Join us to watch a selection of the best new short films from Catalonia as selected by the festival team. This year’s programme will bring us from the tense drama of The Pyre, to the tender queer romance of Born at Night. Plankton explores masculinity in the face of impending fatherhood, and Snippets sees the return of festival favourite and Cannes Palme d’Or winning director Juanjo Giménez to Scottish screens. Our Room is a short by CFF guest Jaume Claret Muxart (Strange River), which you can enjoy here before meeting him for a Q and A in Glasgow later in the festival!
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.
This programme will screen with English descriptive subtitles, transcribing both dialogue and key audio information from the film such as indicating who is talking or sounds like [kettle whistling]
Note from GMAC:
Before choosing to visit GMAC, please be aware of the following information:
Our space has capacity for one wheelchair user at any given time. If this applies to you, please let us know when you plan on visiting so that we can ensure you are able to access the space comfortably and safely. Our email is hello@gmacfilm.com.
There are two lifts to gain access to GMAC on 5th floor. In the unlikely event of a fire, both lifts will be out of use, and everyone will exit the building via five flights of stairs. If a disabled person is in the building and cannot evacuate using the stairs, the fire rescue team will be called immediately to recover them.
We recognise that our space is not as accessible as we would like it to be. With this in mind, please know that we are reviewing our next steps towards a more accessible experience for all.
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The Pyre (La foguera)
dir. Àlex Gantzer
15 minutes
Year: 2025
Catalan with English 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.
Our Room (La nostra habitació)
dir. Jaume Claret Muxart
29 minutes
Year: 2025
Catalan and French with English 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.
Born at Night (Ferides)
dir. Alba Cros Pellisé
18 minutes
Year: 2025
Catalan with English subtitles
Snippets (Retales)
dir. Juanjo Giménez
20 minutes
Year: 2025
Spanish with English 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.
Joel has hardened into stone, hiding his feelings for such a long time. Yet with the return of an old love, cracks start to form in his armor