Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Welcome: Kate Bundy, festival founder, doctoral student in the Dept. of Romance Languages; Javier Soler, doctoral student in Dept. of Romance Languages Introduction: Dr. Thomas Peterson, Professor of Italian, Dept. of Romance Languages Moderators of Q&A: Dr. Thomas Peterson, Javier Soler, Kate Bundy La Invitación – (2016, 14’min) Pushed by the fear of losing her friends, Silvia has invited them to a sleepover... but things can be complicated when your home is not exactly what your friends may call a home. Director: Susana Casares Uka – (2016, 3’min) Uka is a little girl who lives in a grey abandoned factory. While she's painting of her canvas, she finds a way of changing how she sees the world. Director: Valle Comba Canales Las Rubias – (2016, 17’min) Blonde, stunning criminals: nothing gets between Marta and Pepa’s goal... except another blonde. Based on a true story. Director: Carlota Martínez Pereda La Trampa – (2016, 12’min) Veronica is preparing a very special dinner for her boyfriend, but an argument she has had earlier leads to an accident. Matters get worse as time passes. Director: Isaac Berrokal Hostal Eden – (2016, 14’min) The Eden Hostel is a humble and dirty place run by an elderly couple. The story of Yolanda and Felix will make a huge impact on someone who is watching in the room. Director: Gonzaga Manso Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 Welcome: Martin Ward, doctoral candidate in the Dept. of Romance Languages; Evelyn Autry, doctoral student in Dept. of Romance Languages Introduction: Dr. Lina Aguirre, organizer of The Latin American Experimental Animation Short Film Festival, co-founder of Moebiusanimacion.com Moderators of Q&A: Dr. Lina Aguirre, Oriana Valencia, Martin Ward Mario – (2016, 9’min) Mario's cries interrupt his mother, Elena, while she watches TV. As the boy's incessant tears roll down, Elena runs out of the house. Director: Carlos G. Velasco Made in Spain – (2016, 11’min) A miniature surrealist portrait of epic dimensions takes place on a sunny Spanish beach. Stop motion short made with scale H0 miniature figures Director: Coke Riobóo Stalingrado – (2016, 12’min) A Russian woman in love with a humble shepherd from La Mancha faces a distinct cultural barrier in the form of the shepherd’s traditional, unnerving mother. Directors: Anyora Sanchez Beti Bezperako Koplak – (2016, 5’min22”) St. Agatha's Eve is a deep-rooted Basque tradition in which people walk from house to house, accompanied by improvised verse-makers (bertsolaris), singing verses to the beating of long sticks. Building on this celebration, bertsolari Maialen Lujanbio composes a stark denunciation of gender violence. In verse after verse, she condemns the different manifestations of sexist violence. Director: Ageda Kopla Taldea Renovable – (2015, 21’min) Years after their break-up, Tania and Josean meet again at a conference on renewable energy. She has a lot to tell him... Director: Jose Mari Goenaga, Jon Garano
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Welcome: Kate Bundy, festival founder, doctoral student in the Department of Romance Languages Introduction: Dr. Catherine Simpson, Lecturer in the Department of Romance Languages Moderators of Q&A: Dr. Catherine Simpson, Javier Soler, and Kate Bundy Para Sonia – (2014, 3’min30”) This is the story of Sonia, who has always wanted to be a part of the movies. Her dream is about to come true. Director: Sergio Milán Aún no estoy muerto – (2015, 14’min) Antonio has a mission to undertake. And it might be his last. Director: Alain Lefebvre Rupestre – (2015, 6’min) A wild horse meets a boy coming from the Paleolithic. A bond of curiosity will grow between them, but old fears, inherited for millennia, will awaken too. Director: Enrique Diego Yo, Presidenta – (2015, 18’min) The chaos of the last elections in Spain is alarming to the rest of Europe. Through a psychological study, it is shown that the most gifted to lead the nation is the person who has the most friends on Facebook. And this happens to be our protagonist, Ana. Director: Arantxa Echevarría Encuentros en la tercera edad – (2015, 6’min) Petanque, parchisi and exercises for the elderly come to an end for Aurelio when his friends begin to disappear under strange circumstances. Something is wrong. They are here. Director: Víctor Ruiz Junquera I said I Wouldn’t Talk About Politics – (2015, 10’min30”) Mr. Mariano Rajoy travels by airplane and goes to dine at a prestigious restaurant which specializes in natural, quality red meat that is low in fat and cholesterol. Director: Aitor Oñederra Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 Welcome: Martin Ward, M.A., doctoral student in the Dept. of Romance Languages Introduction: Leo Cotlar, organizer of Fresh Look Athens International Children’s Film Festival, and Migrant Education Specialist at Clarke County School District Moderators of Q&A: Leo Cotlar, Martin Ward, and Oriana Valencia 5 segundos – (2015, 3’min30”) Carlos has a surprise in store for his wife. They had an argument a few days ago and now he wants to apologize. Director: David González Rudiez Duellum – (2015, 9’min45”) A duel in the woods, any given day. Director: Tucker Dávila Wood Algo que decir – (2015, 17’min) After twenty years, and more than a thousand concerts after, The Monkey Rumbers are about to split up. On the night of the last concert, there’s someone special in the audience. Directors: José Ángel Lázaro El lugar adecuado – (2015, 3’min) Does life, perhaps, consist in being in the right place at the right time? Could it consist in interpreting and following the signs? Director: Fernando Franco, Begoña Arostegui Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Welcome: Kate Bundy, M.A. of Spanish Literature, Department of Romance Languages Introduction: Dr. Diego del Pozo, Lecturer of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages Moderators of Q&A: Dr. Catherine Simpson, Lecturer of Spanish & Michael Hinson, graduate student in Spanish literature & film, Department of Romance Languages Cólera – (2013, 6’min30”) Cholera: Acute, infectious disease, often epidemic and very serious. The residents of a town take justice in their own hands. Director: Aritz