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Aftersun · 15 Afterwaters · 15 Amazing Elisa · 16 Beyond the Summit · 16 Born to be Born · 17 Color of Heaven · 17 Dancing Madness · 18 Duo · 18 H · 19 Lost & Found . 19 McCurry, The Pursuit of Color · 20 My Emptiness and I · 20 On the Edge · 21 One Year, One Night · 21 Regardless . 22 Robin Bank · 22 Santa Bárbara · 23 Singing of the Rooftops · 23 Stories not to be Told · 24 The Builders of the Alhambra · 24 The Burning Gold · 25 The House Among the Cactuses · 25 The Negotiators · 26 The Volunteer · 26 Tolyatti Adrift · 27 Toscana · 27 Tros (A Piece of Land) · 28 Unfinished Affairs · 28 Vasil · 29 We Won’t Kill Each Other With Guns · 29 You Lie You Die · 30

Aftersun

by Lluís Galter Produced by Estudi Carmel Audiovisuals

Contact

lluis.galter@gmail.com Screening: Thu 19 at 1:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Summer. In a camping site, an old coroner tells a story about a missing kid a long time ago. Three little girls are suspicious of the animation guy and the cleaning lady. They start to investigate. The day after, another kid disappears.

Synopsis: Jonasz and Signe leave the city behind them, pitching their tent by a lake. As they swim in the cold water, the outside world feels ever further away. A stranger appears and a trio is formed. But there are also other trios, other lakes, other times.

Afterwater

by Dane Komljen Produced by Andergraun Films, Flaneur Films, Dart Film Sales agent Square Eyes

Contact

wouter@squareeyesfilm.com Screening: Tue 17 at 1:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Amazing Elisa (Asombrosa Elisa)

Beyond the Summit (La cima)

by Sadrac Gonzalez-Perellon Produced by La Charito Films Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screening: Thu 19 at 4:30pm - Palais C (by invitation only)

Synopsis: Elisa is a twelve-year-old girl who, after her mother’s accidental death, tries to convince her father that she has been gifted the same superpowers as the heroine from her favorite comic and that she can use them to take revenge on whoever was responsible for the fatal accident.

by Ibon Cormenzana Produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures Sales Agent Filmax

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filmaxint@filmax.com Screening: Tue 17 at 3:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: After a man seeking to finally reach his goal of climbing Annapurna has an accident, a woman climber who has been taking refuge tries to help him. ‘Beyond the Summit’ is a fascinating tale of a journey, not just the physical one to the top of a mountain, but also the emotional one of the protagonists towards their own self-realization.

Born to be Born (Néixer per néixer)

Color of Heaven (El color del cel)

by Pablo García Pérez de Lara Produced by Falca and Edna Cinema Sales Agent The Open Reel

Contact

cs@theopenreel.com Screening: Sat 21 at 9:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: In a world where our instinct to overcome and improve often leads us to conflict, Congrés-Indians, a public school in Barcelona, base their educational principles on emotional care. In 2010 a group of preschool children was the first class at Congrés-Indians. Now, after 9 years, they must say good-bye to the school they love, and to the teachers who’ve accompanied them along their journey, through moments both dark and light.

by Joan-Marc Zapata Produced by Arnold Films, 89 Productions

Contact

ivan.geisser@89productions.ch Screening: Tue 17 at 9:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Olivia Brontë, a movie star, travels to Switzerland for a photo shoot with a major fashion magazine. There she will meet Tristán del Val, a Spanish philosopher whom she met years ago. This reunion will lead them to revisit the past and reconsider their future.

Dancing Madness (Bailar la locura)

Duo (Dúo)

by Marta Espar and Maiol Virgili Produced by Reporters Sales Agent Movies for Festivals

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info@moviesforfestivals.com Screening: Sat 21 at 5:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Three women contemporary dancers aim to create a choreography that seeks the limits between normality and madness and invite three women diagnosed with mental disorders to share their creative process with them. They stay together in a house in the Basque Country to attend rehearsals together and discover what a psychiatric diagnosis implies. They talk about drugs side effects, delusions and suicide. But also about loneliness and friendship. Without prejudices. In a human journey that breaks taboos about madness.

by Meritxell Colell Produced by Polar Star Films, Paraiso Production, Pensilvania Films, Manufactura de películas Sales Agent Begin Again Films

Contact

gloria@beginagainsalesagency. com Screening: Thu 19 at 11:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Placed in the border between fiction and documentary, DÚO narrates the journey of a couple of choreographers who tour between the frontiers of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. After 24 years sharing their professional and personal lives, the trip opens a crack in their routine and their lives begin to unravel.

