Agustín Balbi Gotusso

Melissa Romero and Gonzalo Bouza are the main protagonists of Best Served Cold, a short film inspired by noir cinema that explores power dynamics between women and men. It is written by Inés Barrionuevo and directed by Ben Vine and Melissa Romero.

After breaking up with his partner, 76 year-old Vicente leads life the way he likes it in Maspalomas: he spends his days lying in the sun, partying, and looking for pleasure. An unexpected accident obliges him to return to San Sebastián and to the daughter he abandoned years ago. Vicente will have to live in a retirement home where he finds himself driven back into the closet and to conceal a part of himself that he thought was long resolved. In this new environment, Vicente must ask himself if he has enough time left to make his peace with others… and with himself.

A delayed flight makes Jerónimo extend his stay in the city he is visiting. There is where he meets Lisa after some time without seeing each other. Lisa invites him to wait at her home until the departure of his flight. Meanwhile they spend time with some friends: Dante wants to do a movie and Lucila wants to sing her song. The uncertainty flying around resembles the way they approach. Characters ranging in a summer of indecision, where nothing seems to hurry them.

Lucas and Javier are a twenty years old couple whose life has drawn them to take an important decision. During the time together they’ve been through ups and downs, but none of them were as tough as loosing a family member. Despite their pain and the looming shadow of a sickness, they enjoy a lunch date in the comfort of their home.

A guitarist suffers from a strange case of absolute pitch. To escape from the world and its sounds, he secludes himself in his house, but this solution will not be definitive.