Catalan Films at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and Market 2022

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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and Market 28 Jan – 5 Feb 2022 _____

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International Competition Farrucas 4 Harta 5 Market Screenings | New Spanish Shorts Kafka’s Doll 6 The Extraordinary Story of Bruna 6 Ruina 7 Sine Die 7

Focus on Spain

Horseface 8 The Runaway 8 Matria 9 Good Girls 9 The Disinherited 10 Dead Horses 10 Coffee to Go 11 Ama 11 Norte 12 Rodilla 12 The Runner 13 Días sin luz 13 The Bathers 14 The Little Team 14 The Last Matador 15 Thematic Retrospective: Let’s Dance!

Timecode 16 Catalan Companies Attending Clermont-Ferrand

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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Farrucas

by Ian de la Rosa Production company Vayolet Films, Primo Content and Amplitud Sales agent Marvin&Wayne Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com

Hadoum, Fátima, Sheima, and Sokayna are four teenagers from El Puche, a suburb in the Spanish city of Almería, who are proud of their Moroccan and Spanish roots. Together they navigate their first experiences in out-of-the neighborhood schools, that evidence their underprivileged environment. However, this does not affect the intensity of their desires and dreams. On Fatima’s eighteenth birthday, the strength of their self-confidence will be put to the test.

Screenings Sat 29th | 15.00h | Agnès Varda Sun 30th | 18.00h | Rio Mon 31st | 14.00h | Lumière Tue 1st | 12.30h | Cocteau Wed 2nd | 21.00h | Capitole Thu 3rd | 18.30h | Possibles Fri 4th | 13.00h | Agnès Varda Sat 5th | 20.15h | Lumière

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

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Harta

by Júlia de Paz Solvas Production company Mayo Films Sales agent Marvin&Wayne

Carmela turns twelve and already has plans to celebrate with her friends. But, as usual in her life, that day, she has to visit her father in a Family Meeting Point due to the gender violence he exercised on her mother years ago. Carmela will avoid going, at all costs; until, manipulated by her father, she has no choice to comply with a judicial system that does not listen to her.

Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com Screenings Sat 29th | 10.00h | Lumière Mon 31st | 17.00h | Capitole Tue 1st | 16.00h | Horizon Wed 2nd | 09.30h | Possibles Thu 3rd | 17.00h | Agnès Varda Fri 4th | 12.30h | Cocteau Sat 5th | 18.30h | Possibles

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MARKET SCREENINGS | NEW SPANISH SHORTS

ANIMATION

Kafka’s Doll

by Bruno Simoes Production company Studio Kimchi, WKND, Animanostra and Lusco Fusco Animation Contact WKND roger@wknd.tv

Synopsis When an ill Kafka meets a crying little girl in the park, he sets out to write her a letter a day in order to tell her all about her lost doll’s fictitious travels.

Screening Tue 1st | 16:00h | Georges-Conchon Theater

The Extraordinary Story of Bruna

by Marc Riba & Anna Solanas Production company I+G Stop Motion Contact I+G Stop Motion info@stopmotion.cat

Synopsis One night a strong wind takes Bruna far away from home.

Screening Tue 1st | 16:00h | Georges-Conchon Theater

MARKET SCREENINGS | NEW SPANISH SHORTS

FICTION

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DOCUMENTARY

Ruina

Sine Die

by Frank Lucas Production company Japonica Films and Mr Miyagi Films

by Camila Moreiras Production company Inicia Films

Contact Japonica Films gerard@japonicafilms.com

Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com

Synopsis Zoe arrives to Barcelona. She walks the city without apparent direction. As the night progresses, her wandering through the underworld of the Raval will reveal itself as part of a strange and desperate plan of revenge.

Synopsis Amidst desert landscapes and chainlink fences, plutonium lies scattered and buried in the village of Palomares, Spain.

An undisclosed medical condition, land and body converge in the uncomfortable difference between recovery and survival.

Screening Tue 1st | 18:00h | Georges-Conchon Theater

Screening Wed 2nd | 18:00h | Georges-Conchon Theater

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FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME 1

Horseface

The Runaway

by Marc Martínez Jordán Production company Marc Martínez Contact horseface.shortfilm@gmail.com marc.martinez.jordan@gmail.com

by Victor Carrey Production company Escándalo Films Contact Escándalo Films produccion@escandalofilm.es

Synopsis A twenty-euro budget comedy-horror-science fiction-thriller-animal drama starred by my grandma and me.

Synopsis Chewing gum. A dog leash. An Australia-shaped stain on the wall. A bent traffic light. Each of these elements has its own story, even though all of them together can create a new plot.

