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For the first time in Morocco, ShortMetraje presents a variety of films from all around Spain. Two recently released short films and award winning works from past years. Come and celebrate a provocative generation of filmmakers that have emerged with a unique perspective on modern Spain. All films are shown with French subtitles.
Accompaning the film program, Victor Iriarte, filmmaker, and Marta Sanchez, independent curator and director of Pragda will introduced the films. Organized by Instituto Cervantes and Embassy of Spain (Morocco). With the support of Consejería Cultural, Ministerio de Cultura (Spain), Dirección General de Cooperación y Comunicación Cultural, Ministerio de Cultura (Spain), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (I.C.A.A), and Commune Urbaine de Casablanca. |
SEMANA DEL CINE ESPAÑOL ShortMetraje WHERE? Cine 7 Ème Art in Rabat Complejo Cultural Sidi Belyout in Casablanca DATE October 29- November 2, 2007 MORE INFO CLICK |
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THE FENCE El cerco | Ricardo Òscar, Nacho Martìn | Spain | 12 min. | 2005 | |
| The best European short film award at the Berlin Film Festival and 2007 Sundance favorite went to this striking and brutal student thesis. It’s the same gory ritual, every summer. Thousands of migrating tuna fish crowd into the Mediterranean on their way through the Strait of Gibraltar. | ||
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TO SAY GOOD BYE Decir Adios | Víctor Iriarte | Spain | 18 min. | 2007 | |
| Tania is 18 years old and she works in an estate agency in the coast. One day, she attends an audition for a film, but they do not select her, so she has to be content with watching the filming in the distance. | ||
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TRAUMATOLOGY Traumatología | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | Spain | 22 min. | 2007 | |
| Helmer Daniel Sánchez Arévalo gives us once again an assured and captivating tragicomedy. Today is a great day. Antonio is getting married. But an unexpected event force all the family to spend the wedding night at the hospital. | ||
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THE BODY AGAINST Contracuerpo | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson | Spain | 17 min. | 2005 | |
| A young woman obsessed with her image takes a journey into the labyrinth of her own perception, turning her body into a prison for the world to see and living the self-destructive dream of becoming what she is not. This incredible sensitive film premiered at the Venezia International Film Festival, and many more followed to that, proving Eduardo as a Spanish filmmaker to watch. | ||
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MISS. ZUENING La Señorita Zuening | Sofía Teixeira-Gomes | Spain | 8 min. | 2004 | |
| Miss Zuenig lives high in the skies to be near the planes that fly by... Do you want to know Miss Zuenig’s dreams? | ||
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3B Tercero B | José María Goenaga | Spain | 19 min. | 2002 | |
| The funny thing is that neither of the main characters were looking for trouble, but both were guilty of bringing about two very different situations. There´s a secret they both know but which cannot go beyond those four walls - at least not if they can help it. | ||