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.
COLD FISH
