3rd EDITION
from October 3 to 5
FRIDAY 3/10
We kick off the FICdÀ!
7:30 p.m
FICdÀ 2025 opening gala
Collegiate of Sant Pere d'Àger
We kick off the FICdÀ with the opening gala, in the presence of the organizing team and authorities. Then, Session 1 of short films in competition!
8:00 p.m
SESSION 1 - SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SELECTION
COM SEMPRE
7+
FICTION
17 MINUTES
Producer: Rollout
Director: Pau Bacardit
Screenplay: Pau Bacardit & Anna Bacardit
Cinematography: Christian Moyés
Cast: Paula Jornet, Jaume Madaula, Anna Barrachina, Cristina Brondo, Vanessa Buchaca
Filming location: Barcelona, Catalonia
Synopsis:
Júlia is a visual artist. Due to adverse medical results, she is forced to change many aspects of her life in order to keep the illness under control. While the people around her try to help, the arrival of a bird in her loft-studio will accompany her in her process of acceptance.
CUANDO LLEGA EL FRÍO
7+
FICTION
18 MINUTES
Producer: White Leaf Producciones
Director: María Salgado Gispert
Screenplay: Mercedes Castro, María Salgado Gispert
Cinematography: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz
Cast: Mercedes Castro, Borja Maestre, Kaleb Fernández Ruiz, Mia Capdevila García, Alexandra Jiménez Arranz
Filming location: Madrid, Huesca, Spain
Synopsis:
Three siblings from a family are forced to spend the summer in a small village in Aragon accompanied by the woman who takes care of them. Something is happening with their parents, but the truth is hidden from the children. They feel abandoned. Everything is different in the village and they must face that situation alone, as if they were already adults.
CÒLERA
12+
FICTION
9 MINUTES
Producer: Aire de Cinema, Wicker Films
Director: Jose Luís Lázaro
Screenplay: Jose Luís Lázaro
Cinematography: Josep H. Vallés
Cast: Manuel Canchal, Jorge Motos, Nacho Fresneda
Filming location: Valencia, Spain
Synopsis:
After spending the morning at the beach, a slip-up leaves Guillem and Nico locked out of the car, without keys, phone, or clothes. What seems like a simple mishap takes a dark turn when, asking a stranger for help, a question unleashes an encounter as unexpected as it is brutal: “Are you faggots?”
LA PELL MÉS SUAU
16+ (Special distinction especially recommended for the promotion of gender equality)
FICTION
20 MINUTES
Producer: Juani Films
Director: Maite Guilera
Screenplay: Maite Guilera
Cinematography: Camille Irrgang
Cast: Carlota Caparrós, Mario Bugarel, Olalla Moreno
Filming location: Catalonia
Synopsis:
Elena has been looking forward all year to summer so she can see Sergi again. This time she is sure: she wants to go further.
Later welcome drink. We toast to FICdÀ!
9:10 p.m
Popular dinner and live music
Reservoir garden
Foodtruck format with the best gastronomic offer by the restaurants:
Bar Lo Torres
Bar La Gasolinera
Bar Restaurante La Vall d'Àger
Pizzeria Cal Perubí
Free coffee and infusions.
With the support of Café Delsams.
10:30 p.m
SESSION 2 - SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SELECTION
NIKA, EL CALDERÓN TROPICAL
TP
DOCUMENTARY
29 MINUTES
Producer: Just Minsk SL and Felipe Ravina Olivares
Director: Jose Hernandez
Screenplay: Jose Hernández and Felipe Ravina
Cinematography: Jose Hernández and Felipe Ravina
Filming location: Canary Islands, Spain
Synopsis:
“Nika, the Tropical Pilot Whale” is a short documentary in which Felipe Ravina, documentary filmmaker, science communicator and graduate in Marine Sciences, forges a connection with a tropical pilot whale named Nika, on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands). This unusual bond with the animal increases his concern for the current state of the island and its biodiversity. It is a cry for the protection, conservation and defense of the natural spaces and fauna of this outermost region, home to the largest and only population of tropical pilot whales in the world.
URTAJO
12+
FICTION
11 MINUTES
Producer: Baldufa Films S.L.
Director: Miguel Ángel Marqués Bordoy
Screenplay: Miguel Ángel Marqués Bordoy
Cinematography: Edu Biurrun
Cast: Jose Luis García Pérez, Lluïsa Valldaura, Julián Valcárcel, Enrique Meléndez
Filming location: Madrid, Spain
Synopsis:
Javier, a well-off politician, faces a dilemma when a toxic leak from a company that finances his party threatens to contaminate a neighboring village. While trying to cover up the disaster and simultaneously deal with personal problems, he has a minor accident with another driver, whose family turns out to be directly affected by the spill.
MARTHA
9+
FICTION
25 MINUTES
Producer: Stenola Production - Anton Iffland Stettner & Eva Kuperman
Director: Léo Médard
Screenplay: Soan Doan
Cast: Camille Sansterre, Gabrielle Claeys
Filming location: Belgium
Synopsis:
When Maëlle leaves school, her mother, Martha, picks her up and they decide to go to the sea. Their long separation doesn’t make it easy. The girl gradually discovers the truth about this mother who struggles to communicate. Trapped in a pattern of destructive love, Martha battles with herself.
LATER MEETING WITH THE TEAMS OF THE SHORTS
00:00H
DRINKS AND DJ!