Screenings Sat 29th | 13:00h | Varda Sun 30th | 19:00h | Vian Mon 31st | 14:00h | Rio Tue 1st | 10:00h | Horizon Wed 2nd | 16:00h | La Jetée Thu 3rd | 15:00h | Varda Fri 4th | 16:00h | Georges-Conchon Theater Sat 5th | 21:00h Vian

Screenings Sat 29th | 13:00h | Varda Sun 30th | 19:00h | Vian Mon 31st | 14:00h | Rio Tue 1st | 10:00h | Horizon Wed 2nd | 16:00h | La Jetée Thu 3rd | 15:00h | Varda Fri 4th | 16:00h | Georges-Conchon Theater Sat 5th | 21:00h Vian

FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME 2

Matria

Good Girls

by Álvaro Gago Production company Sombriza Films and Ringo Media Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com

by Clara Roquet Production company Lastor Media Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com

Synopsis Ramona lives with her husband, with whom she barely speaks, and works in a cannery run by a despotic manager. Faced with the challenges of her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that unites her with her daughter and granddaughter.

Synopsis Two sisters navigating the no man’s land between childhood and adulthood have to deal with the consequences of their actions after one of the horses of their farm loses an eye.

Screenings Sat 29th | 22:00h | Horizon Sun 30th | 18:00h | Lumière Mon 31st | 15:00h | Varda Tue 1st | 14:00h | Rio Wed 2nd | 20:15h | La Jetée Thu 3rd | 18:00h | Lumière Fri 4th | 10:00h | Varda Sun 5th | 7:00h | Vian

Screenings Sat 29th | 22:00h | Horizon Sun 30th | 18:00h | Lumière Mon 31st | 15:00h | Varda Tue 1st | 14:00h | Rio Wed 2nd | 20:15h | La Jetée Thu 3rd | 18:00h | Lumière Fri 4th | 10:00h | Varda Sun 5th | 7:00h | Vian

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FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME 3

The Disinherited

Dead Horses

by Laura Ferrés Production company Inicia Films Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com

by Marc Riba & Anna Solanas Production company I+G Stop Motion Contact I+G Stop Motion info@stopmotion.cat

Synopsis A portrait of the director’s father facing the end of his family business. Pere Ferrés is 53 years old and owns a small bus company.

Lack of money forces him to drive clients who destroy his vehicle with bachelor parties. But he refuses to lose his dignity.

Synopsis In an isolated and unknown place at war, a child is forced to flee. On the way, horse corpses lie everywhere. Only dead horses. Why? Why have these horses died?

Screenings Sat 29th | 19:00h | Varda Sun 30th | 20:15h | Conchon Mon 31st | 10:00h | Lumière Tue 1st | 19:00h | Vian Wed 2nd | 19:00h | Horizon Thu 3rd | 14:00h | Rio Fri 4th | 21:00h | Capitole Sat 5th | 13:00h | Varda

Screenings Sat 29th | 19:00h | Varda Sun 30th | 20:15h | Conchon Mon 31st | 10:00h | Lumière Tue 1st | 19:00h | Vian Wed 2nd | 19:00h | Horizon Thu 3rd | 14:00h | Rio Fri 4th | 21:00h | Capitole Sat 5th | 13:00h | Varda

FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME 3

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PROGRAMME 4

Coffee to Go

Ama

by Patricia Font Production company ESCAC Films Contact ESCAC Films gerard.vidal@escac.es

by Júlia de Paz Solvas Production company ESCAC Films Contact ESCAC Films gerard.vidal@escac.es

Synopsis Alicia, busy discussing the details of her wedding on the phone, walks into the first café she sees and orders a coffee to go.

As fate would have it, she unexpectedly finds Javi inside.

Synopsis Ama is the story of many women, exposed in solitude to the mythical motherhood.

Pepa and her daughter Leila are thrown out of their home, being dragged to find a place to sleep before grow dark on a happy day of carnival.

Screenings Sat 29th | 19:00h | Varda Sun 30th | 20:15h | Conchon Mon 31st | 10:00h | Lumière Tue 1st | 19:00h | Vian Wed 2nd | 19:00h | Horizon Thu 3rd | 14:00h | Rio Fri 4th | 21:00h | Capitole Sat 5th | 13:00h | Varda

Screenings Sat 29th | 16:00h | La Jetée Sun 30th | 13:00h | Horizon Mon 31st | 21:00h | Capitole Tue 1st | 13:00h | Varda Wed 2nd | 22:15h | Lumière Thu 3rd | 17:00h | Capitole Fri 4th | 14:00h | Rio Sat 5th | 19:00h | Varda

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FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME 4

Norte

Rodilla

by Javier García Production company Minimal Films and Celofán Audiovisual Contact Agencia Freak internacional@agenciafreak.com

by Juanjo Giménez Production company Nadir Films and IB Cinema Contact Nadir Films info@nadirfilms.com

Synopsis A terrorist and his victim’s wife are in the same room.

Synopsis How football cards help to settle old scores with childhood.

