PARALLEL SECTION
Without Borders. Great Britain. Bafta Shorts 2025. Closing 23FICP
Friday, October 10 / 7:00 p.m
Valentín García Yebra Municipal Library / Ovidio Lucio Blanco Assembly Hall (Ponferrada)
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A British Council touring program in collaboration with the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA).
The BAFTA 2025 Short Film Program features a selection of action and animation short films nominated for the 2025 BAFTA Awards, as well as the winners in each category. They represent stories that reveal the scale and diversity of British society, characterized by first-class artistic and technical skill, and feature some of the greatest talents in British cinema.
Dirección/Director: Matty Crawford.
Producción/Production: Galazia Productions and NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Intérpretes/Cast: Leslie Ching.
15´ (
United Kingdom)
“It tells the gripping story of a Chinese father in his 50s who feels invisible in British society, while something unknown manifests within him.”
Dirección/Director: Theo Panagopoulos.
Producción/Production: Scottish Documentary Institute.
Intérpretes/Cast:
17´ (United Kingdom)
“When a Palestinian filmmaker living in Scotland discovers a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to recover the footage.”
Dirección/Director: Franz Böhm.
Producción/Production: NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Intérpretes/Cast: Oleksandr Rudynskyi, Serhiy Kalantay, Milosh Luchanko, Yurii Radionoff, Sebastian Anton, Oleksandr Yatsenko and Oleksandr Begma
21´ (United Kingdom)
“Based on a true story: Ivan and his father run a small hospital on the front lines. A platoon of soldiers puts them to the test, forcing them to make a difficult decision.”
Dirección/Director: Robin Shaw.
Producción/Production: Lupus Films.
Intérpretes/Cast:
23´ (United Kingdom)
“Mog the cat feels a little ignored during the Thomas family’s Christmas preparations. When he sees the enormous Christmas tree, he freaks out and climbs onto the roof, where he refuses to budge no matter how hard the family tries.”
Dirección/Director: Nina Gantz.
Producción/Production: Blink Industries, Circe Films, KaapHolland Films, Beast Animation, Lunanime and Les Productions de Milou,
Intérpretes/Cast:
14´ (United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, and France)
“Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a 1980s animated children’s series. After the creator’s death, they are left alone in the studio and continue making increasingly bizarre episodes for their fans.”
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