FIMUCINEMA 2019
Selected shortfilms
BICHO
Director:
Christopher Cartagena
Composer:
Alberto Torres
A hypnotic extraterrestrial critter establishes itself in the swimming pool of a family in crisis.
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BROKEN
Director:
Enrico Natale
Composer:
Anne-Kathrin Dern
A young boy runs from his troubled home only to be returned to it by the unwitting police officer who finds him at a local diner in the middle of the night. The officer, believing he had simply stumbled upon an adventurous child, realizes there may be more to the story only as he comes face to face with the boy's mother.
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CONFÍA EN MÍ
Director:
Javi Navarro
Composer:
Iván Capillas
An undocumented prostitute needs money to bring her daughter.A prostitute without papers tries to get money to reunite with her daughter. Different stories will cross paths in a tale where distrust and chance will take on special importance.
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DEMASIADO LEJOS PARA OIRLO TODO
Director:
Héctor Montaño Jaramillo
Composer:
Kasem Fahmi
What would you do if you realized that you are no longer able to feel, sleep, breathe, eat ... to be human?
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EL MISERERE
Director:
Angel Manuel Chivite Gil
Composer:
Antonio J Asiáin
We are in the Middle Ages, humans have lost faith and they rejoice in licentiousness, evil and sin. Through The Way of Saint James (Camino de Santiago), pilgrims bring their prayers, and also the wrath of God.
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HERT
Director:
Sxin Lin
Composer:
Yi Liu
A 12-year-old Tomboy girl uses a slingshot to fights for herself after she is sexually abused by four young boys since the boys want to punish this special girl in a small and closed village of the south of China in 1995.
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LA GUARIDA
Director:
Lago de Soto
Composer:
Pau Loewe
Mario is driving under the rain. It’s dark in a lonely road. Suddenly he has to stop. In the middle of the way there’s a woman. She is disorientated and covered in blood. She doesn’t remember where she’s been or what happened to her. Mario needs to look for assistance. They stop at the first place they can find: A quiet bar called La Guarida / The Den. People in the bar kindly will help them out. Until the truth starts to surface….
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LA NOCHE
Director:
Martín Romero
Composer:
Joseba Beristain
A Wolf Man and a Moon Woman meet in a large lake during a warm summer night. The passion arises between them and they immediately begin an idyllic love relationship. However, an unexpected happening will turn their life upside down.
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LA TERCERA PARTE
Director:
Alicia Albares, Paco Cavero
Composer:
Ginés Carrión
Sergio is dying from marrow cancer. His doctor, Millán, wants him to achieve his final will. Helped by the rest of the medical team, they will leave embarrassment aside to make his last dream come true.
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LOBISOME
Director:
Juan de Dios Garduño
Composer:
Javier Quilis, Josué Vergara
Jorge and Iván have an easy job: to steal a briefcase and give it to their client in the toilets of the airport. They can't imagine that this briefcase contains a millennial formula.
MIEDOS
Director:
Germán Sancho
Composer:
Luis Hernáiz
The most terrifying fears creep into a little girl in her room when the lights turn off, just before she goes to sleep. Her father tries patiently to calm her; however, the darkness and the unknown are much more powerful and voracious.
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NANA
Director:
Roger Villarroya
Composer:
Daniel Trujillo
Laura is young, alone and pregnant. She helps take care of an elderly French man, Nicolas. Sixty years earlier, in France, Nico takes care of his mother, Alice, and she takes care of him..
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REBIRTH
Director:
Marcin Karolewski
Composer:
Mathieu Alvado
REBIRTH is a tale of Poland's fight for independence -- a struggle that lasted for generations. Embark on a fantastic journey to the imagination of a young girl who creates her own vision of the country's eventful past..
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SAFETY
Director:
Fabrice Joubert
Composer:
Mathieu Alvado
A bright sunny afternoon in november. It is wind-down time after gym class for the 2nd graders. Michael and eleven other children lie side by side on the floor of the gym, breathing quietly. Suddenly, a detonation tears the silence..
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SANCHO
Director:
Hugo De la Riva
Composer:
Raúl Galván
Sancho is in love with the books of medieval knights. He has so much passion for them that he decides to fulfill his dream and live his own adventure. But he does not feel like a hero, that’s why he convinces Alonso Quijano, a cheek with better physical appearance and more economic resources.
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TARIQ
Director:
Ersin Cilesiz
Composer:
Jonas Lechenmayr
16-year-old Tariq flees with his family from the ISIS fighters into a forest near the Syrian-Turkish border. On the run, his mother is shot because Tariq is disobedient. All his attempts to make amends make his mother's injury worse and make his father angry. In her delirium, the mother believes that her son was seduced by a jinn, a demon born of anger and smokeless fire. As the family risks being discovered by their persecutors, Tariq faces the decision to follow the dark or the bright side of Islam.
THE DARK
Director:
Joan Álvarez
Composer:
Manel Gil-Inglada
Sarah wakes up in the middle of the night and finds out that a general blackout has occurred. But she’s not the only one. Her neighbour David is also awake and feeling how the shadows are growing up around him.
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THE GOLDEN AGE
Director:
Eric Minh Cuong Castaing
Composer:
Alexandre Bouvier
In a series of workshops, children with motor disabilities experiment with various dance techniques and virtual reality glasses to see what dancers see..
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THE RIBBON
Director:
Polla-Ilariya Kozino
Composer:
Jonathan Galland
A young girl suddenly finds herself in a beautiful imaginary world. As she explores this enchanting place, the long ribbon of her dress gets caught, holding her back. As she pulls on the ribbon to break free, a completely unexpected journey begins.
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TIEMPO DE BLUES
Director:
Miguel Ángel Font Bisier
Composer:
Josué Vergara
Some people say that life is like a song. Melodies may rise, melodies may fall… and suddenly, we find ourselves lost in the rhythm. Blues Time is a shortfilm that has been put together in such a way that people with sensory disabilities are able to experience it without difficulties.
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TRIVIAL
Director:
Sandra Reina
Composer:
Manel Gil-Inglada
Chicho and Macarena impatiently await the arrival of their guests. Trivial Pursuit is already set up on the table, and Paloma and Miguel seem like the perfect opponents for an easy win.
UNA NOCHE CUALQUIERA
Director:
Juanlu Moreno Moreno Somé
Composer:
Pablo Trujillo
Alma ́s going to turn Javier's night into the most unforgettable soiree of his life.
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VICO BERGMAN
Director:
Chechu León Solana, Diego Pérez González
Composer:
Alberto Torres
Vico Bergman is a love letter to cinema. A tribute to small towns cinemas, where they are the most beloved building of the place and a gathering spot for all the people.
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Virtually
Director:
Patrick Hogan
Composer:
Christy Carew
A woman struggling to survive alone in a post-apocalyptic wasteland discovers a virtual-reality machine and escapes from her loneliness into a scenic virtual world. When she falls in love with a man inside this virtual world, she must choose between her love and her life in this romantic science fiction short film.
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EL ZOO DE PAPEL
Director:
Daniel León Lacave
Composer:
Jonay Armas
During the first years of Franco dictatorship, Antonio is incarcerated for his opposition to the regime. Elena visits him in jail and we follow their story during the years. Antonio renounces to report against his camarades and it means to renounce also to his freedom and a life with Elena and his son.
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