SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2025
SPANISH SHORT FILM 2021
Official Selection of the Spanish Short Film Section.
BIOGRAFÍA DEL CADÁVER DE UNA MUJER
Mabel Lozano
(2020) 18' SPAIN
A woman, a victim of human trafficking. Shot to death. She looks at us. She speaks to us. She concerns us.
Mabel Lozano
Film Director
Mabel Lozano (Toledo, España, 28/12/1967). Dedicada al mundo del audiovisual desde 2006, funda la productora Mafalda Entertainment para llevar a cabo sus proyectos comprometidos con los Derechos Humanos y la mujer.
57 DÍAS
Mario Lumbreras and Laura Brasero
(2020) 14' SPANISH - SPAIN
Julio Lumbreras was one of the first patients to enter an ICU in Spain due to Covid-19. Through the mobile phone messages his family sent each other, we followed his 57-day battle with the coronavirus.
Mario Lumbreras and Laura Brasero
Film Director
This is Mario's first foray into documentary short film directing after 14 years working in advertising as an Advertising Creative, specializing in Art Direction.
Laura is a voiceover artist and advertising designer, and this is her first work as a documentary short film director.
LO EFÍMERO
Jorge Muriel
(2020) 20' SPANISH - SPAIN
Two strangers meet on a subway car. They both carry their pasts with them. They both look at each other from their present. They will determine their futures in that fleeting, ephemeral journey that briefly reunites them.
Jorge Muriel
Film Director
Born in Madrid, he holds degrees in Economics and Dramatic Arts. In 1999, he was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for the Arts. He studied in New York for two years at schools such as HB Studio, the NY Film Academy, the Susan Batson Studio, and the Actors Center. He is a director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His short film, *Lemon Juice*, was nominated for the 2010 Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film.
FERROTIPOS
(2020) 14' SPANISH - SPAIN
A model is about to have some artistic photos taken by a renowned photographer. He suggests taking the photos topless to convey the insecurity that nudity provokes. He wants to talk about how vulnerable women feel in this society.
Directora
She is directing her second short film after "Nada Grave" (2016). She graduated in Textual Interpretation in 2009 from RESAD. She completed her training with Andrés Lima, Ángel Gutiérrez, and Catalina Lladó. In recent years, she has worked as an actress in numerous plays, television series, feature films, and short films. She is also part of La Extraña, a theater company that explores the work of Bertolt Brecht, author of "The Exception and the Rule," a play with which she is currently touring.
STAINS
Roger Villarroya
(2020) 5' WITHOUT DIALOGUE - SPAIN
A man washes his hands.
Carlos González
Director
Roger ha rodado distintos cortos de prestigio como Espectadores, Morales o Una cuestión de etiqueta.
Su reciente cortometraje Nana ganó más de una veintena de premios en prestigiosos festivales de cine y el cortometraje
Stains está actualmente en el circuito de festivales. En la actualidad, Roger está escribiendo su primer largometraje.
BEFORE I DIE
Iker Esteibarlanda
(2020) 14' ENGLISH - SPAIN
On a small island in Lake Victoria, Kenya, fishermen believe they have the right to everything. Meanwhile, women and girls are forced to bear the burden of silence. On an intimate journey back to her childhood memories, a young woman decides to tell her story to free herself from her burden and find a path to hope...
Iker Esteibarlanda
Film Director
Trabaja como director, guionista y editor. Tras estrenar su primer cortometraje titulado Beneath the Trees (2014) en festivales internacionales y ser el director más joven de la Sección Oficial del 15º Festival de Cine de Lanzarote, ha desarrollando su carrera en el ámbito del cine documental, intercalándola con la realización de vídeos corporativos, pero siempre contando historias humanas. Before I Die (2020) es su segundo cortometraje.
EL BAILE DEL ESTORNINO
Bárbara Fernández
(2020) 13' SPANISH - SPAIN
A relationship that takes place on the streets of 1980s Madrid, where our protagonist, removed from the cultural revolution of the time, lives his love story in absolute secrecy. Her boyfriend eventually disappears without a trace, and the only memory she has of him are the letters he never sent her. Now in old age, she recalls that time and reflects on love and loss.
Bárbara Fernández
Film Director
A graduate in Film from the TAI School in Madrid, she has worked in the Photography Department for series on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Movistar. She directs her own projects, which are starting to gain traction at various international festivals.
ERROAK
Sergio Azkarate
(2021) 18' BASQUE - SPAIN
Following the stories of different inhabitants of different towns in the province of Alava, we will learn about the situation of the countryside and rural areas in this province, where depopulation is leaving the villages empty, as well as the concerns and dreams of these inhabitants, who fight to keep the Álava countryside alive.
Sergio Azkarate
Director
Estudiante de audiovisuales y graduado en 2017, Erroak es la ópera prima de Sergio Azkarate
SALVAJE
Raúl González
(2021) 5' SPANISH - SPAIN
Maite Sánchez decides to make a change of life and leaves her city life behind to embark on a life in the mountains, a life where survival, self-sufficiency, and self-consumption prevail. She becomes a rancher of the last wild cow, the Betizu, a breed that is almost extinct. This breed is raised freely in the mountains of Goizueta, where she and her family live and share their lifestyle.
Raúl Gonzalez
Film Director
Ha compaginado proyectos como el cortometraje documental 948243040 (dedicado al Tel. De la Esperanza de Navarra) con algúna incursión externa en el guión para TV para TVE y la asistencia en dirección y guión original del documental SANdEDRO (dir. Iñaki Arbilla), que también explora el vínculo de un pueblo con sus fluctuantes habitantes a lo largo de su historia.