Jardí del dipòsit
SATURDAY 4/10
8:00 p.m
SESSION 3 - SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SELECTION
Collegiate of Sant Pere d'Àger
AIGUA SALINA
7+
FICTION
17 MINUTES
Producer: Escac Films
Director: Ivet Moreno, Abraham Delgado
Screenplay: Ivet Moreno
Cinematography: Quim Solans
Cast: Anna Casas, Alba Pujol, Christian Avilés
Filming location: Catalonia
Synopsis:
Montse, a woman who treats a hyper-realistic doll as if it were her own child, avoids meeting her newborn niece because she does not know how to confront her own past.
A TAREA
TP (Special distinction especially recommended for the promotion of gender equality)
DOCUMENTARY
28 MINUTES
Producer: Alfonso O’Donnell
Director: Alfonso O’Donnell
Screenplay: Alfonso O’Donnell
Cinematography: Alfonso O’Donnell
Cast: Iberia Currás, María Dolores Álvarez, Rosa Pérez Trigo, María José Freitas, María Soledad Pérez, Ana Vidal, Luis Sequeiro, Miguel Rodal
Filming location: Galicia, Spain
Synopsis:
Poachers and climate change are wiping out the fine clam and the slug in the Galician rías. A group of shellfish gatherers on foot fight to remedy this imbalance. A backbreaking job whose tradition is disappearing with each generation.
893 KILÓMETROS
12+
FICTION
20 MINUTES
Producer: Sinapsis Films, Jar Producciones, Rubén Guindo
Screenplay: Rubén Guindo & Tania de la Encina
Cinematography: Miguel Ezequiel "Miki"
Cast: Paula Gallego, Irene Rojo, Mario Mayo
Filming location: Madrid and Guadalajara
Synopsis:
It’s the 1990s. Tania and her best friend drive at night on their first trip together from Móstoles to Valencia. A stop at a gas station and a run-in with some “bakalas” make them fear the worst. But the nightmare has only just begun. Their idyllic 440 km journey will turn into a 893 km hell and a silence lasting more than twenty-five years.
9:00 p.m
Popular dinner and live music
Jardí del Dipòsit
Foodtruck format with the best gastronomic offer by the restaurants:
Bar Lo Torres
Bar La Gasolinera
Bar Restaurante La Vall d'Àger
Pizzeria Cal Perubí
Free coffee and infusions.
With the support of Café Delsams.
10:30 p.m
SESSION 1 - SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SELECTION
EL OTRO
16+
FICTION
18 MINUTES
Producer: White Leaf Producciones, DDM VISUAL
Director: Eduard Fernández
Screenplay: Eduard Fernández, Ainhoa Aldanondo
Cinematography: Kiko de la Rica
Cast: Eduard Fernández
Filming location: Madrid, Spain
Synopsis:
A man alone in his house. He tries to talk to his son. He calls his friend, but he’s not there. He leaves him a message. He says he’s fine and that tonight he won’t go out. He hangs up and leaves… and comes back. Is it him who returns, or “the other”? His friend still doesn’t answer the phone. He drinks, takes drugs, feels uneasy, spied upon, chased in his own home, and flees. But where to?
MARUJA
TP
FICTION
8 MINUTES
Producer: Grupoidex (Idex Ideas y Expansión SL) Racords Films
Director: Álvaro G. Company
Screenplay: Álvaro G. Company
Cinematography: Juan Fran Giménez
Cast: María José Alfonso, Alexandra Masangkay
Filming location: Alicante, Spain
Synopsis:
Maruja, 80 years old, has recently lost her husband. She spends her days without human contact, but from time to time she receives a call from a telemarketer…
LOC SUB SOARE
TP
FICTION
20 MINUTES
Producer: Volt Cinematography
Director: Vlad Bolgarin
Screenplay: Vlad Bolgarin
Cinematography: Nicu Dragan
Cast: Grigore Bechet, Samson Hatman
Filming location: Moldova
Synopsis:
A talented pianist and his eight-year-old son struggle to find a place to sell vegetables at the largest market in 2000s Moldova. When the father seems to give in under the weight of his precarious existence, a gesture from his son brings new hope.
ÁNGULO MUERTO
FICTION
15 MINUTES
Producer: La Dalia Films SL & Robot Productions SL
Director: Cristian Beteta
Screenplay: David Verdugo
Cinematography: Álex D. Sala
Cast: Carlos Santos, Eva Llorach
Filming location: Madrid, Spain
Synopsis:
Estela and Ramón have gone through a separation and the suicide of Hugo, their only son, at just 13 years old, after suffering bullying. When Estela obtains a video recorded by her son’s aggressors, she believes the time has come 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 whether they were up to the task as parents.
LATER MEETING WITH THE TEAMS OF THE SHORTS
00:00H
DRINKS AND DJ!
Jardí del dipòsit
SUNDAY 5/10
7:00 p.m
red carpet
Collegiate of Sant Pere d'Àger
Start of the closing gala with the presence of the members of the jury, film teams and authorities.
7:30 p.m
FICdÀ 2025 closing gala
Collegiate Sant Pere d'Àger
This year the closing gala will once again be hosted by Elisenda Pineda. We wanted to bring her back because last year she made us laugh so much, and she agreed because she said she had a great time… and let’s be honest, she’s hoping that this year her ex from Juneda will show up at the festival.
As always, we will have the presence of the jury members and part of the teams of the selected short films, and singer Maria Baró will provide the musical touch to the evening. During the gala, the awards and prizes will be presented, in a closing event that promises to be memorable.
Download the 2025 program