Short Films Official Selection 2018

These are the selected shorts for the Molins Film Festival Short Films Official Selection 2018 from the 348 submitted short films.

COLD FISH    

Country: New Zeland

Running time: 11 min.

Director: David Hay

Writer: Emma Schranzn

Cinematography: Timothy Flower

Music: Tane Upjohn-Beatson

Sound: Amy Barber

Cast: Jeffrey Thomas, Oscar Cameron, Rosella Hart

Production design: Bryce Holtshousen

Producer: Amie Richardson

An old man wants to commit suicide but a young boy stops him. Not because he wants to save him but because he wants him to do the deed.

BAGHEAD    

Country: UK

Running time: 15 min.

Director: Alberto Corredor

Cinematography: John Wate

Music: Hollie Buhagiar

Visual Effects: Frank Rueter

Make up: Alexandra Knights

Costumes: Lottie Geliot

Cast: Oliver Walker, Natalie Oliver, Julian Seager, Pat Boothman, Tama Phethean

Production: Long Shot Media

Kevin is haunted by grief and has questions that only the recently deceased can answer. His search takes him to the most unremarkable of locations, a grotty storage room at the back of a rundown pub.

DEJA VU   

Country: Canada (Quebec)

Running time: 9 min.

Director: Olivier Labonté Lemoyne

Cinematography: Ménad Kesraoui

Music: Copeland Adrian

Sound: David Beaulieu

Cast: Ariane Castellanos, Nico Racicot, Pierre-François Bouffard

Producer: Carolyne Goyette

Production Co.: Les Films 4C

A young woman meets with her best friend in a local diner to tell him about the fantasy she recently accomplished. But when a mysterious man enters, she is struck by a feeling of deja vu. Everything around her starts to resemble a nightmare she has had.

PIGGY (Cerdita)    

Country: Spain

Running time: 14 min.

Director: Carlota Pereda

Cinematography: Rita Noriega

Editor: David Pelegrín

Sound: Nacho Arenas 

Production: Luis Angel Ramírez, Mario Madueño

Cast: Laura Galán, Elisabet Casanovas, Sara Barroso, Mireia Vilapuig, Alejandro Chaparro, Jorge Elorza

Sara is a teenager with overweight problems who is bullied by the rest of girls who are spending their holiday at the village. Not even Claudia, her lifetime friend, is able to help her when they bully her and take her clothes from the swimming pool in front of a stranger. The long way home will determine the rest of her life.

THE GIRL IN THE SNOW    

Country: Switzerland

Running time: 7 min.

Director: Dennis Ledergerber

Cinematography: André Guadagno

FX: David Fritsche

Make up: Madleina Von Reding

Music: Michael Vesconi

Production: Dennis Ledergerber, Manuel Schneider

Cast: Jörg Reichlin, Sina Schwery

A day in the life of an artist.

SPOILER  

Country: Rusia

Running time: 5 min.

Director: Evgeny Kolyadintsev

Cinematography: Vladimir Kazakov

FX: Digital Movie

Production design: Alena Bezrukikh

Production: Evgeny Kolyadintsev, Vladislav Severtsev

Cast: Anna Vasileva, Valentina Viter, Yaroslav Gabrov

A girl finds a strange sketchbook at her doorstep. Who has left it there and what for? And most importantly, what's hidden inside?

INSIDIA    

Country: Spain

Running time: 18 min.

Director: Paco Ruiz 

Screenwriter: Paco Ruiz, Oriol Perez

Cinematography: Toni Vidal

FX: Bernat Fontanals

Maquillaje: Mario Campoy, Irene Rio

Music: Daniel Díaz

Production: Escac Films, Carlos Solano

Cast: Albert Baró, Pau Poch, Toni Climent

The Pyrenees, 1883. Silo and his brother Bruno are escaping from a crowd of villagers when they begin a trip through the mountains.

POST MORTEM MARY       

Country: Australia

Running time: 10 min.

