Here is a 94-minute collection of terrifying short films from outside the US and Canada.
DENALI - Marina hires the services of Soul Data -- a company that creates digital consciousness through data generated in life -- to contact her deceased father for the hidden location of his safe and its valuables. In Spanish with English subtitles
GOLEM - Cristina is desperate. Her co-star is gone, and she must perform for a very important agent in a matter of hours. Using her skills as an acting coach, Cristina resorts to the only available tool: her assistant, a clumsy and unimaginative robot named Golem. In Spanish with English subtitles
THE NEWCOMER (La Nueva) - Maria is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious kids who are part of a detention class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell. In Spanish with English subtitles
RESPIRATIONS - In a burning world, wrecked by pollution, a survivor is heading toward his destination. In French with English subtitles
SHINY NEW WORLD - Fifty-year-old Barry is a special kind of cleaner: he cleans crime scenes where demons have wreaked havoc. While making a corporate film about his work, a normal working day for Barry gets out of hand in a bloody way. In Dutch with English subtitles
SUCKER - In a twisted story of co-dependence and body horror, two sisters are pitted against each other by a giant, abhorrent leech creature that uses its mind-controlling influence to puppeteer them from the inside out.
TABLE 8 - An anxiety-ridden man meets his friend for dinner in a shadowy restaurant to share a dark suspicion. At first, his friend doesn't believe him, tries to convince the man there's nothing going on. But the further they get into their midnight conversation, the more they both begin to fear something about this evening isn't quite right. In Dutch with English subtitles
TISTLEBU - As a young urban couple on a working holiday hope to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever. In Norwegian with English subtitles
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Short
Willy Jauregui, Denali
DENALI
Marina hires the services of Soul Data -- a company that creates digital consciousness through data generated in life -- to contact her deceased father for the hidden location of his safe and its valuables.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director Biography - Alberto Ortega
Upon finishing his cinematography studies at the TAI school in Madrid (2003), he began his career directing two short films: "Oculto" (2005) and the award-winning "Día de perro" (2006) while beginning his career on various television channels such as graphic designer (FOX Spain, Globomedia and La Sexta). As a director, he has since signed multiple advertising pieces for brands such as Movistar, Amazon Prime, Sony, Warner, VISA, Cartoon Network, among others. In 2016 he premiered the award-winning documentary film “Even though you don't know it” (RTVE, Canal Sur) which he co-directs with Charlie Arnaiz, with whom a year later he will found the production company Dada Films & Entertainment to create and develop new formats and content. He immediately directed the fiction project called "EI Punto Frío" (RTVE, 2018), Branded Content projects such as "Poesía tú tú" (Loewe, 2018), advertising campaigns and new formats such as "Memoria de futuro" (RTVE, 2017 ) and "Call it X" (PlayZ, 2021). In 2021 he received a Goya nomination with the documentary film "Anatomía de un Dandy". In 2022, he premiered the documentary series "Raphaelismo" (Movistar+), which he co-directed and produced with his partner Charlie Arnaiz, and premiered the fiction short film "Denali", with a futuristic cut.
- Year2022
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorAlberto Ortega
- ScreenwriterAlberto Ortega & Paula Sánchez Álvarez
- ProducerCharlie Arnaiz & Alberto Ortega
- CastIria Parada, Rafa Azcarraga, Carlos Librado
- EditorCarlos Ena
Here is a 94-minute collection of terrifying short films from outside the US and Canada.
DENALI - Marina hires the services of Soul Data -- a company that creates digital consciousness through data generated in life -- to contact her deceased father for the hidden location of his safe and its valuables. In Spanish with English subtitles
GOLEM - Cristina is desperate. Her co-star is gone, and she must perform for a very important agent in a matter of hours. Using her skills as an acting coach, Cristina resorts to the only available tool: her assistant, a clumsy and unimaginative robot named Golem. In Spanish with English subtitles
THE NEWCOMER (La Nueva) - Maria is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious kids who are part of a detention class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell. In Spanish with English subtitles
RESPIRATIONS - In a burning world, wrecked by pollution, a survivor is heading toward his destination. In French with English subtitles
SHINY NEW WORLD - Fifty-year-old Barry is a special kind of cleaner: he cleans crime scenes where demons have wreaked havoc. While making a corporate film about his work, a normal working day for Barry gets out of hand in a bloody way. In Dutch with English subtitles
SUCKER - In a twisted story of co-dependence and body horror, two sisters are pitted against each other by a giant, abhorrent leech creature that uses its mind-controlling influence to puppeteer them from the inside out.
TABLE 8 - An anxiety-ridden man meets his friend for dinner in a shadowy restaurant to share a dark suspicion. At first, his friend doesn't believe him, tries to convince the man there's nothing going on. But the further they get into their midnight conversation, the more they both begin to fear something about this evening isn't quite right. In Dutch with English subtitles
TISTLEBU - As a young urban couple on a working holiday hope to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever. In Norwegian with English subtitles
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Short
Willy Jauregui, Denali
DENALI
Marina hires the services of Soul Data -- a company that creates digital consciousness through data generated in life -- to contact her deceased father for the hidden location of his safe and its valuables.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director Biography - Alberto Ortega
Upon finishing his cinematography studies at the TAI school in Madrid (2003), he began his career directing two short films: "Oculto" (2005) and the award-winning "Día de perro" (2006) while beginning his career on various television channels such as graphic designer (FOX Spain, Globomedia and La Sexta). As a director, he has since signed multiple advertising pieces for brands such as Movistar, Amazon Prime, Sony, Warner, VISA, Cartoon Network, among others. In 2016 he premiered the award-winning documentary film “Even though you don't know it” (RTVE, Canal Sur) which he co-directs with Charlie Arnaiz, with whom a year later he will found the production company Dada Films & Entertainment to create and develop new formats and content. He immediately directed the fiction project called "EI Punto Frío" (RTVE, 2018), Branded Content projects such as "Poesía tú tú" (Loewe, 2018), advertising campaigns and new formats such as "Memoria de futuro" (RTVE, 2017 ) and "Call it X" (PlayZ, 2021). In 2021 he received a Goya nomination with the documentary film "Anatomía de un Dandy". In 2022, he premiered the documentary series "Raphaelismo" (Movistar+), which he co-directed and produced with his partner Charlie Arnaiz, and premiered the fiction short film "Denali", with a futuristic cut.
- Year2022
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorAlberto Ortega
- ScreenwriterAlberto Ortega & Paula Sánchez Álvarez
- ProducerCharlie Arnaiz & Alberto Ortega
- CastIria Parada, Rafa Azcarraga, Carlos Librado
- EditorCarlos Ena