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This is the end, our dear friends…the end!
All good things come to an end and CinemaAttic Cuarentena is no exception. Thanks for accompanying us in this thrilling journey across Modern Spanish Cinema. Let’s celebrate it with the last programme of EIGHT short films, as we included a bonus track.
Here we go: #CinemaAtticCuarentena Week 13, brought to you by CinemaAttic, Instituto Cervantes, Spain Culture & Science UK and now also with the support of Film Hub Scotland and The National Lottery’s Awards for All Scotland. Every week, we share a new Programme of 7 Spanish Short Films available with English subtitles online. The Films are available until Sunday on our website and in the Facebook event Week 13 | CinemaAttic Cuarentena Shorts where you can watch them, vote and comment for your favorites.
Saying that we love this final programme would sound silly since we are the ones programming it. But then CinemaAttic has been known for a lot sillier than that. WE LOVE THIS PROGRAMME!!! Enjoy a collection of Short Films that have won it all – together with some films that went under the radar (even CinemaAttic’s radar, since some of them we didn’t programme back in the day!). Goya winners like JL Montesinos, masters of the absurd like Nacho Vigalondo or David Pantaleon, brilliant animators like Jossie Malis or Cesar Diaz Melendez and three proper classics to garnish our last extended programme of the Cuarentena. Find why comedy is still the best weapon against intolerance and polarization these days. Once again we have fiction shorts, animation films and documentaries and then they all mix so well together.
For the last time, we will gather on Sunday at 1pm, we will wrap up together with #CinemaAtticVermouth / Un Vermut con CinemaAttic, a relaxed live conversation with some of the directors on CinemaAttic’s Facebook. You can also see previous Interviews with Directors on our YouTube channel.
If you want to know more about the Films and the Directors, Check our Extended Materials for Week 13 here
Here are the 8 Spanish Short Films for this week:
Zepo
by César Díaz Meléndez
Synopsis: Time ago, a winter morning, a little girl went out looking for firewood, she went away from home and came across a blood trail… she followed it.
Festival & Awards:
Málaga Film Festival – Best Animated Short Film, Winner
Toulouse Cinespaña Film Festival – Jury’s Special Mention, Winner
Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival – Best Animated Short Film, Winner
Leeds Film Festival – Jury’s Special Mention, Winner
Fiesta de Pijamas // Pyjamas Party
by David Pantaleón
Synopsis: Pyjamas party is a grotesque representation, a masquerade, the democracy under the rubble of lies.
Festival & Awards:
ZINEBI Bilbao Festival of Documentary and Short Films
Málaga Film Festival
Rio De Janeiro Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema
ALCINE Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares
Domingo // Sunday
by Nacho Vigalondo
Synopsis: A man and his girlfriend have an extraterrestrial encounter.
Festival & Awards:
Mar del Plata Film Festival
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
Fantastic Fest
Mar del Cap Short Film Festival
El Gran Zambini // The Great Zambini
by Igor Legarreta & Emilio Pérez
Synopsis: The remains of an ancient circus can still be seen on the outskirts of a big city.
Festival & Awards:
ZINEBI Bilbao Festival of Documentary and Short Films – Jury’s Special Mention, Winner
FilmFest Dresden – Audience Award, Winner
Festival de Cine Independiente de Elche – Best Short Film, Best Screenplay & Best Musical Score, Winner
No Words Short Film Festival – Jury’s Special Prize, Winner
Expediente WC
by Arturo Ruiz Serrano
Synopsis: After 20 years a document comes to light showing the moments preceding an outrage that could have changed the history of this country.
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Festivals & Awards:
ZINEBI Bilbao Festival of Documentary and Short Films – Best Fiction, Winner
Balearic Islands Festival – Audience Award, Winner
Arrigoriaga Comedy Film Festival – First Prize, Winner
Navalcarnero Comedy Film Festival – First Prize, Winner
Elena Asins – Génesis
by Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento
Synopsis: Elena Asins has lived for over 20 years in Azpirotz, a small village in the northeast of Navarra. From there she develops one of the most significant artistic careers in the Spanish contemporary art scene.
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Festival & Awards:
Málaga Spanish Film Festival – Best Short Film & Audience Award, Winner
Madrid Short Film Week – Best Short Film, Winner
Riga Short Film Festival – Jury’s Special Mention, Winner
St. Petersburg Beginning Film Festival – Best Documentary, Winner
El Corredor // The Runner
by José Luís Montesinos
Synopsis: A desperate man goes out to run for the first time.
Festival & Awards:
2016 Goya Awards – Best Short Film, Winner
European Film Awards – Best Short Film, Nominee
Gaudí Awards – Best Short Film, Winner
Seoul Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival – Best Short Film, Winner
Bendito Machine VI
by Jossie Malis
Synopsis: An inevitable and enigmatic biotechnological interconnectedness is imminent. What isn’t working well?
Festival & Awards:
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Berlin Short Film Festival
Animatou Animation Film Festival Geneva
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See you on Sunday for our #CinemaAtticVermouth / Un Vermut con CinemaAttic
CinemaAttic Cuarentena | 90 Essential Spanish Short Films of the Last Decade is an initiative organised by CinemaAttic with the support of The National Lottery’s Awards for All Scotland, Instituto Cervantes centres in London, Manchester and Leeds and the Office for Cultural & Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London and now also with the support of Film Hub Scotland.
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