Nizar Rawi, director of the Iraq Short Film Festival, tired of never receiving comedies at his festival, decides to try and encourage the production of this genre in his country and change the idea outsiders have of the Iraqi people. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/a-serious-comedy/
Gary’s attempt to buy a second-hand car is turned into a bit of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry’s dad and, not least, Perry’s wife. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/a-running-jump/
A young teenage girl is being filmed with a basic video camera. The older man, capturing her, asks her to dance. Two months later they are traveling together through small Swedish towns. She wants to go home soon, but he insists that they should go on. After all, they have a few more stops to…
On January 4th, 1944, that very evening of the private viewing of an important retrospective of his works, the Hungarian photographer Oskar Benedek disappears. More than sixty years later, this movie investigates this underestimated artist.
“Some years ago in Valencia I bought a purse for a euro at an informal auction. When I got home and opened it, I saw that it carried several papers inside. Among them, two unsent letters, dated from 1946″.
Christian takes part in a drug study with his girlfriend Anna, and they discover the death of a fellow participant. But neither police nor doctors believe his story since Christian suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/nocebo/
Sally lives locked up in an institution with other teenagers where their special powers are treated as if they were mental illnesses. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/teenland/
MP’s wife Celia discovers her husband’s true colours when she gets taken hostage by his criminal business associates. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/keeping-up-with-the-joneses/
Things appear in closed and dark rooms. There is one in the back room. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/uranes/
Stella, an independent 12 year old girl and her friend Fixer, a charming but awkward BMX rider. When Stella’s dog Frida is sold without her knowing, she accepts a bizarre job offer in a desperate attempt to buy Frida back. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/cocoons/
At sixteen, Elisa is getting bored with her cozy suburb. One night, she finds a book on her step-father’s bookshelf. Through the crude and tender words of a prostitute, her desire is about to take an unexpected turn. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/lobos-solitarios-en-modo-pasivo/
Noon of the dot. Marini, flight attendant on the Paris-Beirut line, flies over the Aegean Sea and is fascinated by a tiny island. The island gradually becomes an obsession, a fantasy seen from the plane window that makes every other experience monotonous. Based on the short story by Julio Cortázar. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/la-isla-a-mediodia/
Camille and G.J., a couple in their early thirties, have known happier times. They decide to take a few days off and go to Death Valley. Needless to say, a real adventure for the city people that they are. But half-way through the drive, G.J.’s ex-girlfriend Morgan calls him for help. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/para-los-que-siempre-es-complicado/
Having travelled the world and struggled to start a career, Sarah is forced to live back home with her mother. Over the summer, Sarah strikes up a friendship with two teenage boys, spurred on as she reclaims her youth, but new extremes threaten to bring reality crashing back. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/wasted/
David is a young apprentice jockey, reserved but determined. At the training centre he is fascinated by Eliab, just a little older than him, who is jockey for a famous racing stable. He spies on him and covers up his nightly escapades. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/petit-homme/
A divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can‘t help feeling that something isn’t right. Complete review at:
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from Cruising as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/interior-leather-bar/
The year 1714. Barcelona has been under siege by the Bourbons for months after the Catalans refused to surrender to Philip V. The aristocrat Marianna Copons receives orders from Sister Manuela to meet with a Bourbon officer after being told of a Catalan operation underway to attack Mataró. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/h-de-lluis-galter/
Intermezzo is a beautiful story that takes place slowly, through gazes and half-empty rooms while the viewers, sitting comfortably in their seats, can’t stop staring at these two unnamed characters that move to the rhythm of Liszt and Paganini. Complete review at: https://lacabina.es/blog/en/intermezzo/
Sanchicorrota was a 15th Century bandolero (bandit) that stole from the rich to give to the poor. In the search for his traces and memories, lost between myth and history, several fragments will be found: shepherds, sheep, hunters, film sets, a military base and the painful memory of recent Spanish history, forgotten in a shack in…
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