ICE • 2018
DIRECTOR: Anna Hints
COUNTRY: Estonia
RUNTIME: '15
SYNOPSIS: Harri is a lieutenant colonel in the Estonian army embarking on missions to Iraq and Afghanistan. He is divorced and only sees his 10-year old son on holidays from time to time. Struggling with the guilt of not being there for his estranged son, Harri decides to make up for lost time by going to an adventurous father-son winter trip to an island where he used to go with his father as a boy. Due to the slow queue in the harbor, Harri decides to take the quicker way — a local ice road over the frozen sea. While arguing with his ex-wife on the phone, Harri loses the tracks and an accident occurs. The car falls through the ice into the cold water.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Director
SHORT FILMS
LINA • 2018
DIRECTOR: Dominique Barniaud
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '9
SYNOPSIS: Lina is a 9 year-old girl who is facing her first little girl troubles. She will ask her mother some help, but a mother can't do some things.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
DIRECTOR: David Lara
COUNTRY: España
RUNTIME: '10
SYNOPSIS: As usual, Sonia is having coffee as she waits to pick up her daughter Paula from school, but today an unexpected visit will brake her daily routine.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE USUAL• 2017
DIRECTOR: Carla Gutiérrez Yáñez
COUNTRY: Argentina
RUNTIME: '13
SYNOPSIS: Lujan is going to celebrate the birthday of her daughter Milagros in a lent house in the mountains. Their family, along with friends from school, are invited to the party. The mother and daughter are accompanied by Ilse, an adolescent that lives with them and help them with the preparations. When everything is ready for the celebration, the clouds begin to turn grey and the rain starts pouring down. Ilse and Mili pass almost the entire afternoon alone playing games, showing magic tricks and telling imaginary stories.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
MILI'S BIRTHDAY• 2018
DIRECTOR: Oscar Andrés
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '14
SYNOPSIS: Andrea, a young writer who seeks tranquility to work, kindly rejects the invitation of a young man for a coffee.
Later in a forest they meet again in what seems to be a casual meeting. What begins as a kind conversation ends in a tense situation when the boy feels rejected by someone who just wants to concentrate on her creative work.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Actor:
Ander Azurmendi
SMILE• 2018
DIRECTOR: Fabio Vallarelli
COUNTRY: Argentina
RUNTIME: '10
SYNOPSIS: Something happens to John, but we do not know what. Multiple people try to find out what happened, although no one seems to be able to explain it clearly. Why people leave? Why are you leaving?
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING? • 2018
DIRECTOR: Gerard Vidal-Cortés
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '11
SYNOPSIS: Every year, thousands of African immigrants attempt to desperately reach Spain by embarking on a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. Tariq is a young Moroccan working for one of the mobs that illegally organize such journeys. His job is to transport passengers on a dinghy across the Strait of Gibraltar, avoiding getting caught. But every trip might be the last one.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Director
CLANDESTINE • 2018
DIRECTOR: Miriam Ortega Domínguez & Iker Arce Aretxabala
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '24
SYNOPSIS: Nerea is a 12 years old girl who has just given her first kiss. However, life does not have the color she expects.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Actress:
Goiatz Aguado
DO YOU WANT ME TO KISS YOU
THIS TIME? • 2018
DIRECTOR: Fele Martínez
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '11
SYNOPSIS: Ernesto leaves the house, in a hurry. His family is waiting for him. He calls the elevator and, inside, he will find an unexpected passenger that will make his life impossible during the short journey they will share.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Actor:
Fele Martínez
YOUR LUCKY DAY • 2019
DIRECTOR: Kévin Noguès
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '20
SYNOPSIS: Camille has faded away from his own life. Days are followed by other days in a metronomic tempo, between his work at the factory and the regular visits at his grandparents’. One night, while his having diner at their place, he is thrown a few hours later in his own future, without recalling anything. Hours he actually went through, according to his entourage.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
UUQUCHIING • 2018
DIRECTOR: Ivan Sainz-Pardo
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '12
SYNOPSIS: The moving story about a man locked in a Portuguese Fado.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Director
MINOR KEY • 2018