Caprichos

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

Something in Cata has changed. Yet she drifts through the nights alongside her partner Rocco and his neo-rock band. But a positive pregnancy test forces her to face a reality she doesn't know how to handle. They escape to the countryside for the weekend, where her inability to communicate grows under the weight of guilt and fear. Back at their usual venue, everything reaches a breaking point, causing Cata to explode and Rocco to lose control on stage.

“Te escribo para siempre” is a romantic drama short film. David, a young introverted, and solitary writer; on good terms with his neighbor, Paula, who is blind. He often does her the favor of reading letters from her boyfriend—a soldier stationed in a conflict zone—and writing replies as she dictates them.

The neighbors on Cristo Street gossip in the cool evening until they hear loud moans coming from Carmen’s house. At first, they sound like pleasure, but soon they turn into something much stranger.

Deaf, withdrawn and isolated, a man spends his days running along the same rural road in preparation for a local race. After a serious injury, a magnetic resonance scan allows him to experience sound in an unexpected way through its noises and vibrations. The discovery encourages him to reconnect with the world he once left behind, but perhaps his place is no longer there.

Toni, a 23-year-old who remains infantilized, is determined to fix the toilet before his mother's party, but his younger brother and mother are not entirely on board with the idea. He needs to be gotten out of there, and that is no easy task. Toni wants to prove his worth, and he is also grieving the loss of his hamster, Walter; his mother and brother have kept the death a secret from him. Toni will eventually discover the truth.

Zibá is a non-fiction film project that brings together dance through the bodies of two dancers meeting in a shared space—far removed from the everyday setting of a theater—to improvise a contact dance piece based on a shared tempo. The result is an experimental video piece that plays with various perspectives using a multi-camera setup. Filming with two GoPro cameras and several fixed cameras positioned at different points within the space.