FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY – FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY @ INDY ON DEMAND

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An Alternative Valentine’s plan for those who believe in a wider idea of love. Join us for a Friday Film Night as we gather 8 Internationally-acclaimed Short Films on the topic of love. A big big love!

When: Friday 12 February, starting at 19:30 until Friday 19 February 23:55.
Where: Online, in your living room (as long as it’s in the UK!)
How: The online hub to watch the films is #IndyOnDemand. Tickets Available here

ANOTHER LOVE • OTRO AMOR

Lovers, broken hearts, dramas, comedies and motorbikes. No romantic film is such without a proper motorbike runaway! In February we focus on great stories of belonging and the different ways we seek to reach love and maintain (survive, destroy) it. We have prepared an intense journey to the core of emotion with perspectives from Argentina to Colombia, from Spain to Greece. Jump in, we take on a ride through the Colombian landscapes, the beaches of Morocco and the tiled sunny patios of Andalusia.

This is for lovers. Also for “down-to-lovers”. A representative array of how belonging, solitude and our inner fears interact at different stages of life. Including Cannes-winning films and short films nominated to the Goya’s 2021.

HELICONIA

Director: Paula Rodríguez Polanco
Year: 2020
Duration: 27 min
Language: Spanish

Synopsis: Fourteen-year-old Maria spends her time in the extensive tropical garden of her family house. When she meets her brother and his friend Adrian on motorcycles during the New Year celebrations, she decides to flee with them to find paradise on earth together.

Festivals & Awards:
ZINEBI Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
FID Marseille, Jury’s Special Mention for First Film, Winner
Documenta Madrid
Valdivia Film Festival

Trailer:

LOCA (Crazy)

Director: María Salgado Gispert
Year: 2020
Duration: 15 min
Language: Spanish

Synopsis: Sofía works as a cleaner in a school. Iván works as a skating teacher, teaching during extracurricular hours. Sofía and Iván know each other but they have never spoken to each other. But today it started raining and the class had to be canceled.

Festivals & Awards:
Palm Springs ShortFest
Festival de Cine L´Alfàs del Pi
Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival
Indie Memphis Film Festival

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I APOSTASI ANAMESA STON OURANO KI EMAS (The Distance Between Us And The Sky)

Director: Vasilis Kekatos
Year: 2019
Duration: 09 min
Language: Greek

Synopsis: Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50€ he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.

Festivals & Awards:
Cannes Film Festival, Short Film Palme d’Or, Winner
Palm Springs ShortFest
Melbourne Film Festival
Athens Film Festival, Best Short Film, Winner
Reykjavik Film Festival
London Film Week

Trailer:

LAS LLAMAS DEL SOL (A Fire In The Sun)

Director: Pepe Sapena
Year: 2020
Duration: 12 min
Language: Spanish

Synopsis: In an art exhibition, two young women stand in front of a painting (a reinterpretation of Marc Chagall’s “The Birthday”). One of them sees the painting as an illustration of true love, of absolute love; the other sees the painting as merely idealistic.

Festivals & Awards:
New York City Short Film Festival
FIBAC Ibero-American Festival of Short films
Zaragoza Film Festival

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MANOLO MONTESCO Y CARMELA CAPULETO

Director: ​María Jáimez
Year: 2019
Duration: 29 min
Language: Spanish

Synopsis: What would have happened if Romeo and Juliet hadn’t died when they were teenagers? What would their daily life be like if they were 90 years old?

Festivals & Awards:
ALCINE Alcala de Henares
Film Festival of the Older Adults of Barcelona

Trailer:

SUKAR

Director: ​Ilias El Faris
Year: 2019
Duration: 09 min
Language: Spanish

Synopsis: On the beach of Casablanca, the desire of two adolescents keeps a low profile. Children like adults keep an eye out. A fight distracts attention.

Festivals & Awards:
MedFilm Festival, Best Creative Short, Winner
Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Jury Award and France Télévisions Award, Winner
Vilnius Film Festival
IndieLisboa Independent Film Festival 2020

Trailer: NOT FOUNDED

EL CORAZÓN ES LA CUARTA PARED (The Heart Is The Fourth Wall)

Director: Andrés Restrepo Gómez
Year: 2019
Duration: 07 min
Language: Spanish

Synopsis: A couple of ex-lovers argues in bed about their past relationship. They reminisce as each image from their memory comes alive as if it was happening right there.

Festivals & Awards:
Buenos Aires Festival de Cine Colombiano, Audience Award, Winner
Festival Visión Ribereña, Best Editing, Winner
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Huesca Film Festival

TE JODES Y BAILAS (Fuck Yourself And Dance)

Director: Diego Saniz
Year: 2020
Duration: 19 min
Language: Spanish

Synopsis: David is a guy with work, friends, and some success with women. Life doesn’t treat him badly, but he feels completely empty. Then Elena arrives at his life, idealizing her instantly.

Festivals & Awards:
Festival de Málaga
Madrid En Corto
Valencia Film Festival