Day 2, Friday 20 September 2024
16:00h - "Special Session Maria Aurèlia Capmany" (Free session)
The students of the Artistic Bachelorship of the Maria Aurèlia Capmany Institute, located in the Sant Ildefons neighborhood of Cornellà, will have for the first time a promotional space in the B Retina, through the projection of some of their works completed during their last school years. A free session for all audiences within the social area of the Festival, which aims to support and catapult young people and new promises from the audiovisual world.
Sponsor:
17:30h - Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas (1978), Adriano Stuart, Brazil.
Synopsis: Coming from space, Prince Flik asks the Trapalhoes for help to rescue Princess Mirna and overthrow the evil Zuco.
One of the craziest and most incomprehensible versions in the history of cinema. A truly infernal match between its director and screenwriter and those who financed the film!
Duration: 88 minutes. Watch Trailer!
19:00h - The Invisible Fight (2023), Rainer Sarnet, Estonia.
Sinopsis: A guard on the Soviet-Chinese border, after surviving a deadly attack, decides to become a monk, but he must continually prove along the way that he is capable of transforming himself into the enlightened man he set out to be.
Una barreja explosiva de kung fu, heavy metall i cristianisme ortodox.
Duration: 115 minutes. Watch Trailer!
21:00h - Break
22:00h - VERSUS Session: B-Retina VS Autotracking Fest.
Short film: Cagaleras (2024), Avedgers, Spain.
Monsturd, Attack of the Shit Mountain, (2003) Rick Popko and Dan West, USA.
Synopsis: When the escaped serial killer Jack Schmitt dies under mysterious circumstances in the metropolitan sewer system’s treatment plant, a deep, dark problem looms over the city. A gruesome accident at a nearby genetics laboratory leads to the resurrection of the bloodthirsty killer and soon, using the sewer as his underground dungeon, Schmitt wreaks his hateful vengeance on the frightened citizens.
Duration Cagaleras: 4 minutes.
Duration Monsturd: 80 minutes. Watch Trailer!
23:30h - Nukie (1987) Sias Odendaal and Michael Pakleppa, South Africa.
Synopsis: An alien named Nukie searches for his brother Miko, who has been captured by the American government. A cult film that will be shown on authentic VHS. It’s a kind of African ET…very badass movie!!!!!!!!!!
This documentary tells its cult story, how the video was seen by millions of people and how all the VHS tapes were subsequently destroyed:
Duration: 98 minutes. Watch Trailer!
