New Spanish Shorts 2025

De-sastre

Daniela has just moved into an old apartment and is ready to make it her new home. As the months go by, Daniela notices that something strange is happening: her clothes have cuts and holes in particular shapes.

Vivir en un Mar Bravo

Carmen’s life has always been a Quixotesque comedy. Living through a civil war, being a nun, building a new life, divorcing in a conservative society, having several lovers and most of all, never following orders. Now, after 86 years of adventures, Carmen is planning her suicide.

Tshweesh

The football World Cup is kicking off today and the people of Beirut are excited about the long-awaited event. While life moves on normally, the signal of the first game seems to be disrupted by strange audio waves. The frustration in the air builds up, giving way to a bigger live event. | TSHWEESH

Un Coche Cualquiera

Manuel wants to get in his car but three bullies are preventing him. "What have you done inside that nightclub?"

A Fronteira Azul

A clandestine ship sinks off the coast of a small port town on the Andalusian coast without disturbing the routine. The civil guards sort out the shipwrecked passengers as they do every day, the tourists take advantage of the fine weather to go sailing and visit the funfair, and the night lorries head north. The unnerved shipwrecked discover the concrete ground of a Europe that does not see them.

El Ascenso y Caída de Zara Zilverstein

Zara, an apathetic employee at an electronics store, unexpectedly becomes a celebrity after an unfortunate event with a famous actor. Fame and money turn into a curse for her. What rises fast, falls fast.

De Sucre

Maria is 30 years old, has an intellectual disability and a desire deep inside: she wants to be a mother. The lack of understanding towards her desire will lead her to a fight for her rights, to an uncomfortable rebellion to recover the decision-making power over her own body.

29th Of February [29 De Febrero]

Tomás wants to celebrate his ninetieth birthday but he has no one to invite.... except his staunchest enemy. A sad comedy, a hopeful drama about the situation of many of our elders.

Await Trains [Esperar Trenes]

A girl wanders through an abandoned train station. She walks the corridors of her school, disconnected from the place, while trying to write an impossible speech. A memory flies over the station frozen in time.

Azkena

Lorea's reference points are her mother and her grandmother. Through these two generations she observes the bond that women have experienced around motherhood. Now it is up to her to decide whether or not to become a mother herself and to look for answers to pending questions.

Blue Land [Blava Terra]

Elionor discovers the intricacies of adulthood in 1940's Mallorca. She lives in a remote farmhouse, from which the inhabitants have never ventured out. Everything will change with the arrival of a movie.

Broken Nights [Las Noches Rotas]

Javi is preparing for the most important audition of his life. His mate and friend, Héctor, is auditioning too. Both of them are up for a spot in a prestigious technical perfecting program in Viena. Héctor's talent is overwhelming, and this only feeds into the insecurities of Javi, who despite all of his efforts, can't seem to believe in himself, spiraling down very quickly.

Burn When I Die [Queimar Cando Morra]

“Burn when I die, recite Our Father and throw it to the fire”. That’s what a package I found in my grandma’s wardrobe said when she passed away. Before burning it, the objects we discovered made me think about my family, about shared memories. About what was life like for women and how it has changed.

Bye. [Adiós.]

Is it possible to forgive ourselves for our mistakes? One afternoon in the park, Elena and Ángela will have to confront their inner demons as they try to heal the wounds of the past, with one sole purpose: Carmen's well-being.

Carmela

After the Spanish Civil War starts, Carmela joins the militias and goes to the front as many other women. Their fight was twofold, fighting against facism and avoiding the loss of the rights they had achieved. During combat, a homemade grenade blows out Carmela’s right hand.

Carmen And The Wooden Spoon [Carmen Y La Cuchara De Palo]

Carmen's a 7 year old girl raised by her italian Nonna. Her greatest gift to Carmen is a magic spoon which, thanks to a centuries-old spell, when savoring new dishes she can travel back to her memories and relive the anecdotes and adventures of her grandmother's life and above all, learn vital lessons that will help her in her own life.

Dear Angela [Estimada Ángela]

The story of the short takes us to World War II and tells the moving story of Angela, whose world falls apart when her husband is called to fight and never returns. The story is an emotional exploration of love, loss and the power of memory.

Dissonance [Disonancia]

Fatimetu Bucharaya is a Sahrawi woman who in 2019 founded SMAWT, a voluntary women's association dedicated to the detection of anti-personnel mines in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria).

Es La Vida

"Es la vida" are stories of overcoming, effort and hope, of how the relationship between man and horse exists, is possible and heals.Overcoming trauma, alleviating pain, recovering mobility, the power of horses is incredible and the bonds created are unbreakable. What if it were a horse that also needed the help of a human being?