Moreno Nadie tiene la culpa – (2011, 14’min) Antonio comes home with the intention of leaving his wife and three children, wanting to give his dreams of youth a second chance. Director: Esteban Crespo Love Wars – (2012, 3’min39”) Inside the Death Star, two imperial soldiers free themselves from their own struggle. Director: Vicente Bonet Beerbug – (2012, 7’min43”) Joe, who is busy running an old roadside gas station, decides to take a break and have a beer. His attempt to enjoy his beer fails because someone is robbing him right under his nose. Director: Ander Mendia La boda – (2012, 12’min) Mirta is from Cuba and lives in Madrid. Like many other immigrants, she works cleaning office buildings. Today at 6 pm, her daughter will get married, but nothing goes as planned. To arrive at the wedding will be more difficult than expected. Director: Marina Seresesky Voice Over – (2012, 9’min40”) A surly French voice over guides us through three extreme situations. Director: Martín Rosete Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 Welcome: Michael Hinson, M.A. graduate student in the Department of Romance Languages Introduction: Dr. Rielle Navitski, Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Film Studies Moderators of Q&A: Dr. Rielle Navitski & Ary Malaver, Ph.D. candidate in Spanish literature, Department of Romance Languages Mi otra mitad – (2010, 18’min) Adrián and Andrea have been linked from the very moment they were born. A weird optical deformity makes them see the world in an incomplete but complementary way. They both know of each other’s existence, since they are treated by the same ophthalmologist, Sophie, and have been fantasying from their early days about finding “their other half”. Director: Beatriz Sanchis Hotzanak, for your own safety – (2013, 5’min11”) I told him I was a filmmaker... and nothing has changed. Amid these landscapes that traps the soul, at times certain, at others uncertain of its own existence, while the body is and is and is and has no place of its own. Director: Izibene Oñederra Dime que yo – (2009, 15’min) HE and SHE meet exactly at the same time that they break off their own relationships... Is it possible for two strangers to begin a conversation full of accusations and passionately reconcile as if they were a couple? Directors: Mateo Gil Democracia – (2013, 11’min) The manager of a company proposes a daring plan for keeping the workers’ morale high. Director: Oscar & Goya nominated Borja Cobeaga Son dos días – (2011, 11’min) It’s a bleak night at the cemetery. A woman cries in front of the grave of her recently deceased husband. Her future and her hopes seem dead, though not as dead as what will rise from the tombs to remind her that life is “only two days”. Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Welcome: Kate Bundy, M.A. graduate student in the Dept. of Romance Languages Introduction: Dr. Richard Neupert, Professor in the Department of Theater and Film Studies at the University of Georgia Moderators of Q&A: Dr. Richard Neupert & Jaume Antuñano, PhD candidate in Spanish literature & film in the Department of Romance Languages Éramos Pocos – (2005, 16min) When his wife leaves him, Joaquín turns to his son to help him bring his mother-in-law out of a home to do the housework. Director: Borja Cobeaga El orden de las cosas – (2010, 19min) Julia’s life takes place in the bathtub. Drop by drop she will gather the courage to change the order of things. Director: César y José Esteban Alenda Bajo la almohada – (2008, 8’min25”) A dreamy animated documentary which uses drawings done by children in a hospital in India. Directors: Isabel Herguera Hidrólisis – (2012, 9min) After a two-year relationship, Fran and Laura think that they are the perfect couple. What they don’t know is that an innocent game can make them discover their own short-comings as a couple. Director: Sergi Miralles Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5 – (2008, 6’min20”) Almost everybody is going to die very soon. Enter the mind of the chosen one in his explanation of the end of the world. Selected as ‘Honorable Mention’ at the Sundance International Film Festival. Director: Chema Garcia Ibarra Un Hombre Tranquilo – (2007, 12’min) Narrated by the voice of Estrella, we take a trip with the ever-so-“peaceful” father of a colorful and exciting family to celebrate Spanish customs, culture and everyday life. Director: Arantzazu Gómez Bayón Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 Welcome: Kate Bundy, M.A. graduate student in the Dept. of Romance Languages Introduction: Dr. Catherine Simpson, Lecturer in the Department of Romance Languages Moderators of Q&A: Dr. Catherine Simpson & Jaume Antuñano, PhD candidate in Spanish literature & film in the Department of Romance Languages Lagun Mina – (2010, 12’min58”) Ekaitz and Roman meet in a hostel on vacation and strike up what seems to be a life-long friendship, but something goes wrong. Either their life is too long, or their friendship is too weak… but now they will have to come to terms with it. Director: Jose Mari Goenaga Sub – (2012, 15’min) An African immigrant with communication problems faces the bureaucratic difficulties of a strange society in original version. Director: Jossie Malis Álvarez Zombi – (2012, 12’min). If you have no memory and a blank stare on your face, and you’ve forgotten how to talk… you’re a zombie, right? Director: David Moreno Premio – (2010, 16’min30”) Pilar and Manuel prepare for what should be a night of celebration and glamour. It should be. But they’ve been sweeping their relationship under the red carpet for too long. Director: León Siminiani Daisy Cutter – (2010, 6’min41”) Daisy Cutter tells the story of a ten year old girl, Zaira, who (like many others) experiences the injustice of war with the perspective that her tender and naïve eyes allow her. Zaira gathers daisies every day for a friend that she misses so she will never forget him. Director: Enrique García, Rubén Salazar 7:35 de la mañana – (2003, 8min) One morning a woman notices something strange at the café where she has breakfast every morning. All of a sudden, a song can be heard. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2004 for Best Short Film Director: Nacho Vigalondo |