Director: Joshua Long

Cinematography: Ben Nott

FX: Chad Atkinson, Benjamin Zaugg

Maquillaje: Natalie Stanfield

Music: Tim Schultz

Production: Daniel Schultz

Cast: Stella Charrington, Melanie Zanetti, Kathryn Marquet

Mary and her mother run a post-mortem photography business in 1840's Australia.

LABORATORY CONDITIONS    

Country: USA

Running time: 16 min.

Director: Jocelyn Stamat 

Screenwriter: Terry Rossio

Cinematography: Ben Kutchins

FX: Efram Potelle

Make Up: Mike Michaels, Kimberly Bragalone

SFX make up: Jerry Constantine

Music: Andrew Kawczynski

Production: Joe Russell

Cast: Marisa Tomei, Minnie Driver, Paulo Costanzo

A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.

HAY ALGO EN LA OSCURIDAD 

País: Spain

Running time: 14 min.

Director: Fran Casanova

Screenplay: Fran Casanova

Photography: Ismael Issa

Producer: Fran Casanova, Sergio Muñoz Cano

Make up: Paula Serrano

Music: Óscar Navarro

Sound: The Lobby Studios

Cast: Luna Fulgencio, Mariam Torres, Celine Peña, Jonai Rodriguez.

A 6 years old girl is trying to face her fear to darkness.

GREEN LIGHT, RED LIGHT

Country: South Corea

Running time: 1 min.

Director: Kyubin Lee

A group of girls are playing "green light, red light".

THE CRONE  

Country: UK

Running time: 12 min.

Director: Attila M. Csak

Screenplay: Attila M. Csak

Photography: Theodore Hugonnier

Producer: Tristan Upton

FX: Harry Hamblin

Make up: Amy Krypianou

Music: Attila M. Csak

Sound: Sean Reedy

Cast: Jaden Oshenye, Corinna Marlowe

A boy is hiding from two bully boys and finds a shelter at an old woman's house.

LA NORIA    

Country: Spain

Running time: 12 min.

Director: Carlos Baena

Screenplay: Carlos Baena

Producer: Sasha Korellis

Animació: Eve Skylar

FX: Yasin Hasanian

Music: Johan Söderqvist

Sound: Oriol Tarragó

A boy finds an old toy Ferris wheel which has remained unfinished since his dad's death. When he tries to finish the job, the last unmounted part does not allow him to succeed. 

GOODBYE OLD FRIEND   

Country: USA

Running time: 5 min.

Director: Rafael De Leon Jr.

Screenplay: Rafael De Leon Jr.

Photography: Brendan Engle

Producer: Rafael De Leon Jr.

Maquillaje SFX: Anthony Difolco

Sound: Vivian Gisle

Cast: Corrie Legge, Aaron Dalla Villa

A young woman is shut in he apartment by her childhood imaginary friend.

VONNIS

Country: Belgium

Running time: 9 min.

Director: Walt Bladt

Screenplay: Walt Bladt

Photography: Thomas Vercauteren

Producer: Walt Bladt

VFX: Thomas Vercauteren, Maarten Van Leemputten

Make up: Anaïs Arandia Menendez

Music: Philippe Fourier

Sound: Gillis Van der Wee

Cast: Joke Sluydts, Tibe Boone, Dimitri Duquennoy 

In the loneliness of his farm, Linus is facing a nightmare about his past and the blame he carries inside.

LA PROEZA  

Country: Spain

Running time: 14 min.

Director: Isaac Berrocal

Screenplay: Isaac Berrocal

Photography: Sergio Gonzalez

Producer: Isabel Medarde

FX: Aran Gaspar

Make up: Estefanía Pasamonte

Music: Pablo Vega

Sound: David Benavent, Pablo Vega

Cast: Erika Sanz, Carina Björne, Inma Ochoa, Ágrata Andrés

Seeking old Riina's help, a young woman will discover that she has got into a place that she may never leave again.

THE SON, THE FATHER...  

Country; USA

Running time: 13 min.

