Here are the 10 short films that will go through to the final of the International Short Film Competition to be held next Sunday, September 18, within the 7th edition of the Cinema B-Retina Festival:
“LA ÚLTIMA NAVIDAD DEL UNIVERSO” (David Muñoz and Adrián Cardona) 15″. 2020 Spain
December 25 next year. Humanity has gone to hell and only a few survive by eating each other. Santa Claus comes to bring toys, but in a world without good children, he will have to use them as deadly weapons.
“PHONORAMA” (Álex Rey) 13″. 2022 Spain
José Antonio is about to enjoy a pleasant afternoon of reading, prostrate in his wheelchair, in his Manhattan apartment. But a dark and terrible force is about to turn their world upside down. Because no one can escape the destructive power of Phonorama…
“COVID LOVE” (René Nuijens) 6″. 2021 Netherlands
Covid Love is a comedy by Dutch director René Nuijens.
The film takes us to an intimate moment of Dick and Mary, who meet for the first time during the Covid pandemic. An empty restaurant, a somewhat strange waiter and his strict measures make for a difficult evening. Or will love prevail?
“UN MINUTO” (Miguel Alcalde) 10″. 2021 Spain
A disturbing Skype call turns a young couple’s morning into a nightmare that could alter their lives forever.
“SU RIDER” (Alberto Utrera) 12″. 2020 Spain
April comes home and orders food for dinner. The delivery man who arrives is not what you expected and neither is the situation you are about to experience.
“EL SEMBLANTE” (Carlos Moriana and Raúl Cerezo) 15″. 2020 Spain
Spain. Year 1692. The Holy Inquisition goes into a long decline and, in reaction, its servants are more ruthless than ever. An inquisitor has spent years searching for the perfect torture device to capture the purest face of pain and show the world the terrible consequences of serving the Devil. His engineer’s new invention, “The Semblante,” a terrifying torture chair, looks like it’s going to do the trick. But Elena, the inventor’s daughter, has other plans…
“CLICHÉ” (Giuseppe Rattá Gutiérrez) 4″. 2021 Spain
It is said that Argentines talk too much, that we repeat ourselves. That we use many words to say the same thing. But that is a cliché, a stereotype, a cliché. Or not?
“AL NADAL TOCA FUSTA” (Max Calvera Vernet) 13″. 2022 Spain
Ovidi, a seven-year-old boy, and his “uncle” Ramon spend Christmas Eve for the first time at the home of Veronique’s French family, his father’s partner. The presence of the “tió” will threaten family stability. At Christmas, knock on wood.
“JOSELITO” (José Carlos Jiménez Revuelta and Marta Jiménez Revuelta) 9″. 2021 Spain
In a small town in the Sierra de Segura, there is an old electronics genius capable of fixing anything. The neighbors know him as Joselito, and through his wife they entrust him with everything that breaks down. Every day Joselito’s wife goes around town with her shopping cart collecting broken appliances.
“LA FAMILIA INFERNAL” (Toni O. Prats and Callahan Ruiz) 15″. 2022 Spain
A pusillanimous priest must exorcise a demon from the body of a teenager, whose life seems to have been changed by the possession… for the better.
