Official Short Film Section
Short films selected in the National Official Selection
Below you can consult the National Official Section of Skyline Benidorm Film Festival 2021.
(AB)NORMAL
2021. Spain
Leo, Juan, Lucio and David meet in the locker room of their gym, there begins a conversation that shows that the physical proximity between them is inversely proportional to the way of understanding life.
TO THE FACE
2020. Spain
Lina doesn’t mind being insulted. But if they do, do it to the face.
accomplice
2020. Spain
Through the eyes of Ana, a young adolescent, we can see how continued harassment can nullify and destroy the personality of any minor.
CRIS SUPERSTAR
2020. Spain
Patatoni, comes in a SteakHouse and suddenly offers a millionaire contract to Cris, a waitress, to be a new television star, but with one condition: if she accepts, she must abandon everything at that moment and get in the car with Patatoni.
DANA
2020. Spain
After being assaulted one night, Diana decides that something has to change.
LOVE THREATENED
2020. Spain
Love threatened is a short film about friendship, about love and about the heat.
THOSE WHO SHUT UP
2020. Spain
A lawyer with a complicated personal life is tasked with defending one of the defendants for the so-called “cashier crime”, where three young men burned a homeless woman.
FERROTYPES
2020. Spain
A model will take some artistic photos with a renowned photographer. He proposes taking the photos with a naked torso to convey that insecurity caused by nudity. He wants to talk about how vulnerable women feel in this society.
THE BATHTUB
2021. Spain
Ramon Riera is taking a well-deserved bath when suddenly his mobile rings. On the other end of the line is Clara, a girl who insistently tries to sell her life insurance.
THE LADY OF THE HOUSE
2021. Spain
After the departure of her children to school, Lucia receives terrible news: a stranger tells her that he is holding one of his daughters and that he has to pay for her life. For a few eternal minutes Lucia, she will live a real horror.
NORTH
2020. Spain-Madagascar
Seheno is 10 years old and admires his teacher. In his small rural village in central Madagascar, what he likes the most is going to school, but poor harvests cause his father to force him to take a trip to the Big City in search of opportunities.
REBORN
2020. Spain
Reborn is a documentary about the courage of people who produce and distribute fresh food to city dwellers. But also a reflection on the resilience of an ancient agricultural system that has proven to be very efficient during the crisis: the Valencian vegetable plot.
ROBERTO
2020. Spain
15 years have passed and Roberto is still in love with his neighbor, although she prefers to hide ashamed of her body.
Using his art and an old clothesline as the only form of communication, Roberto has a plan to get his beloved to confront her monsters.
RUTINE
2020. Spain
In a dark world ravaged by lies and dominated by fear, we continue our self-destructive routines toward extinction.
WILD
2021. Spain
Leo, Juan, Lucio and David meet in the locker room of their gym, there begins a conversation that shows that the physical proximity between them is inversely proportional to the way of understanding life.
STANBROOK
2020. Spain
Spain, March 1939. The war is dying. Thousands of people crowd in the port of Alicante waiting for the arrival of ships that will take them into exile. Moored, the freighter Stanbrook witnesses despair.
VALS & RUMBA
2020. Spain
Rumba is the little robot vacuum cleaner in a museum that is never alone. He is accompanied by all the beings that live in the works of art that surround him. And among them, there is a very special statue, a dancer who dreams day after day of being one of the protagonists of the painting she is looking at.
YALLA
2020. Spain
Mufid, a 14-year-old boy plays soccer with his friends. He misses a shot and makes the ball disappear over a hill. He doesn’t want to go looking for her, but he knows he will.
ME
2020. Spain
For our protagonist, every day looks a bit alike. Or rather, they are too much alike: the same routines are repeated over and over again with excruciating monotony. However, something as simple as a sign that says “Park” is going to change everything.
SINTRA III
2020. Spain
Oscar lives traumatized by the memory of the fatal accident of Elena, his girlfriend. During a business trip he gets a flat tire and, when he takes out the spare, he discovers an old box full of tapes.
THE HONORS
2020. Spain
Sara, a terrorist who has been in jail for 20 years for the murder of a prison official, has requested to meet with the victim’s son. So Andoni, who must decide whether or not to grant her that interview, decides to interview her to check the correctness of her intentions.
INTERMEDIATE
2020. Spain
100 meters of no man’s land, 25 bored men, 2 trenches at war and 1 single soccer ball.
LOVF
2020. Spain
Sara has fallen in love with Iván, a man who is invisible to Sara. Ivan does not correspond. Sara becomes obsessed with him instead of taking care of herself.
THIS SUMMER AND THE REST
2021. Spain
After several months of Patro’s verbiage, Flora has allowed herself to be convinced and they are finally there: in Benidorm.