H

by Carlos Pardo Produced by DVEIN Films

Contact

carlos@dvein.com Screening: Fri 20 at 9:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: On July 12th 1969, during the bull run of San Fermín, a bull killed H by goring him in the heart. Today the ghosts of H drink, laugh and dance in the same streets trying to escape from a body that is coming to an end.

Lost & Found (Objetos)

by Jorge Dorado Produced by Setembro Cine, Pampa Films, In Post We Trust, Rexin Film Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screening: Sat 21 at 9:00am - Arcades 3 (invite only)

Synopsis: Mario works in a large Lost and Found Office, where he looks after all the missing items that have built up over the decades. Mario, who decided a long time ago to live a solitary life, spends his free time investigating the origin of the lost objects, with the aim of returning people these lost pieces of their lives. One day, a suitcase found at the bottom of a river turns up at the office. Inside, Mario finds baby clothes, alongside some human remains…

McCurry. The Pursuit of Color

by Denis Delestrac Produced by Polar Star Films, Intrepido Films Sales Agent Dogwoof

Contact

luke@dogwoof.com Screening: Thu 19 at 3:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: For the first time, celebrated American photographer Steve McCurry opens up about the stories behind his iconic images and reflects on the defining moments of his extraordinary life and forty-year career.

My Emptiness and I (Mi vacío y yo)

by Adrian Silvestre Produced by Testamento Producciones, Promarfi Futuro 2010, Alba Sotorra Sales Agent The Film Republic

Contact

xavier@filmrepublic.biz Screening: Wed 18 at 11:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Raphi is young, androgynous and naive. In Barcelona, she begins a gender transition as well as an arduous journey to find her true identity.

On the Edge (Entre la Vie et la Mort)

by Giordano Gederlin Produced by Fasten Films, Frakas Productions, Noodles Production), Eyeworks Sales Agent Le Pacte

Contact

c.neel@le-pacte.com Screening: Tue 17 at 4:00pm - Lerins 2 / Wed 18 at 4:00pm - Lerins #2 Online

Synopsis: Brussels. Leo, a Spanish metro driver, while conducting his train and arriving at a station, sees a young man in distress on the edge of the platform. He recognizes his son Hugo right before he falls onto the rails and then dies at the hospital. Leo, who had not seen his son for years, will discover that he was involved in a bloody heist. While on the trail of his son’s murderers, Leo will be closely watched by the police, also investigating. They will soon discover that Leo’s skills in tracking and apprehending violent criminals are not those of a mere metro driver.

One Year, One Night (Un año, una Noche)

by Isaki Lacuesta Produced by La Termita Films, Noodles Production, Bambú Producciones, Una noche la película AIE, Mr Fields and Friends Cinema Sales Agent Studiocanal

Contact

pascale.hornus@studiocanal.com Screening: Sat 21 at 9:30 am - Arcades 2

Synopsis: Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave the theatre, they are no longer the same. That night leaves a deep scar on both their lives and each tries to cope with the aftermath as best they can. Céline desperately tries to leave the events behind her, clinging to her previous life, while Ramón repeatedly goes back to that night, trying to remember and understand what happened. Nonetheless, they both face the same key question: how to reconnect and move on together?

Regardless

by Erdal Murat Aktas Produced by EMA Creative Works, EMA Film Barcelona, SAK Pictures

Contact

sandra@emafilmbarcelona.com Screening: Fri 20 at 9:00pm - Olympia 2 (invite only) Sat 21 at 9:00pm - Olympia #2 Online

Synopsis: This is the real life story of a man to whom life had dealt the worst kind of cards, but who somehow played a graceful game with bravery and integrity to achieve success. He sank very low into the depths and rose very high to the stars, while always keeping his cool. But for how long and to what end?

Robin Bank

by Anna Giralt Produced by Gusano Films Sales Agent Java Films

Contact

kathryn@javafilms.tv Screening: Wed 18 at 3:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Robin Bank is the story of a Catalan activist who committed one of the most controversial robberies of the last decade in Spain. He took out loans of half a million euros which he never repaid. Instead, he used the money to fund social projects. After having been incarcerated for two months, he was released on bail, and while he was awaiting trial, he escaped the country, declaring himself a fugitive from the law. nThe movie will reconstruct the robbery with animation and will discover the person behind it.