ONE 2 ONE
Néstor Ruiz
(2020) 18' SPANISH - SPAIN
Flavio León is a renowned and internationally acclaimed filmmaker. On the occasion of the premiere of his latest film, "Light and Darkness," and the upcoming European Film Awards, he agrees to a One2one interview where his interviewer, Andrea, will review his career and life, and try to get to know the most personal Flavio. But is this Flavio more "Light" or more "Darkness"?
Néstor Ruiz
Film Director
Director y Director de Fotografía. Entre sus trabajos destacados como director encontramos BARAKA. Con más de 100 selecciones internacionales en festivales, entre los que se encuentra Tribeca 2016. Y nominado a los premios Goya como mejor Cortometraje de Ficción. Entre sus últimos trabajos destaca la dirección del cortometraje El Método y la dirección de fotografía del cortometraje Ferrotipos producido por Huaorani Films y protagonizado por Alba Flores. Ahora mismo se encuentra inmerso en el desarrollo de lo que será su primer largometraje, "Unfollow".
XUETILANDIA
Carme Quetglas
(2021) 20' CATALAN - SPAIN
This short documentary aims to reveal a historical event unique to the island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain): the persecution suffered by the descendants of converted Jews, the Chuetas (Xuetes in Catalan).
Carme Quetglas
Film Director
Carme Quetglas Poncell nació en Palma (Mallorca, Islas Baleares) en 19 88. Licenciada en Pedagogía y titulada en Cine Documental. Máster en Formación del Profesorado por la Universidad de las Islas Baleares (UIB), actualmente ejerce como docente.
CENICIENTA SWING
Miryam Ballesteros
(2020) 3' SPANISH - SPAIN
At the Brothers Grimm High School, where all the fairy tale characters attend school as teenagers, the prom is being held. At the height of the festivities, a Giant's hand kidnaps the Prince, and Cinderella sets out to rescue him. Nothing will be as we expected.
Miryam Ballesteros
Film Director
Se graduó en Periodismo y estudió cine, televisión y animación en New York University, BBC, EAVE, CARTOON etc. Fundó MB prod. e IMIRA y ha trabajado como productora y directora dirigiendo entre otras las series de animación LUCKY FRED, SANDRA DETECTIVE DE CUENTOS Y LOLA Y VIRGINA que han sido vendidas en más de 100 países
PATIOS INTERIORES
David Serón
(2021) 12' SPANISH - SPAIN
Patios interiores is born from the poetry collection of the same name written by Laura Estrada and published by Editorial Graviola. In this short film, each poem is a piece: a disastrous kitchen, an unmade bed, or a reflection. Thus, the audiovisual format responds to a poetic voice that understands the rupture with childhood, culture, or relationships; that recognizes what was and what will no longer be.
David Serón
Film Director
Estudió Comunicación Audiovisual en la Universidad de Navarra entre 2016 y 2020. Ahora mismo se encuentra distribuyendo su ópera prima, El abrazo del Pirineo, que cuenta con 10 selecciones oficiales en festivales de España, Venezuela, India e Israel. Su último proyecto es el cortometraje documental Rasmia, realizado junto a la Asociación SEI y la Transpirenaica Social Solidaria para políticas migratorias del Gobierno de Navarra.
LARRUA JO
Erik Rodríguez
(2021) 22' BASQUE – SPAIN
Falling in love with your best friend isn't easy. Avoiding the subject, not talking about it, and feeding fantasies takes its toll. Knowing you're crossing a red line isn't always a reason to stop. Sometimes, you have to face reality to believe it. Gentzane, a young woman settled in her own reality, justifies every one of her actions to be close to the person she loves.
Erik Rodríguez
Film Director
Se gradúa en Cine y Medios Audiovisuales en la especialidad de dirección de arte por la ESCAC. Tras escribir, realizar y colaborar en diversos proyectos audiovisuales dentro de la universidad, escribe y dirige “Larrua jo” una vez termina la carrera. Anteriormente, participa en varias producciones de Marc Ferrer, quien le marcará mucho. En el último año de universidad codirige en la especialidad de arte, un largometraje colectivo titulado “OVELLA”, desarrollado dentro del marco académico.
S13P15A
Jesús Loniego
(2021) 1' WITHOUT DIALOGUE - SPAIN
Even the most unexpected dangers are marked.
Jesús Loniego
Film Director
Nace en Madrid. Se formó en la Factoría del Guión con Pedro Loeb y en la Escuela de cine Metrópolis. Es director, guionista y productor. Ha realizado cortos de ficción (HQ, Un cinéfilo en el bosque, Volver a saludar) que cuentan con varias selecciones nacionales e internacionales. En 2021, se expande a la animación con su primer corto de stop-motion S13P15A y se mete en la producción de películas como The Nanny's Night, de productor asociado y recientemente, en la película de acción Id viniendo, de productor ejecutivo.
NIGANDIK
Imanol G. Gurrutxaga
(2020) 15' BASQUE - SPAIN
Joxe (70) wants to protect his childhood home, which is now being demolished. While they are maintaining the appearance of the facade in order to maintain the romantic aesthetic of that urban area, they are completely destroying the interior to build modern homes. Joxe, who is also experiencing a process of accelerated aging and destruction, and who finds it increasingly difficult to remember who he is and who he was, has become obsessed with saying goodbye and remembering his own life with the dignity it deserves. The same life that now seems to be fading away.
Imanol G. Gurrutxaga
Film Director
"Nigandik" es su segundo cortometraje profesional, en el que vuelve a repetir con varios integrantes del equipo técnico-artístico de su cortometraje anterior. Este es el proyecto más ambicioso y sólido del director vasco, que cuenta con la financiación del Gobierno Vasco y el Ayuntamiento de Lazkao.
Entre sus próximos proyectos de cara al 2021, está desarrollando el guion de lo que pretende ser su primer largometraje.