Official National Short Film Section
Short films selected in the National Official Section
Below, you can find the National Official Section of the Skyline Benidorm Film Festival 2025.
Blind Spot
2024 Cristian Beteta
Estela and Ramón have gone through a separation and the suicide of their only son, Hugo, at just 13 years old, after being bullied at school. When Estela obtains a video recorded by her son’s aggressors, she believes it is time to have a conversation with Ramón. As they uncover the reality of what happened to Hugo, they will try to determine whether they could have prevented it and if they lived up to their roles as parents.
Captains
2024 Kevin Castellano, Edu Hirschfeld
During a tense and aggressive Cup semifinal, the two captains of a football team get into a heated argument that ultimately exposes what lies behind the locker rooms of top-tier football: the silence of homosexual players.
Carmela
2025 Vicente Mallols
After the Spanish Civil War, Carmela joins the militias alongside thousands of women. Her fight is twofold: facing fascism and defending the freedoms won during the Second Republic. In battle, a homemade grenade amputates the hand she once used to uphold her ideals and wield her weapon in defense of her rights.
Co-Haunting
2023 Paula Sánchez Álvarez, Pepe Rico, Adrián Carande
Co-Haunting is a growing trend in big cities, a way for young people to rent properties for up to 20% less than their usual value. The secret? They are haunted houses—or in this case, apartments. A reporter and their cameraman take us into the lives of three friends who have decided to try Co-Haunting in an apartment haunted by a ghost. The rent may be cheap, but living there is costing them dearly…
Cholera
2025 Jose Luís Lázaro
After spending the morning at the beach, a careless mistake leaves Guillem and Nico locked out of their car—without keys, phone, or clothes. What seems like a minor inconvenience takes a dark turn when, upon asking a stranger for help, a single question triggers an encounter as unexpected as it is brutal: “Are you faggots?”
BUFFET PARAÍSO
2024 Héctor Zafra, Santi Amézqueta
In a buffet restaurant, a diverse group of characters indulges in a wide variety of exquisite delicacies, unaware of the grave sin that gluttony represents.
Heal, Heal
2024 Lucia G. Romero
JESSICA is a 14-year-old teenager from a marginalized background. Her father’s abuse since childhood has made her a troubled, irritable girl who has built a tough shell, even with her younger sister, ALMA, an 8-year-old with whom she shares a relationship full of hostility. Due to a misunderstanding, JESSICA is forced to take her sister along to collect food from Cáritas on the day of San Juan. Through this journey with ALMA, JESSICA realizes that she doesn’t want to become like her father and begins to treat her little sister with love instead of violence.
De Sucre
2024 Clàudia Cedó
Maria is 30 years old, has an intellectual disability, and harbors a deep desire: to become a mother. The incomprehension of her family and the foundation where she lives will push her into a fight for her rights—an uncomfortable rebellion to reclaim the power to make decisions about her own body.
A Midsummer Night's Tale
2024 María Herrera
Although they barely know each other, Inés and Guille quickly connect, sharing an unusual sense of complicity for a first date. It almost feels as if the scorching heat has subsided while they lie together. Inés wants them to watch the sunrise together before falling asleep.
The Prince
2024 Alex Sardà
Today is opening night, and Artur, the son of a bourgeois family and a dancer in a contemporary dance company, performs as the prince of a kingdom tailored to his measure. Everything changes when his father is arrested for corruption in a real estate scandal. From that moment on, Artur must choose between protecting his family by covering up for his father or facing the consequences of giving up his privileges.
The Showman
2024 Cristian Martínez
On the night of the 23-F coup d’état in Spain, a family receives an unexpected visitor—”The Showman,” a man who has suffered an accident and needs help. Soon, the family realizes that their guest has come to showcase his artistic talent in a performance filled with games, thrill, and blood.
Els buits
2024 Sofia Esteve, Isa Luengo, Marina Freixa Roca
Can the transmission of words restore a forgotten memory? Can it break the silence perpetuated across generations?
At 17, Mariona was arrested and sent to a reformatory run by the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer, an institution dedicated to “rehabilitating fallen women” during Franco’s regime and the early years of democracy. In 2023, she and her daughter attempt to piece together the gaps and silences of this story.
