Catalan Shorts at the CCA in Glasgow. 

In the ninth version of the Catalan Film Festival, short films are not the exception. In Glasgow you will have the chance to watch a magnificent selection of shorts made by talented filmmakers like Sandra Reina, Alba Cros, Jaume Claret, Marc Martínez and Marga Almirall. The audience will be able to find a wide range of stories in different formats and genres that presents you a vibrant tapestry of Catalan filmmaking.

GLASGOW:
When: Thursday 4th April 2024, doors open at 19:30, screening starts at 20:00

Where: CCA (350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD)

Accessibility:
SDH captioning
English subtitling
Wheelchair accessible

Short Film Selection 

El BUS
The Bus
Dir. Sandra Reina / 2022 / 30′

A bus picks up some passengers on Friday morning to travel the route that brings them closer to the weekend, with their plans, their reflections and their fears. The same bus will pick them up on Sunday afternoon to return them to where they came from.

ANHEL DE LLUM
Longing for Light
Dir. Alba Cros Pellisé / 2023 / 11′

Through a radically personal look, the director explores Barcelona and its light. The sun as a brush that naturally highlights the intimacy of the rooms, friends, lovers and the people around her: her chosen family.

DIE DONAU
The Danube Rivers
Dir. Jaume Claret Muxart / 2023 / 18′

A writer travels along the Danube in search of the river’s origin. It is said that its waters come from a badly closed tap in a house. On the way he meets a young fugitive who escapes from his house by descending the river. Does the Young Fugitive come from the source of the Danube? What is his story? A film inspired by Claudio Magris’ Danube tales.

TIGRE MÍSTICO
Mystic Tiger
Dir. Marc Martínez Jordán / 2023 / 15′

After suffering a mysterious accident, a man acquires the ability to transgress time/space. However, the unbridled use of this gift will inevitably lead him to discover the true reason behind his power.

SOMORROSTRO EN TRES ACTES
Somorrostro in Three Acts
Dir. Marga Almirall / 2023 / 16′

Through three different moments, between the sixties, the nineties and the present, the director portrays an emblematic place in Barcelona that has gone from being a marginal corner to becoming one of the epicenters of mass tourism. Somorrostro, now the beach, before the neighbourhood, is the object of this dialogue between archival and current images that is also the reunion, between frames, of a granddaughter with her grandfather.