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The filmmakes, most of them screenwriters also, have undressed their soul and mind. We are proud to present the most remarkable short films made recently- incluiding three Oscar Award Nominations, a Sundance winner and many more. Come to enjoy the maturity of works by this restless group of cineastas. |
MEMPHIS IN MAY INT’L FESTIVAL, Memphis Modern Spanish Cinema DATE: May 9, 2007 MORE INFO CLICK |
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WITH WHAT SHALL I WASH IT? ¿Con qué la lavaré? | Maria Trenor | Spain | 11 min. | 2004 | |
| Daybreak in the red-light district of a Spanish town. Someone who earns a living on the streets makes the trek home, sits down, and begins removing make-up. A celluloid tribute to the homosexual artistes of the late 1970s, just after Franco’s dictatorship. Sundance and Winner of the Teddy Award Best Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival. | ||
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7.35 IN THE MORNING 7:35 de la mañana | Ignacio Vigalondo | Spain | 9 min. | 2003 | |
| Winner of the Youth Prize at Clemont Ferrand Short Film Festival, 7:35 in the morning follows a girl as she goes to a bar to get breakfast. Everyone is quiet. Nobody is talking. Something strange is in the air…This is a 2005 Academy Award nominated film. | ||
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BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA Binta y la gran idea | Javier Fesser | Spain | 30 min. | 2004 | |
| This is film is one out of five 2007 Academy Award nominated short films. As part of a collaborative initiative with Unicef, this uplifting episode by the highly acclaimed Fesser (Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure, The Miracle of P. Tinto) takes us to the heart of Africa, where little Binta lives with his intuitive father. | ||
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NATURAL ROUTE La Ruta Natural | Àlex Pastor | Spain | 11 min. | 2004 | |
| One of the most internationally acclaimed Spanish short films of the year and recognized internationally with the 2005 Sundance Best Short Film Award and nationally with the Spanish Academy Award nomination, young Alex Pastor shows us his innovative perspective on time an life. Divad wakes up after an accident to find himself lost. His home, his wife... everything is unknown to him. Maybe the answers he needs lie in the past. | ||
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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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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. | ||