RADAR GALICIA

Galicia boasts promising potential, with a burgeoning community of talented and creative professionals driving the growth and recognition of the animation industry in the region

A block dedicated to the latest local Galician creations, showcasing a selection of short films made between 2023 and 2024

Short films candidates to win the Radar Award for the best Galician short film by audience vote. Trfy + 500€

>> Saturday march 9th | 10:15h

ILLA CORDURA [SANITY ISLAND]

Mario Fernández Filloy | 11 min | Spain | 2023 | +12

The Cordura Island lighthouse keeper is left alone when his companion leaves for the mainland. On a stormy night he finds a letter. The story it tells and his fear of the loneliness at night will take him to the limits of madness.

AVETIMOLOGÍA

Xosé Zapata | 9 min | Spain | 2024 | +12

Avetimología is an animated short film that combines stop-motion and 2D techniques. It was commissioned by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) from the animation production company Sygnatia as part of the Cultural Programme of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2023 and tells the story of Europe and Spain through different species of birds that accompany us on a journey through history, art and nature.

IN HALF

Jorge Moiras | 24 min | Spain | 2023 | +12

Through a child’s imagination it tells the journey of a man who after falling, prey to his fears, he must cross a strange world, a universe full of magic, where he will be confronted with his own fears and conflicts from the past and where he must find solutions for the future to discover his self-identity.

ALGUÉN ME CHAMOU SERPE NEGRA [SOMEONE CALLED ME BLACK SNAKE]

Borja Santomé | 10 min | Spain | 2023 | +12

Through a series of captivating visual and sound experiments, it takes you on a journey into the unknown, where enigmatic silhouettes wander through city and coastal landscapes, fueled by a thirst for adventure. With elements of spirituality, psychedelia, and delirium, the film celebrates creative spontaneity and invites you to indulge in the wonders of curiosity, madness, and pure artistic experimentation.

MARCAPÁXINAS [BOOKMARK]

Miguel Flores Da Costa | 2 min | Spain | 2023 | +12

The piece pretends to be a game around the idea of reading, being an exploration from the audiovisual language. It focuses on the bookmark as an element that accompanies us through the book and moves with us through the pages. The idea of the piece is that the bookmark is (for once) the protagonist of the story, taking on a life of its own, interfering in the story as it pleases and forcing us to watch how it moves, not being us (for once) the ones who decide its story.

TO BIRD OR NOT TO BIRD

Martín Romero | 9 min | Spain | 2023 | +12

To bird or not to bird, that is the question. A critical and kaleidoscopic view of the current world told through the tragicomic and grotesque experiences of some birds.

CATS

José Garnelo | 9 min | Spain | 2023 | +12

Under a beautiful starry sky a boy -Ori- holds a cat under each arm while observing something before him. Ori is a timid boy, with a tender and shy appearance. His calm nature and his aversion to conflict often lead him to stay on the sidelines, keeping his position and opinions to himself.

ALGUÉN ME CHAMOU SERPE NEGRA [SOMEONE CALLED ME SNAKE]

MICHAELA PAVLÁTOVÁ  | 7 min  | República Checa  |  2012  |  +16

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