guionista y en cine en desarrollo de proyectos.
BUSCANDO LA FLOR DE LOTO
7' SPAIN
In a forest clearing in the Baztán Valley, a little girl is searching for her parents, but no matter how much she screams, she can't be heard. While she waits, she lets her imagination run wild and listens to the little forest animals that make her forget she's alone.
Mireia Pozo
Film Director
La catalana Mireia Pozo se formó en Dirección de cine en Bandé à Part (Barcelona) y trabaja como realizadora de videoclips, corporativos y publicidad. Ha escrito y dirigido dos cortometrajes. Actualmente desarrolla un guión para una serie de televisión.
A BEGINNING
5' SPAIN
Participants in a film workshop take photos in various locations in order to find an image that sparks their imagination and serves as a starting point for writing their own stories. A girl watches as a classmate steals a figurine from a palace they are visiting. Driven by curiosity, she follows his classmates' steps until, finally, the two begin to talk.
Pablo Echart
Film Director
A professor of screenwriting at the University of Navarra (UN), Pablo Echart directed the Master's in Audiovisual Screenwriting at the UN between 2010 and 2015. He has written a feature-length script thanks to a scholarship from the BBVA Foundation. He is the author of the book "Romantic Comedy in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s" (Editorial Cátedra).
DESVESTIDO
5' SPAIN
Raúl is a shy and insecure teenager who always watches Joana leave school. But today, something finally compels him to follow her without her even realizing it.
Rocío Martín
Film Director
Rocío Martín, a Madrid native, studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid and worked for eight years at an advertising production company. She currently combines her personal writing and directing projects with freelance work for advertising campaign directors.
CAPSULE - EXTINTOR
4' SPAIN
Milagros is required to install a fire extinguisher in the chapel. But first, she'll have to ask someone's permission...
Rodrigo Sopeña
Film Director
A TV director and screenwriter, he specializes in comedy and entertainment (José Mota, El club de la comedia...). He co-wrote and directed the film "Fermat's Room" (2007) with Luis Piedrahita. He currently directs the series "Club Houdini" for Disney Channel and won the 2019 GAVA Award for Best TV Director.