Screenings Sat 29th | 16:00h | La Jetée Sun 30th | 13:00h | Horizon Mon 31st | 21:00h | Capitole Tue 1st | 13:00h | Varda Wed 2nd | 22:15h | Lumière Thu 3rd | 17:00h | Capitole Fri 4th | 14:00h | Rio Sat 5th | 19:00h | Varda

Screenings Sat 29th | 16:00h | La Jetée Sun 30th | 13:00h | Horizon Mon 31st | 21:00h | Capitole Tue 1st | 13:00h | Varda Wed 2nd | 22:15h | Lumière Thu 3rd | 17:00h | Capitole Fri 4th | 14:00h | Rio Sat 5th | 19:00h | Varda

FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME 4

PROGRAMME TERROR

The Runner

Días sin luz

by José Luís Montesinos Production company Caduco Films Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com

by Jaume Balagueró Production company Joan Ginard and Nacho Cerdá Contact Joan Ginard jsginard@arrakis.es Nacho Cerdá waken@ctv.es

Synopsis 5 years ago, the boss closed the company and fired 300 workers. On the first day he goes out to run, he meets one of them.

Screenings Sat 29th | 16:00h | La Jetée Sun 30th | 13:00h | Horizon Mon 31st | 21:00h | Capitole Tue 1st | 13:00h | Varda Wed 2nd | 22:15h | Lumière Thu 3rd | 17:00h | Capitole Fri 4th | 14:00h | Rio Sat 5th | 19:00h | Varda

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Synopsis A man addicted to electrical drugs relives his dramatic childhood during which his parents were eaten by chemical war bacteria.

Screening Fri 4th | 22:15h | Cocteau

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FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME CINÉ-PISCINE

The Bathers

The Little Team

by Rose Kowalski Production company Polar Star Films Contact Polar Star Films carles@polarstarfilms.com

by Roger Gómez and Dani Resines Production company El Cangrejo Contact El Cangrejo cris@elcangrejo.tv

Synopsis A group of women find their cultural prejudices broken during a language-class outing to the beach.

Synopsis Fourteen young kids go over an unsolved football mystery and end up teaching an unexpected life lesson to some grownups.

Screening Fri 4th | 21:30h | Stade Nautique

Screening Fri 4th | 21:30h | Stade Nautique

FOCUS ON SPAIN

PROGRAMME CINÉ-PISCINE

The Last Matador

by Katariina Lillqvist Production company Fotos i Films, Studio Cagliostro, Zigedaire animation and Studio Mamiwata Contact Fotos i Films fotosifilms5@gmail.com

Synopsis When the last bullfighting arena in Catalonia has turned into a shopping mall, an old matador has to earn his living in the bars of Barcelona.

Screening Fri 4th | 21:30h | Stade Nautique

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THEMATIC RETROSPECTIVE: LET’S DANCE!

Timecode

by Juanjo Giménez Production company Nadir Films Contact Marvin&Wayne fest@marvinwayne.com

Synopsis Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.

Screenings Sat 29th | 16.00h | Horizon Sun 30th | 22.15h | Conchon Mon 31st | 11.00h | Vian Tue 1st | 20.15h | Lumière Wed 2nd | 13.00h | Horizon Thu 3rd | 16.00h | Conchon Fri 4th | 13.00h | Capitole Sat 5th | 19.00h | Vian

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CATALAN COMPANIES ATTENDING CLERMONT-FERRAND Production Boogaloo Films Montse Pujol Producer

NF IC VIPS Neus Flores CEO

montse@boogaloofilms.com

nfloresb@uoc.edu

Films en Off Josep Oller Director - Producer

Primo Content Inés Massa Producer

josepoller89@gmail.com

imassa@primocontent.com

Films en off Inés Rubinat Executive Producer

Somera Produccions Ana Inés Fernández Producer

comunicacio@filmsenoff.cat

anainesff@gmail.com

Mayo Films Sergio Grobas CEO – Executive Producer sergio@mayofilms.com

Distribution Marvin&Wayne Josep Prim Festivals & sales

Morethan Queralt Pons Managing Partner

fest@marvinwayne.com

queralt@morethan-films.com

Marvin&Wayne Pablo Menéndez Acquisitions & projects

Modiband Projectes Culturals Nathalie Modigliani Director

info@marvinwayne.com

modiband@modiband.com

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Film Festival FILMETS Badalona International Film Festival Agustí Argelich Director

Modiband Projectes Culturals Nathalie Modigliani Director

aargelich.k@ccma.cat

modiband@modiband.com

MECAL – Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival Roberto Barrueco Director

CLAM – Festival Internacional de Cinema Social de Catalunya Esteve Soler Director

rbarrueco@mecalbcn.org

soleresteve@hotmail.com

MECAL – Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival Sara Xiol Programmer programacion@mecalbcn.org

Broadcaster TV3 - Televisió de Catalunya Agustí Argelich Short Films Buyer aargelich.k@ccma.cat

Catalan Films Representative Joan Ruiz International Promotion joan.ruizg@gencat.cat

Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) +34 93 552 49 40 www.catalanfilms.cat | catalanfilms@gencat.cat