Go My Way [Yo Voy Conmigo]

Elisa likes Martin, but Martin doesn't seem to realise it. All the advice Elisa receives to make Martin fall in love with her is to change not only her appearance, but also who she really is. Will she give up being herself to get it? Will that be a good thing?

Happy Hour

David spends his first night on duty at the clinic of a small town. He is young and he doesn't yet know that among healthcare workers there's a legend that says at three in the morning, the worst in people emerges from the shadows and becomes visible.

Homework

"Homework" is a 3D animated short film that follows the imaginative adventures of a pencil and its friends, using their unique abilities to help each other in unexpected situations, inside of the school where all of them live.

I Stole Your Ashes [He Robado Tus Cenizas]

Isabel has become a widow at 65. After stealing the urn of ashes, Isabel takes refuge in a park to say goodbye to the love of her life, her wife, while remembering their story and reflecting on love and loss. Based on the presumption of heterosexuality, this story is a mirror. What prevents us from empathizing with those who love differently?

iMade

A young migrant is looking forward to returning to Morocco to visit his family, whom he has not seen for years. To do so, he will have to struggle against the isolation and loneliness in which he lives because of his deafness.

Just Kim [Solo Kim]

Rose Kim is a trans teenager. Although they long for it, they've never expressed their gender identity and navigate life in their assigned female body. Maybe because they're alone in a country migrated to illegally. But mainly because they fear losing the only emotional connection that ties them to the world: Camila, a baby girl they care for daily

Kapitan

A captain wanders the sea in search of the place of his dreams, a beautiful orange lighthouse. One day the light of the lighthouse bursts into the gloom of his cabin. The sailor will have to decide whether to move on or remain anchored to the life he has always lived.

Grandma's House [La Casa De La Abuela]

During the celebration of her 18th birthday, Mer, a young girl with Down's Syndrome, makes an important decision: she wants to get her driving licence. However, hardly anyone at the table seems to support her, which unleashes in Mer a mixture of frustration and envy towards her older sister, Paloma, who is becoming more and more independent.

Maitemina

Maitemina is about a trumpeter who, in the midst of the festivities of San Fermín, feels ignored by the thousands of people around him. No one seems to listen to him except another boy who, quickly, gets lost among the tide of people flooding the city. Finding him is then an almost impossible job, and will only match him in his dreams.

Moshpit

Ana spends the day playing alongside her mother, Elena, with the intention of getting closer to her, as they have been distant lately. A series of phone calls to Elena's mobile will make Ana suspect that her mother is hiding something more than just her feelings.

Mounir

The reunion 20 years later of Mounir Jadivi, an irregular immigrant who arrived in Spain at the age of 8, with the film director Xabier Rúa, his former tutor in a centre for minors, gave rise to an exercise in four-handed docufiction in which the hard day-to-day life of an ‘undocumented immigrant’ in Spain is recounted.

Nika, The Pilot Whale [Nika, El Calderon Tropical]

Felipe Ravina, a documentary filmmaker, scientific and graduate in Marine Sciences, forges a connection with a pilot whale called Nika, in the island of Tenerife. That unusual connection to the animal makes him increasingly concerned about the current state of the island and its biodiversity.

Only The Lonely [Yo, Mi, Me, Conmigo]

The search for solitude as an alternative, of life in silence, of calm as a life option in the face of the usual chaos in our way of life.

Paradise Buffet [Buffet Paraíso]

In a buffet restaurant, a diverse group of characters access a wide variety of exquisite delicacies without being aware of the serious sin that gluttony represents.

Pura

Una mujer vuelve a casa para recordar(se) y reconocerse. Coge una cámara y filma por primera vez. El retrato de su madre y de su abuela es también su propio retrato. Gracias a ellas, se reconcilia con el lugar y los recuerdos.

Rage [Cólera]

After spending the morning at the beach, a mishap leaves Guillem and Nico locked out of their car, without keys, phone, or clothes. What seems like a minor setback takes a dark turn when, upon asking a stranger for help, a single question sparks an unexpected and brutal encounter: "Are you faggots?"

Ruth

Year 2000. Maya, a young Londoner, travels to the small village of her Spanish girlfriend, Ruth, who has passed away in an accident. She wants to bid her farewell, but the harsh blow, along with the anxiety of presenting herself as the «foreign girlfriend» in front of unknown family and friends who speak another language, turns into confusion.

Saline Water [Aigua Salina]

Montse, a woman who takes care of a hyper-realistic doll as her own son, is avoiding meeting her newborn niece because she doesn't know how to deal with her past.

