Fifteen short films

The great thing about short films is that they are, well, short. So even if you watch a not-so-good one, you don’t feel robbed of two hours of your life as it often happens with feature films. And occasionally you watch a masterpiece, which really makes your day (week, month, year).

The XIV festival of short films San Rafael en Corto (SREC) took place from 3 to 9 November 2018 in Teatro Municipal Víctor Jara, Vecindario. Most of the films presented on the festival are made by young Canarian film makers. The winners are determined by public vote. Yesterday, I went to Teatro Guiniguada where the 15 winning films were screened. They ranged from amateurish social dramas to sweet but still amateurish social dramas to comedies to a few very professionally made comedies. My favourites were REM (as in “rapid eye movement”) by Tomás Alejo Wilhelm and absolutely brilliant ( ) (i.e. parentheses; not the best title for a movie, I am afraid, to look it up on internet) by Andrea Zoghbi.

Proyección del palmarés de la XIV edición de SREC

Teatro Guiniguada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Wednesday, 16 January 2019, 20:00

• Harta del silencio by Agustín Domínguez (social drama)
• Too, the Moon by Moisés D. García (social/feminism)
• Para siempre by Marta Fuenar, Raquel Castelló and Elena García (comedy)
• Hasta aquí by Anatael Pérez Hernández (comedy)
• Salto al vacío by María Soto (drama)
• X by Galadriel Alonso and Alejandro Rodríguez (drama)
• ( ) by Andrea Zoghbi (comedy/mockumentary)
• Tecnoamor by Verónica Vargas López and Escuela Infantil y Juvenil de Cine “Secuencia 27” (comedy)
• Felices los 4 by Carlos Alberto Mejías Alonso (comedy)
• Zona de exclusión by Rito José Vega Guillén (drama)
• How Much? by Jessica Marrero Díaz, Carlos Alberto Mejías Alonso and Raquel Besteiro Ruiz (social drama)
• REM by Tomás Alejo Wilhelm (comedy)
• Planazo by Emilio González (comedy)
• Nouvelle Cuisine by Manuel Reyes Halaby (animation/comedy)
• Lo que no se ve by Lamberto Guerra (social drama)