Search for Solitude(2024)

Phantasia(xx)

X-ray images were invented in 1895, the same year in which the Lumière brothers presented their respective invention in what today is considered to be the first cinema screening. Thus, both cinema and radiography fall within the scopic regime inaugurated by modernity. The use of X-rays on two sculptures from the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum generates images that reveal certain elements of them that would otherwise be invisible to our eyes. These images, despite being generally created for technical or scientific purposes, seem to produce a certain form of 'photogénie': they lend the radiographed objects a new appearance that lies somewhere between the material and the ethereal, endowing them with a vaporous and spectral quality. It is not by chance that physics and phantasmagoria share the term 'spectrum' in their vocabulary.

Pulse(en)

A rhythmic film set to a drum beat with no dialogue that follows a downbeat jazz musician as he attempts to break out of his rut and achieve creative freedom.

Soch(xx)

A doctor treats a mentally retarded child, but a simple action of her makes him question himself.

Fantasy(en)

What happens when an earth-splitting disaster destroys the home world of a lone living skeleton? As long as he has his most valuable treasure, he doesn't worry about anything else. But can he hold onto his treasure in such a cataclysm?

Cemetery of the Elephants(es)

An allegorical story about a young writer who leaves home with his manuscript determined to conquer the world, then returns home after years of struggle as an old man with the world still unconquered.

Nuclear Winter(en)

Waiting for his wife to come home from an expedition in the freezing wasteland, a man loses his sanity in a subterranean nuclear bunker.

Stringless Puppets(xx)

A young man living far from his beloved one wastes his existence absorbed in modern distractions until he loses contact with her.

Blurred(es)

A mysterious old man and a dark past made up of classic cars, beautiful women and the excesses of his youth.

Offlight(fr)

The Silence Between(en)

While moving out of their home, a desponding couple recollects on their crumbling relationship.

Dreams of Paper & Ink(en)

An elderly novelist re-visits the crossroads of his first and 2nd love through memory, imagination and a typewriter.

Most Flew South(en)

A devastating plague has wiped out half the population of New York City, leaving it in a perpetual state of emergency. After years of lockdown, a young man, Paul, puts on his hazmat suit and ventures into the abandoned streets to meet Justine - a woman with whom he has developed a romance online, but never met. Paul has dreamed about this day, but doing this in reality is something else entirely. Will they be able to overcome their anxieties - and is it worth the risk?

The Last Cupcake(en)

When a woman working in an office is tempted by the final cupcake from the snack stand in her office, she must fight tirelessly to have it from a colleague who keeps getting there before her.

Dry Ace(pt)

A degenerate poker player lives in his car, refusing to sell it to settle a debt. He instead enters an underground game organized by the Boss. Our player cheats in order to start winning, but at the risk of suffering the Boss's temper, he might lose more than just the game.

Weekends(en)

Set in 1980s Toronto, a young boy shuffles between the homes of his recently divorced parents.

Men, Women and Children & Others(en)

Two gender confused youth question the binary that surrounds their every day.

The Little One and the Giant(fr)

This stop-motion animated short film draws us into a post-apocalyptic world through the eyes of a solitary hamster. Wandering through the ruins of once-thriving cities, he scavenges for objects, searches for water, and tries to care for the last surviving plants. One day, he stumbles upon a pair of binoculars. Through them, he spots a strange house covered in flowers, standing in the middle of the urban desert. Intrigued, he sets off to explore and discovers the Giant, a plant-like creature trapped inside its own overgrown sanctuary. Terrified of the outside world, the Giant dares not cross the walls of its home. Petit decides to help. Together, they embark on a journey that’s as simple as it is extraordinary: to make the Earth bloom again.

Volpina(ca)

Boxxy(en)

Boxxy is a cardboard box left by the roadside, full of dreams, watching the world in motion. One day, an unexpected push sets off a wild ride through obstacles and emotions — and from that moment, nothing will ever be the same.

Savana(it)

The story takes place in the landscapes of La Spezia, where urban and rural environments intertwine. Water plays a primary role as a form, alongside the circle (e.g., bicycle wheels, pizzas, clocks…), which sets the rhythm of the character’s life, dynamically accelerating until it becomes very fast. The overlapping forms invite the viewer into the cyclical rhythm of the short film, moving from the spinning bicycle wheel to the washing machine drum in the character’s bathroom, from a freshly tossed pizza to the delivery mailbox, and finally to a dead-end wall. Savana is a race against oneself and against others; it’s a matter of decision and unpredictability — it’s black or white.