Director: Lukas Hassel

Screenplay: Lukas Hassel

Photography: Ryan Purcell, Sebastien Scandiuzzi

Producer: Ben Andrews, Lorraine Montez

SFX: Abby Hartung

Make up: Lauren Young

Music: Ed Hartman

Sound: Philip Ryan

Cast: Lukas Hassel, Colleen Carey, Lucas Oktay

The events that take places during Luke's birthday will change his life for ever.

100% ORGANIC 

Country: USA

Running time: 4 min.

Director: Yoann Luis

Screenplay: Yoann Luis, Gautier Babe
 
Producer: Axel Zeiliger, Yoann Luis

VFX: Loic Foulon

Make up: Faustina de Sousa, Veronique Zuber, Juliette Aubert

Music: Antoine Duchene

Sound: Thomas Besson

Cast: Jacques Chambon, Victor Chambon

Is your food 100% organic?

DAWN OF MAN 

Country: USA

Running time: 5 min.

Director: Victor Ridaura

Screenplay: Victor Ridaura

Photography: Andrew Jeric

Producer: Jason Kaminsky, Gabriel Balnco

SFX: Vlad Sarkisov

Maquillaje SFX: Maxwell Morro

Music: Sherri Chung

Sound: Michael Archacki

Cast: AJ Bowen, Julia Silverman, Will Wallace

A home invasion reveals an unimaginable horror.

HERE THERE BE MONSTERS 

Country: Australia

Running time: 14 min.

Director: Drew Macdonald

Screenplay: Drew Macdonald

Photography: Josh Zaini

Producer: Steve Geddes

FX: Steve Boyle, Toby Barron

Make up: Taylor Scott

Music: Erin McKimm

Sound: Pete Christie

Cast: Savannah Foran-McDaniel, Jordan Small 

Elki is trying to hide form the mobbing she is suffering and falls asleep in the school bus. When she wakes up, she is in the dark lonely garage where a strange presence is haunting her.

NADIE! 

Country: Mexico

Running time: 7 min.

Director: JB Minerva

Screenplay: JB Minerva

Photography: Juan B. Sanchex Mejia

Producer: Daniela Matus

Make up: Carolina Matus

Music: Alejandra Guadalupe Córdova

Cast: Gerson Planter, Alejandra Guadalupe Córdova

It's an post apocalyptic future, the last suvivor on earth is desperately trying to contact someone through an old telephone.

OSCAR'S BELL   

Country: UK

Running time: 12 min.

Director: Chris Cronin

Screenplay: Sam Cronin, Chris Cronin

Photography: Sam Cronin

Producer: Andrew Oldbury

VFX: Klay Abele

Make up: Mita Patel

Music: Crypt of Insomnia

Cast: Paul Bullion, Rio Walker

Along with his son an his dog, Duncan is camping next to the forest. Duncan feels that they are not alone.

MEAT  

Country: UK

Running time: 7 min.

Director: Josef Bates

Screenplay: Josef Bates

Photography: Bradley Stearn

Producer: Hayley West

Make-up and FX: Charlotte Trendell 

Music: Antonin Thernant

Sound: Joe Worthy, Lucas Trigg

Cast: Zaqi Ismail, Neil D'Souza, Orla Sanders

A young man can't get along with his vegan family, so he must hide his carnivorous nature.

HELSINKI MANSPLAINING MASSACRE  

Country: Finland

Running time: 14 min.

Director: Ilja Rautsi

Screenplay: Ilja Rautsi

Photography: Kerttu Hakkarainen

Producer: Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari

Maquillaje / FX: Salla Yli-Luopa

Music: Esben & the Witch

Sound: Karri Niinivaara

Cast: Anna Paavilainen, Leo Honkonen, Kari Hietalahti, Vesa-Matti Loiri

The desperate struggle of a woman who must survive a bunch of chauvinistic men.

For reasons unrelated to the Festival, the short She came from the woods has been removed from the Official Selection and will not be screened.