May 14th
SALA DE CULTURA (CINEMA)
H. 8.30 P.M.
OPENING FORMENTERA FILM 2021
SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION – OFFICIAL SECTION
FORMENTERA FILM FESTIVAL 2021
FREE ENTRY
DA YIE
Anthony Nti
Ghana / Belgium | 2019 | 20′ | fiction
Distribution & International Sales: Salaud Morisset
A foreigner in Ghana gets an assignment from his gang to recruit kids for a risky job that will take place later that evening. He finds Prince and Matilda, two lively kids and good friends, and plans to hand them over to the gang. After spending the day with them, he starts to question his decision and how it will affect their future.
BEAR WITH ME
Daphna Awadish
Netherlands | 2019 | 5′ | animation
A short animated documentary on immigrants who left their home and crossed borders for love.
FIEBRE AUSTRAL
Thomas Woodroffe
Chile | 2020 | 20′ | fiction
Amanda (46), a complaisant and lonely woman, lives with her son Daniel (16) in the mountains of southern Chile. Octavio (16), a Daniel’s friend, is accidentally injured while hunting in the forest. Amanda takes over the healing sessions, discovering that the contact with the wound produces an addictive pleasure.
EL HOMBRE CONO
Rubén Seca
Spain | 2019 | 4′ | documentary
In Japan, one of the most neoliberal countries on the planet, they have found the perfect formula to reduce pensions and unemployment in general: create the figure of a worker who spends his entire day standing protecting cones.
STAY AWAKE, BE READY
Pham Thien An
Vietnam | 2019 | 14′ | fiction
On a street corner a mysterious conversation among three young men at a street stalls.
UKY
Moema Umann
Argentina / USA | 2020 | 3′ | fiction
In frozen Alaska, a child wonders about distance, solitude and boredom.
ULISSES
Joan Bover
Spain | 2020 | 21′ | fiction
Distributed by Freak independent film agency
On November 19th, 1980, Ulisses, a 2-year-old killer whale, was captured in Iceland and brought to Spain. Albert López was her trainer and friend during her time in Barcelona.
(A)NORMAL
Miguel Parra
Spain | 2021 | 13′ | fiction
Leo, Juan, David and Lucio meet in the gym locker room. Four people with four different views on issues such as masculinity. Soon, debates that seemed to have been overcome arise and the tension increases.