Schedule XXIV
Dr. Mabuse Display
First session. Jury selection Dr. Mabuse
Projected Short films
Agua Salina
Abraham Delgado, Ivet Moreno
Montse is avoiding meeting her newborn niece because she doesn’t know how to face her own past.
17 min. – Fiction
Huir
Kike Maíllo, Alejandro Pereira
Bruno, an artist obsessed with his work, is finishing the piece he’ll present at a crucial exhibition when Paula interrupts him with important news.
15 min. – Fiction
Buffet paraíso
Santi Amézqueta, Héctor Zafra
At a buffet restaurant, a diverse group of characters enjoys a wide variety of exquisite dishes without realizing the deadly sin that gluttony represents.
8 min. Animation – Horror
Peligro de extinción
Lalo García
A judge has confiscated the phone of Pedro, a 17-year-old teenager, for recording and sharing the beating of a classmate on social media. His laid-back uncle Mario scolds him in a reasoned and forceful manner.
15 min. Fiction – Horror
Sueño Finlandés y Paranoico
Jimena Aguilar
How do we talk about the future when it seems there is none? The world has exploded and all that’s left is a voice speculating about a future that will be—or already is. What is this? A prologue to the future? The future itself?
7 min. Fiction – Animation – Fantasy – Experimental
LA BODA
Andrea Bilbao
In a hair salon, a shop, around a table, among laughter, drinks and dresses, a group of women gathers to organize the details of a wedding. What begins as a trivial conversation slowly turns into a revealing catharsis.
13 min. – Documentary
LOS CÓMPLICES
Alberto Evangelio
Valencia, 1998. A desperate woman who needs to help her father die turns to some mysterious “accomplices”, unaware of what their collaboration truly entails.
13 min. Fiction – Fantasy – Horror
EL CAMBIO DE RUEDA
Begoña Arostegui
A flat tire surprises the protagonist while riding shotgun. Stopped by the roadside watching the driver change the tire, she wonders if this road is going in the right direction.
9 min. – Animation
INTERIOR/DÍA
Carolina Hernández Correa
A couple wakes up the next morning after a night of sex. He wakes up cheerful, eager to have breakfast and get to know each other better. She wakes up wishing he would leave her house.
14 min. – Fiction
INSALVABLE
Javier Marco
Mauro has arranged to have dinner at a luxurious restaurant with Ángel, the stranger whose life he saved a few weeks ago.
18 min. Fiction
LA PURA REALIDAD
Joaquín Gómez
Pura has made the most important decision of her life and urgently invites her daughter to breakfast with her. But the invitation hides an unexpected confession—something she can’t do alone and needs help with.
12 min. – Fiction
Second session. Jury selection Dr. Mabuse
Projected Short films
LA HIJA DE MI MADRE
Carles Gómez Alemany
Marina, a young Andalusian actress, discovers during a visit to her Catalan family that her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s is already very advanced.
15 min. Fiction
PLAZER BAT
Sonia Estévez
The true pleasure lies in simplicity. Plazer Bat is a sequence of ordinary actions and situations that bring joy. So little is needed to feel good!
4 min. – Animation, fantasy, experimental
PATHOS
Andrea Noceda
Juan and Gonzalo are journalists and longtime friends. Both enjoy good positions at the newspaper, but the “midday demon” (midlife crisis) looms. Especially today, after attending the funeral of a former colleague.
12 min. – Fiction
TITO
Javier Celay
In a small village, Filo, a retired woman, rents out a house. For the past year, Tito has been living alone there after his mother’s death.
12 min. Fiction, fantasy, horror
CALVOS
Álvaro Moriano
Álvaro fears going bald. He’s always seen himself as a Robert Redford, but time is relentless—and his family, though supportive, believes he looks better with hair.
10 min. Fiction, documentary
LA NIÑA TATUADA
Elisa Lanzas
Irene is being harassed by a stranger. Scared, she goes to her father, who takes her in the car to hunt down the stalker.
14 min. Fiction
PERIQUITOS
Andrea Noceda
Renowned animation film director Hayao Miyazaki announces his definitive retirement. But the muses of inspiration have other plans for him…
6 min. Animation
SARCUM
Ignacio Malagón
Antonio, a writer in the midst of a crisis, decides to hire the services of Sarcum Solutions, a tech company that helps with a task Antonio finds difficult to do on his own.
13 min. Fiction, fantasy
LE DÉRAPAGE
Aurelien Laplace
This morning, Paul Sérédat, a congressman campaigning for re-election, hears on the radio that he’s made a blunder. And apparently, it’s a big one! He panics. What the hell did he say to deserve such media uproar? He sits at his computer to find out.
15 min. Fiction
Third session. Off Dr. Mabuse
We’re waiting for you tomorrow at 8:00 PM at Girona Cinemas with our guest festival!
FASCURT
Fascurt is a short film festival in El Masnou, held annually in early July at Ocata beach.
A platform for directors to showcase their work if selected in one of several categories.
Cash prizes are awarded in the fiction, animation, undercurt, and audience award categories.
Over 30 square meters of screen on Ocata beach (El Masnou) to share selected works over three nights.