Way back in October 2013, we presented our first (and so far, only) themed lineup. El ataque de los cineastas españoles was so great, we brought it back again in January 2014, and now we’re bringing it back again, five years later! These shorts, made between 2003 and 2012, are so weird and (to me, at least) so funny that I think everyone should see them. We’ll be screening at the newly-restored Grand Gerrard Theatre on Gerrard Street East at Jones Avenue. Tickets will be available at the door for $10 (cash only) and we’ll have some cool giveaways, too.
LOS REYES MAGOS
Dir: Alberto González Vázquez
Spain – 2011
Santa Claus exists. At least he better exist!
Duration: 3:30
MI AMIGO INVISIBLE (MY INVISIBLE FRIEND)
Dir: Pablo Larcuen
Spain – 2010
Tomas is so shy he can’t even ask his parents to pass the salt. Will the appearance of a strange new friend help him overcome his fear of speaking out?
- Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival
- Winner, Best Short Film – Los Angeles Film Festival
Duration: 15:00
ELEFANTE (ELEPHANT)
Dir: Pablo Larcuen
Spain – 2012
Manuel is stuck in a monotonous job, has only one friend whom he cannot stand, and his family despises him. Everything will change when the doctor diagnoses him with a rare disease – Manuel is going to turn into an elephant.
- Official Selection – Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival
- Winner, Best Short Film – Sitges Film Festival
Duration: 9:00
EL FIN DEL MUNDO (THE END OF THE WORLD)
Dir: Alberto González Vázquez
Spain – 2010
“My fellow Americans, six months ago I was made aware of a situation so devastating that at first, I refused to believe it…”
Duration: 3:30
EL ATAQUE DE LOS ROBOTS DE NEBULOSA-5 (THE ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS FROM NEBULA-5)
Dir: Chema García Ibarra
Spain – 2008
Almost everyone is going to die very soon.
- Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival
- Official Selection – Chicago International Film Festival
Duration: 6:30
PROTOPARTÍCULAS
Dir: Chema García Ibarra
Spain – 2009
The experiment was a success: protomatter exists.
- Official Selection – Ann Arbor International Film Festival
Duration: 7:30
SINCERIDAD (SINCERITY)
Dir: Alberto González Vázquez
Spain – 2011
The situation is very difficult. You know that, don’t you?
Duration: 3:00
LA RUTA NATURAL (THE NATURAL ROUTE)
Dir: Alex Pastor
Spain – 2004
Soon a man will find out that his destiny is already written and that he can’t do anything to change it.
- Winner, Short Filmmaking Award – Sundance Film Festival
Duration: 11:00
ENSAYO SOBRE LA CEGUERA (ESSAY ON BLINDNESS)
Dir: Alberto González Vázquez
Spain – 2010
Despite losing his sight, Pablo leads a completely normal life.
Duration: 3:30
7:35 DE LA MAÑANA (7:35 IN THE MORNING)
Dir: Nacho Vigalondo
Spain – 2003
A woman enters a restaurant one morning – only to be met with silence instead of people talking.
- Nominated, Best Short Film, Live Action – Academy Awards
- Nominated, Best Short Film – European Film Awards
Duration: 7:30
DOMINGO (SUNDAY)
Dir: Nacho Vigalondo
Spain – 2007
A couple on a picnic are witness to the greatest event in human history and attempt to document it for posterity.
Duration: 3:45
MARISA
Dir: Nacho Vigalondo
Spain – 2009
Every woman is Marisa, but Marisa is only one. A love story about the vagaries of time and space.
Duration: 4:00
SOSPECHOSO (SUSPECT)
Dir: Alberto González Vázquez
Spain – 2011
Two policeman question a strange man they found in the woods, while waiting for their new Captain to show up.
Duration: 1:15