La Cinef selection 2025 : Programme 2
La Cinef has selected 13 live-action and 3 animated films from among the 2,700 submitted by film schools all over the world.
Three short films coming from schools invited for the first time: Escola das Artes – UCP (Portugal), Super16 (Denmark) and the Estonian Academy of Arts. Estonia is also taking part for the very first time.
The Short Films & La Cinef Jury will hand over the prizes at a ceremony preceding the screening of the awarded films on Thursday, May 22, in the Buñuel Theatre.
Films screened as part of Programme 2
Wednesday, May 21 – 11am – Buñuel Theatre
PER BRUIXA I METZINERA
Marc Camardons
ESCAC – Spain – 24′
Cebriana is sure she saw a fire on the mountain at night. There are no traces of embers and no witnesses to corroborate her vision. Her grandmother, an old herb mistress, will try to make her see beyond the flames.
ETHER
Vida Skerk
NFTS – United Kingdom – 15′
When a young couple spends a day in the countryside, suppressed tensions bubble to the surface, as they struggle to communicate on questions of power and responsibility.
O PÁSSARO DE DENTRO
Laura Anahory
Escola das Artes – UCP – Portugal – 5′
The story of a woman and the bird living inside her and how their inability to coexist leads to physical wounds on her body.
GINGER BOY
Miki Tanaka
ENBU Seminar – Japan – 48′
Kishida, a regional bank employee, is suddenly transferred to the Tokyo headquarters. With nowhere else to go, he temporarily moves in with Kura, a high school friend who is now a free-spirited filmmaker in Tokyo.
