Opening Night – Edinburgh – Catalan Shorts

We will open the Catalan Film Festival in true CinemaAttic style, with films, food, drinks, and a performance by the incredible human towers of the Colla Castellera. The opening event is a proud celebration of Catalan culture

This year’s short film programme will bring us from the tense drama of The Pyre, to the tender queer romance of Born at Night, and the experimentation of Tramuntana. Snippets sees the return of festival favourite and Cannes Palme d’Or winning director Juanjo Giménez to Scottish screens. Short film has always been an incredibly important part of the Catalan Film Festival, and this year’s offering continues to show the incredible quality of the work coming from the region.

📅 Saturday 14th March
🕢 Doors 7.00pm, event starts at 7.30. Approximate end time of event 10.15pm
📍 St Peter’s Episcopal Church Hall, Lutton Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9PE.

Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible. The short film programme will play with English descriptive subtitles, transcribing both dialogue and audio information from the film, such as who is speaking or sounds like [whistle blowing]

Short Film Programme

The Pyre (La foguera)
dir. Àlex Gantzer
15 minutes
Year: 2025
Catalan with English descriptive subtitles

With a traumatic experience from the past clawing its way to the surface, Blanca gets in her car and begins a journey to connect with life, with grief and with an anger that she has been repressing for too long.

Born at Night (Ferides)
dir. Alba Cros Pellisé 

18 minutes
Year: 2025
Catalan with English descriptive subtitles

The first encounter between Saó and Juliana leads to a rebirth in the middle of the night, where vulnerability and seduction intertwine to pave the way for a promising new dawn.

Snippets (Retales)
dir. Juanjo Giménez

20 minutes
Year: 2025
Spanish with English descriptive subtitles

A film student shoots his first short films in Super 8, while lamenting the fact that he doesn’t have a single moving image of his parents.

Our Room (La nostra habitació)
dir. Jaume Claret Muxart

29 minutes

Year: 2025
Catalan and French with English descriptive subtitles

Gal·la works at the radio station. Nearly asleep, she leaves the program halfway through and reads a story to her little son that accompanies him in his dreams. One night, driven by the renewing energy of a mysterious boy, she decides to start a new radio station. A program of shared melodies that broadcasts from the intimacy of the room where mother and son connect with the world.