Sweet Cabanyal

Amparo, an extravagant and passionate former starlet, faces losing her house at the hands of Dan, a clumsy architect who owns a multinational company. Dan will seek to redesign a historic neighbourhood in which Amparo's premises will rise as the resistance. Will it be Amparo's last show?

The Classmate [La Compañera]

At her best friend's burial, Marta bumps into an old classmate she used to bully, unaware that she's changed radically over the last ten years.

The Fishing Boats Of Kayar [Los Cayucos De Kayar]

After 15 years in Spain, Thimbo returns to his Senegalese fishing village, where he is overwhelmed by sensations of nostalgia and uprooting, yearning and resentment. He also grapples with the influence he exerts on the local youth, who see him as a role model and seek to emulate him through a perilous journey to Europe by boat.

The Force [La Fuerza]

Arturo has just watched "Star Wars" with his class, and they are discussing the difference between good and evil. What starts as a debate about a movie will end up revealing the students' personalities and their own stories, while Arturo tries to impart a valuable lesson.

The Generation Of Regeneration [La Generación De La Regeneración]

In a journey from the south to the north of the vast province of Burgos, THE GENERATION OF REGENERATION paints a fresco of the Castilian rural world and the main problems that threaten its inhabitants through various productive and social projects that have as their axis sustainable development and respect for the environment.

The Guiding Light [La luz que nos guia]

Through this film, the last female lighthouse keepers pay an intimate and reflexive tribute to the profession that’s defined their lives. It’s not just a profession that’s disappearing… This is a collective requiem for a way of life that’s becoming extinct.

The Howl Of The She Wolf [Quejío De Loba]

Thanks to the education she chooses to give her children, Ana, a mother from Jerez, discovers the gender-based violence she has endured from the men in her family.

The Most Brutal Side Of Life [El Lado Más Bestia De La Vida]

Belén and Paco are retired. Unexpectedly, one of his children suffers an accident that completely changes the family situation. Old age has become more difficult for them. Life can change in an instant.

The Opacity Of Water [La Opacidad Del Agua]

Lucas, a six-year-old boy, enjoys a summer day with his family and the visit of his Aunt Inés and her partner until they all decide to go for a walk.

The Other [El Otro]

A man at home alone. He tries to talk to his son. He calls his friend and he is not there. He leaves a message. He tells him he's fine and that he's not going out that night. He hangs up and goes out... and comes back. He comes back or “the other guy” comes back. His friend still doesn't answer the phone. He drinks, takes drugs, feels restless, spied on, persecuted in his own house and runs awa.

The Story Of A Wave [Olatu Baten Istorioa]

Science can predict the trail of a wave from its origin to its end. However, the complex relationships that humans have established with nature escape its understanding. When a surfer and a wave meet, whatever can usually be explained becomes inexplicable, and science can no longer decode that passion.

Tito

In a small town, Filo, a retiree, owns a house for rent. For the past year, Tito has been living alone in Filo's house after the passing of his mother. Tito, who suffers from severe mental health issues, hasn't paid the rent, leading Filo to take desperate measures. A chance encounter at Jere's bar will set the stage for a showdown between them.

Treasure [Tesoro]

Trapped in her routine, Mari Pili spends her days bored in the park feeding the birds. One day, a group of crows starts returning the favour by bringing her little presents. Surprised, Mari Pili decides to give them better food, making the crows improve their gifts too.

Vigil [Vigilia]

We witness the first pig vigil of a teenage girl, whose aim is to say goodbye to the animals before they enter the slaughterhouse. In a country where it is a tradition to eat ham and where 53 million pigs are slaughtered every year, this situation will completely change the perspective of our protagonist.

Wan

After a frantic chase, a prehistoric hominid (Moha) confronts an old man (Wan) and his hyena-dog (Khana) with an unexpected result where nothing is as it seems. Wan is a free interpretation of a very present problem in today's society transferred to crude prehistory.

Whenever The Flood Arrives [Cuando Llegue La Inundación]

In a world where artists are tiny beings born from animals, a mockumentary explores the lives of four sisters hatched from bird eggs, who live completely isolated from civilization in what seems like an idyllic environment.

You Can Do It Alone [Puedes Tú Solito]

Pablo faces his first time peeing in a public men's restroom while being harassed by monsters he will have to confront if he wants to return to his family.

You Were París [Fuiste París]

Lena, 22 year-older, is on a scholarship in Paris to study the third year of her degree. Her dream had always been to live in that city, but as the weeks go by her utopia fades away and she discovers a much more hostile place than expected. At the same time, her long-distance relationship with her partner gradually fades.