OFFICIAL SECTION
International Short Films Contest
Program 2
Tursday, October 9 / 7:00 p.m.
Valentín García Yebra Municipal Library / Ovidio Lucio Blanco Assembly Hall (Ponferrada)
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Dirección/Director: Humberto Flores Jáuregui.
Producción/Production: Contratiempo Cine, Pura Fiera, Terco Films and Neón Films.
Intérpretes/Cast: Michelle Martínez Hernández, Guadalupe, Ortíz, Jesús Estrada Escobedo and Ernesto Meléndez.
22´ (Mexico)
“After a violent confrontation, a wounded soldier is rescued by Yolanda, a peasant woman who lives in the mountains with her granddaughter Alejandra. While Yolanda decides whether to help him, risking their lives, Alejandra tries to get close to him to confirm her own suspicions.”
Dirección/Director: Cynthia Levitan.
Producción/Production: Sardinha em Lata, Pangur Animation and Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych.
Intérpretes/Cast:
14´ (Portugal, Spain, and Poland)
“Daydreaming of unlikely relationships, the flower—as delicate as it is revolutionary—represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.”
Dirección/Director: Vlad Bolgarin.
Producción/Production: Volt Cinematography.
Intérpretes/Cast: Grigori Bechet and Samson Hatman.
20´ (Moldova)
“A talented pianist and his 8-year-old son struggle to find a place to sell vegetables in Moldova’s largest market in the 2000s. When the father seems to give up under the weight of their precarious existence, a gesture from his son brings them new hope.”
Dirección/Director: Fabrício De Lima.
Producción/Production: Parcial Verde Produções.
Intérpretes/Cast: Imara Reis, Caio Martínez, Kaio Côrte and Thaís Linhares.
16´ (Brazil)
“As her prime approaches, Margarida still lives in her past. But when your old blender breaks down and you receive an unexpected visitor, a new path for your present and colors for your future emerge.”
Dirección/Director: Michele Gallone.
Producción/Production: Articolture
Intérpretes/Cast: Filippo Timi, Alberto Paradossi, Francesca Inaudi and Carolina Michelangeli.
19´ (Italy)
“In the near future, emotions are for sale. It was a painful decision, but Francesco decided to sell the love he felt for his daughter, Anna: he wouldn’t have done it if the girl’s life weren’t threatened by a terminal illness. The buyer is Mario, a man driven by an ambiguous spirit of sacrifice, at the highest price a father can feel.”
Dirección/Director: Irene Freixas.
Producción/Production: Histeria Producciones
Intérpretes/Cast: Demian Bello and Emilia Clara Rodríguez Griñó.
15´ (Argentina)
“Mario has perfect pitch, which makes his life meticulous, organized, and lonely. One day he meets Juana, who desperately wants to be taught how to play the piano.”




