Short Film Selections at the Medina del Campo and Málaga Festivals

Last week, the Medina del Campo and Málaga festivals were presented in Madrid, taking place this March. Both are essential for discovering new short film production in our country, alongside the Sitges, Seminci, and Gijón festivals, which take place at the end of the year, and which I discussed in December’s post about new short film releases.

Medina del Campo runs from March 10 to 18, and Málaga begins on March 17 and runs until March 26. One could say that these festivals mark the beginning of the festival circuit for many short films.

While in the cases of Sitges, Seminci, and Gijón there is a limited number of Spanish films, as they usually compete in international sections (except at Seminci), it is now when a significant number of Spanish premieres appear. In the official section of Medina del Campo alone, 32 short films participate, and there are several sections: La otra mirada, Castilla y León, and Fantasmedina (in addition to an international section).

It should be noted that both Medina del Campo and Málaga do not have a national premiere requirement, but their programming usually consists of many national premieres and short films that have had few festival participations. In short, they aim to showcase the most recent production of the year.

For this reason, both festivals are essential for discovering new creations, as well as the works that are standing out, as some coincide in both selections.

To analyze the programming of these two festivals, I have separated the premiere short films from those that are not, in the main sections of both festivals:

Premieres at Medina del Campo

  1. 16 semanas, by Carlota Coronado
  2. Australia, by Lino Escalera
  3. Cachorro, by Jesús Rivera
  4. Dentro del sistema, by Francisco Javier Rubio
  5. Ensayo de vida, by María Reyes Arias
  6. Le chat doré, by Nata Moreno
  7. Los invitados siempre vuelven, by Diego Sabanés
  8. Madre, by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
  9. Marta no viene a cenar, by Macarena Astorga
  10. Nevada, by Javier Kuhn
  11. Manuscrit trouvé Dans l’oubli, by Eugenio Recuenco
  12. Miss Wamba, by Estefanía Cortés
  13. Ni siquiera una rosa, by César Martínez (Documentary)
  14. Ni una sola línea, by Víctor E.D. Somoza
  15. [Still] love you, by Fernando Bonelli
  16. Tabib, by Carlo D’Ursi
  17. Una china en el zapato, by Adrián Ramos and Oriol Segarra
  18. Vacío, by Sergio Martínez
  19. Vergüenza, by Miguel Casanova
  20. Vida y muerte de Jennifer Rockwell, by Javier Roldán

La otra mirada Section

  1. II by Belén Herrera de la Osa
  2. Abaco, by Max Larruy
  3. Adivina, by Gonzaga Manso
  4. Duelo, by Fran Torres
  5. El vestido, by Javier Marco
  6. Talía, by Toni Bestard

Short Films That Are Not Premieres and Are Part of the Official Section

  1. Beti bezperako koplak, by Ageda Kopla (Animation)
  2. Cavalls morts, by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas (Animation)
  3. Cheimaphobia, by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
  4. La disco resplandece, by Chema García Ibarra
  5. No es tan fría Siberia, by Isabel Coixet (Documentary)
  6. Parque, by Mateo Garlo
  7. Renovable, by Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga
  8. Vampiro, by Alex Montoya
  9. Vernon Walks, by Santiago Zannou
  10. Anujin, by Urko Olazabal
  11. Les vimos reír y creímos que era de felicidad, by Vermut
  12. Fugit, by Marta Bayarri

and from the La otra mirada section

  1. Ainhoa by Iván Sainz-Pardo
  2. Darrel by Alan Carabantes and Marc Briones (Animation)
  3. Down to the wire, by Juan Carlos Mostaza (Animation)
  4. Decorado, by Alberto Vázquez
  5. Elegía, by Alba Tejero
  6. Esperanza, by Álvaro Longoria (Documentary)
  7. La puta y el cliente (Rol), by Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font
  8. Las reglas del subjuntivo, by Leticia Torres
  9. Radiografía de una mujer joven, by Joan Galo
  10. The app by Julián Merino
  11. Un lugar, by Iván Fernández de Córdoba

Premiere Short Films at the Málaga Festival (fiction and animation sections)

  1.  Cachorro, Jesús Rivera Soriano
  2. El mal, Víctor Cerdán
  3. El vestido, Javier Marco
  4. L’home llop, Lluís Sellarés
  5. Tabib, Carlo D’Ursi
  6. Los hombres de verdad no lloran, Lucas Castán
  7. Madre, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
  8. Manuscrit trové dans l’oubli, Eugenio Recuenco
  9. Néboa, Claudia Costafreda
  10. Noche, Alexis Delgado Búrdalo
  11. Normal, Chiqui Carabante
  12. Nuestro viejo (y el mar), Lander Camarero
  13. Waste, Alejo Levis, Laura Sisteró
  14. Memory of the Land, Samira Badran (Animation)

and others already released

  1. False Flag, Asier Urbieta
  2. Hijo mío, Sam Baixauli
  3. Ihesa, Alejandro Díaz Castaño
  4. Extraños en la carretera, Carlos Solano
  5. Laborable, Alejandro Marín
  6. Our Friend the Moon, Velasco Broca
  7. Save, Iván Sáinz-Pardo
  8. Timecode (Out of Competition), Juanjo Giménez
  9. Vampiro, Álex Montoya
  10. Les vimos reír y creímos que era de felicidad, Vermut
  11. Beti bezperako koplak, Ageda Kopla Taldea (Animation)
  12. Cavalls Morts, Marc Riba, Anna Solanas (Animation)
  13. Decorado, Alberto Vázquez (Animation)
  14. Down to the Wire, Juan Carlos Mostaza (Animation)
  15. Fres-Boi, Cristina Vilches Estella, Paloma Canonica (Animation)
  16. Last Station, Miguel Ruiz (Animation)
  17. Made in Spain, Coke Riobóo (Animation)

Other Festivals for Discovering New Short Films

In addition to these two festivals, one must consider the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival, which does have a premiere requirement in Spain, although the short film section is international in nature and includes some national titles. The festival runs from March 31 to April 9, and so far I have not seen the short film programming released. One should also consider the Madrid Community Short Film Week, which screens more than 30 short films that have received funding from the Community of Madrid, all of recent production and mostly premieres, taking place from April 24 to 29.

In total, I estimate that between Medina del Campo and Málaga there are 40 premiere short films, which can be seen for the first time, among them Madre, Cachorro, El vestido, Les vimos reír y creímos que era de felicidad.

With these selections we can confirm that the creativity of our young creators is in very good health, the desire to make and share cinema does not wane, and each year we encounter new proposals that enrich our cinematography. We will be attentive to the journey of these shorts through the circuit and hope they have many other opportunities to participate in festivals.

If you see any error in the premiere figures, I would love for you to write a comment below, and I will correct it in the post itself.

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