May 19th
SALA DE CULTURA (CINEMA)
SCREENING AIMED AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CENTER ANTONI TUR “GABRIELET”
17.00 H – 18.00 H
FF2023 MEETING FOR PROFESSIONALS
MEETING DEDICATED TO ORGANIZERS OF BALEARIC, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
THE ROLE OF FESTIVALS IN THE FILM ECOSYSTEM
PLAZA DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN
FROM 20.45 H
MUSICAL OPENING
ISAAC ROBLES AND MAYA ALEXANDER
EXTRAFEST SCREENING
PLIMSOLL
SCREENING OF SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION – OFFICIAL SECTION
FORMENTERA FILM FESTIVAL 2023
FREE ENTRY
PLAZA DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN
23.00 H – 23.30 H
VIDEO-CREATION
BY GONÁLEZ FORNES
WITH AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – EVENT REGISTRATION
CENTER ANTONI TUR “GABRIELET
OUTSIDE
20.30 H – 22.o0 H
CHILDREN’S SCREENING
VOTES OF THE WINNING SHORT FILM
IN CASE OF RAIN, THE SCREENINGS WILL BE HELD IN THE SALA DE CULTURA (CINEMA) AND AT CASAL DE JOVES
IN CASE OF RAIN, THE SCREENINGS WILL BE HELD IN THE SALA DE CULTURA (CINEMA) AND AT CASAL DE JOVES
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
– OFFICIAL SECTION
MALDITA. A LOVE SONG TO SARAJEVO
Amaia Remírez, Raúl de la Fuente Calle
Spain | 2022 | 28′ | documentary
God is love. His homeland is the Earth. His genre? Human. In Maldita, a love song to Sarajevo, Bozo Vreco, the most revolutionary artist of the Balcans sings to life, to overcoming obstacles, and the love story of two cities, Sarajevo and Barcelona. They both knew how to find themselves in difficult times to never day goodbye.
BOOM
Charles Di Cicco, Gabriel Augerai, Laurie Pereira De Figueiredo, Romain Augier, Yannick Jacquin
France | 2022 | 5′ | animation
A couple of dumb birds tries its best to protect its eggs from a volcano eruption.
HIJOS DE ÁFRICA
Julio Pérez del Campo y Carles Bover
Spain | 2022 | 15′ | documentary
Benin, child witches and child slaves. A twist on the prejudices and stigmas of black Africa. An intimate look at one of the poorest countries in the world. Different children narrate in first person how they face their present and their future, without losing sight of their past.
CEMENTO Y ACERO
Oriol Villar
Spain | 2022 | 17′ | fiction
Victor and Nacho are lifetime friends and mafiosos. They’ve been tortured and chained to a cement block. While Nacho struggles desperately to break free, Victor tries to figure out why their boss has betrayed them. They reflect on their lives and their past, but then Nacho makes a confession that will change their lives forever.
DOWNFALL
Rona Fayad
Lebanon | 2021 | 3′ | animation
Enya’s journey trying to make it as a dancer is hindered as her behaviors drag her downhill.
AIRHOSTESS-737
Thanasis Neofotistos
Greece | 2022 | 16′ | fiction
An Airhostess collapses on flight, convinced that her problem is her new braces. However, her colleagues know the plane is carrying her mother’s dead body to her hometown.
PROYECCIÓN EXTRAFEST
PLIMSOLL
Pilar Aldea y Donato Cocca
Balearics | 2023 | 3′ | It’s not fiction
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
– CHILDREN’S SECTION
LA PRIMAVERA SIEMPRE VUELVE
Alicia Núñez Puerto
Spain | 2021 | 11′ | animation
It is spring and grandma Margara teaches her four grandchildren how to plant in little flowerpots. Three of them decide to fly away from the family patio they live in and go out to discover the world. Years pass, grandma gets older and those who left are present, in their own way… but never like the ones that stayed. Distance might not bring a return and people can come back or no. But spring, yes, spring will always come back.
LOST BRAIN
Isabelle Favez
Switzerland | 2021 | 7′ | animation
One day, Louise the crocodile, accidentally sneezes her brain out. To top it all off, it even escapes! This suddenly makes it difficult for Louise to perform the simplest tasks and nothing works out anymore.
MAREA
Giulia Martinelli
Italy | 2022 | 4′ | animation
A special family is living on a tiny island and dealing with the ups and downs of their everyday life and of the tide.
FRANZY’S SOUP-KITCHEN
Ana Chubinidze
France | 2021 | 9′ | animation
Lonely alien Chef Franzy discovers that her special pink soup is not just delicious, but also magical, when she shares it with starving creatures living on a strange planet.
DANS LA NATURE
Marcel Barelli
Switzerland | 2021 | 5′ | animation
In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always! A couple is also a female and a female. Or a male and a male. You may not know it, but homosexuality isn’t just a human story.
SNAIL’S BREAKFAST
Evgeniy Fadeyev
Russia | 2021 | 7′ | animation
In a world where stories are losing their value, all that remains is to enjoy the ever-encroaching nature, and feed on falling fruit. In this world, the city has long since lost its outlines, there are no roads, no streets left to be seen, only artifacts that no longer perform any function, and its only inhabitants are snails that never leave their houses.
THE BOY AND THE ELEPHANT
Keila Cepeda
France | 2022 | 7′ | animation
The arrival of a new elephant-headed student in class triggers mockery and sarcasm. One of the students seems captivated and disturbed by this strange child.
THE BRIDGE
KIM Sohyun
South Korea | 2023 | 6′ | animation
On the cliffs of the peaceful forest, Golem opens its eyes. By accident, he becomes a bridge for the animals that live there to travel between cliffs.