Feline
2024 María Lorenzo Hernández
Felina is a woman who can turn into a panther—or perhaps a panther who can turn into a woman. She is in love with a blind pianist to whom she refuses to reveal her true nature. However, one day she receives unexpected news: she is pregnant with cubs.
The Tattooed Girl
2024 Elisa Lanzas
Irene is harassed on the street by a stranger. Frightened, she turns to her father, who decides to put her in the car and go looking for the harasser. It is then that Irene realizes her own father’s behavior is not so different from that of the man who pursued her.
The Night Within
20253 Antonio Cuesta
Belén, a young nurse, wakes up after being attacked. She is accused of ending a child’s life after administering a medication. However, she insists that she gave the injection correctly—and that she can prove it.
The Girls
2024 Laura Obradors
Summer of 2005. While Daddy Yankee and Estopa play on every radio station, María, Ester, and Violeta spend yet another summer at the campground, passing the time with Súper Pop magazines, strawberry Calippos, and the chlorine-filled pool. The growing attention from boys leaves María completely obsessed with Rubén, but when he and his gang humiliate the girls, an unknown instinct awakens within her—one that will change their lives forever.
The Cayucos of Kayar
2024 Álvaro Hernández Blanco
After 15 years in Spain as an immigrant, Thimbo returns to his Senegalese fishing village, where he is overwhelmed by mixed emotions—nostalgia and alienation, longing and resentment. Moreover, he struggles with the dangerous influence he has over the village’s young men, who see him as a role model and seek to follow in his footsteps with a perilous journey across the sea in a patera.
Map of Emotional Geography
2024 Julu Martínez, Candela Megido
Since childhood, Leo has been unable to tell stories in a linear way—he always gets carried away by textures, images, and sounds. To keep from getting lost, he tells us the myth of the Nereids, but… will we be able to find him?
My Game
2025 David Navarro Bravo
Leaving everything in the hands of fate is liberating. It frees us from responsibility and allows us to fully enjoy the present. However, fate always has an ace up its sleeve.
Puzzleak: The Palace of Rape
2024 Kote Camacho
A young woman spirals into an abyss upon discovering that intimate photos of her—ones she had no knowledge of—are circulating online. The images are deeply traumatic for her. With no choice but to confront the ordeal, she begins investigating the well-known and protected photographer from San Sebastián who first captured these images and later spread them. Forced to reconstruct those painful moments, she must now face the memories she had completely erased from her mind as a means of survival.
Seeds of Kivu
2024 Néstor López, Carlos Valle Casas
In Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo), one of the most violent regions in the world, a group of women arrives at Panzi Hospital after being gang-raped by local militias that control the area’s mineral resources. As they undergo psychological treatment before reintegration, they face the painful dilemma of whether to accept the babies born from these assaults. In the struggle for motherhood, they find a profound act of resistance.
Treasure
2024 Carmen Álvarez Muñoz
Trapped in routine, Mari Pili spends her days bored at the park, feeding the little birds. One day, a group of crows begins to repay her kindness by bringing her small gifts. Surprised, Mari Pili decides to improve the quality of the food, prompting the crows to enhance their gifts in return.
Tito
2025 Javier Celay
In a small town, Filo, a retired woman, owns a house for rent. For the past year, Tito has been living alone in Filo’s house after his mother’s passing. Struggling with severe mental health issues, Tito has failed to pay rent, pushing Filo to act desperately. A chance encounter at Jere’s bar will lead them to a confrontation.
A Head on the Wall
2024 Manuel Manrique
Three years have passed since the abolition of bullfighting in Spain, and Rafael Jesús can no longer become the legendary matador he was destined to be. He wanders the streets, struggling to find his place in a world that no longer has space for him. But with every step he takes, he drifts further from the arena—and closer to the blood.
Utländsk
2024 Alba Lozano
Esti returns to Oiartzun after six years in Sweden, forced back by financial difficulties. The town remains the same—but she has changed.
Violets
2024 Borja Escribano
In 1945, under the shadow of Franco’s dictatorship, Juan, a university assistant, meets Manuel after a chance encounter one night in Retiro Park. Despite their initial distrust, a complex love begins to blossom between them—one shaped by the political climate and the lack of understanding from those around them.