Santa Bárbara

Singing on the Rooftops (Cantando en las azoteas)

by Anaís Pareto Onhena Produced by Anaís Pareto, Timber Films, Santa Úrsula Films

Contact

miguelangel@timberfilms.com Screening: Sat 21 at 1:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Barbara lives in Barcelona with her girlfriend Maribel and works as a domestic worker. Every Saturday she calls her two children who live in Bolivia with her mother, whom she has not seen in the twelve years she left her country. One day her mother informs her that Ulises, the eldest, has been arrested. Barbara must rethink motherhood as she had assumed it, after bringing him to live with her.

by Enric Ribes Produced by Inicia Films

Contact

info@iniciafilms.com Screening: Fri 20 at 1:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Eduardo (95), the last drag queen in the Chinese neighborhood in Barcelona, struggles to get by on his miserable pension while attempting to continue performing on stage. His priorities are altered by the arrival of Chloe (2) in his life, giving him the opportunity to form the family that he never had

Stories not to be Told (Historias para no contar)

by Cesc Gay Produced by Imposible Films Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screening: Thu 19 at 9:30am - Lerins 1 / Sat 21 at 11:30am - Palais J

Synopsis: Stories not to Be Told shines the comedic spotlight on those kinds of situations we’ve all found ourselves in, but which we’d rather no one ever knew about, or which we wish we could forget about altogether. Five stories, one sardonic, yet sympathetic ode to humans’ inability to govern our own emotions and not be able to stop, even though we know we should.

The Builders of the Alhambra (Los constructores de la Alhambra)

by Isabel Fernandez Produced by Al Pati, Polar Star Films Sales Agent Version Digital

Contact

marketing@versiondigital.es Screening: Sat 21 at 11:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Knowing their beleaguered Kingdom of Granada is doomed to disappear, two sultans and their vizier strive to condense the splendor of their civilization into a single monument. Yusuf I and Mohammed V embark on the construction of the Palaces of the Alhambra; an imperishable symbol of the brilliance of their Kingdom.

The Burning Cold (El fred que crema)

by Santi Trullenque Produced by Films de l’Orient, Red Nose, Arlong Productions Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screenings: Tue 17 at 2:15pm - Palais C / Wed 18 at 2:15pm – Palais #C Online / Thu 19 at 5:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: In the tense calm of a borderland, where echoes of a nearby war reach the ears of the local inhabitants, Antonio and Sara, a young, married couple, are expecting their first child. No one knows exactly what is going on, the priority is just to survive another day.

The House Among the Cactuses (La casa entre los cactus)

by Carlota González-Adrio Produced by Ikiru Films, Cine 365 Films, La Terraza Films, Virtual Contenidos. Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screenings: Thu 19 at 12:00pm- Palais E / Fri 20 at 12:00pm - Palais #E Online / Fri 20 at 5:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: The island of Gran Canaria. At the end of the 70s. Rosa and Emilio live with their five daughters, isolated from the world in the middle of a valley. In this wild place, they lead an alternative, harmonious life, until the appearance of a lost hiker, who they agree to help. This occurrence, very much out of the ordinary for the family, will lead to an extreme and hostile situation and will reveal the suffocating, dark nature of the house among the cactuses and its inhabitants.

The Negotiators (Els negociadors)

by Rosalind Bain Produced by Ottokar editora audiovisual, First Hand Films, BSX Sales Agent Movies for Festivals

Contact

info@moviesforfestivals.com Screening: Wed 18 at 5:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: An inquisitive look at the identity and evolution of those who seek solutions to armed crises in the 21st century. In the background of some of the most intrenched conflicts on the planet, we see the conflicts through the eyes of the negotiators and learn of their challenges and their personal sacrifices as they try to resolve conflicts in the most difficult of circumstances.

The Volunteer

by Nely Reguera Produced by Fasten Films, BTEAM Prods, Homemade Films Sales Agent Bendita Films

Contact

sales@benditafilms.com Screening: Tue 17 at 5:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema / Tue 17 at 4:00pm - Palais F / Wed 18 at 4:00pm - Palais #F Online / Fri 20 at 12:00pm - Palais E / Sat 21 at 12:00pm - Palais #E Online

Synopsis: Marisa, a recently retired doctor, decides to leave everything and travel to a refugee camp in Greece, where they seem to need people exactly like her. Upon her arrival, she discovers a reality that she could never have imagined and which leads her to explore the boundaries between love and the need to feel useful.

Tolyatti Adrift

by Laura Sisteró Produced by Boogaloo Films, Les Films d’Ici Sales Agent Filmotor

Contact

michaela@filmotor.com Screening: Fri 20 at 15:30 pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Tolyatti, once the symbol of socialist pride, is today the Russian Detroit, a limbo city where there is no future for the youth. In this hopeless environment, Boyevaya Klassika arises, a movement that rescues iconic old Lada cars from the local factory to turn them into a means of rebelliousness and expression that explores the conflicts and dreams of the youth in one of the poorest cities in Russia. We follow Slava, Misha & Lera in the year that they have to face for the first time, their adulthood in a place where the future seems to be a dystopia.

Toscana

by Pau Durà Produced by Fosca Films Contact davidciurana@foscafilms.net Screening: Sat 21 at 15:30pm - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: With a boat full of sperm and on his way to the clinic where his wife is waiting for him to do an in vitro test, Santi crashes his scooter with a hit-and-run vehicle. Seeking help, he gets trapped in the Toscana restaurant where, at gunpoint, an ex-chef demands a severance pay from his owner.

Tros (A Piece of Land)

by Pau Calpe Rufat Produced by Galápagos Media, CCMA, Cepa Audiovisual Sales Agent Film Factory Entertainment

Contact

info@filmfactory.es Screening: Fri 20 at 11:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Alcastrer, the Lleida plain, Spain. Barely a hundred souls. Joan, a sullen old man, tired of being robbed, decides to join the peasant patrol that watches over the fields. His son Pepe, who has just returned from the city, accompanies him. During the nightly patrol, Joan and Pepe come across a thief.

Unfinished Affairs (La maniobra de la tortuga)

by Juan Miguel del Castillo Produced by Aralan Films, Aleph Media, A Contracorriente, La Maniobra De La Tortuga AIE Sales Agent Latido Films

Contact

francesca@latidofilms.com Screening: Wed 18 at 13:30am - Online Catalan Cinema

Synopsis: Inspector Manuel Bianquetti is forced to accept a transfer to a police precinct in the south of Spain. His initially peaceful move will soon take a turn when the body of a young girl who reminds him of a terrible past is discovered. Despite the opposition of his superiors, Bianquetti sets out on a solitary crusade to find the culprit, following clues that might be just figments of his imagination. The only person on his side seems to be his neighbour, a fragile nurse who is harassed by her former partner.

Vasil

by Avelina Prat Produced by Distinto Films Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screenings: Wed 18 at 11:30am - Palais B (by invitation only) / Fri 20 at 4:00pm - Palais D (by invitation only)

Synopsis: A retired man takes in a Bulgarian immigrant, who despite being a bridge champion, has found himself living on the streets.

We Won’t Kill Each Other With Guns (Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas)

by Maria Ripoll Produced by Un Capricho de Producciones and Turanga Films Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screenings: Wed 18 at 9:30am - Online Catalan Cinema / Fri 20 at 12:00pm - Palais C / Sat 21 at 12:00pm - Palais #C Online / Sun 22 at 4:00pm - Palais D / Mon 23 at 4:00pm - Palais #D Online

Synopsis: The reunion of a group of friends after years without seeing each other will bring out the alcoholic memory of old loves and wounds, and will push them to travel to a past that they fear and long for.

You Lie you Die (Escape Room: La pel·lícula)

by Hector Claramunt Produced by Arriska Films, Focus Audiovisuals Sales Agent Filmax

Contact

filmaxint@filmax.com Screenings: Tue 17 at 11:30am - Online Catalan Cinema / Fri 20 at 2:15pm - Palais E / Sat 21 at 2:15pm - Palais #E Online (On invite or request)

Synopsis: Four friends. One room. A lot of secrets. And only one way out: the truth. This season’s most outrageous comedy will turn two couples’ plans on their heads, when all they wanted was a fun night out at an escape room. If they want to find their way out of this game, that is as unpredictable as it is crazy, they will have to put their friendship to the test. The moment of truth has come.