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SHORTS FROM CANARY ISLANDS

CHANGING SHIFTS - Cambio De Turno
Fantastic Drama, Spain 2007, 20min. (18+)
By: David Cánovas

Eduardo and Isabel are a couple in crisis, Their only daughter, Silvia, is always having nightmares about an old woman. Sebas, the only neighbour who remains in the building, is convinced that it’s no longer safe. The building suffers from structural deterioration and must be demolished.

SAID’S JOURNEY - El Viaje De Said
Plasticine Animation, Spain 2006, 12.30min. (18+)
By: Coke RioBôo.
Best animation short film, 2007 Goya awards.

Said, a Moroccan boy, crosses the sea. On the other side, in the land of opportunities, he discovers that the world isn’t as beautiful as they told him it would be.

NASIJA - Nasija
Drama, Spain 2006, 9min. (18+)
By: Guillermo Rios

A young African woman is traumatized by the violence in her village. Memories of better times are little comfort… did she ever had a day free of pain?

PACTUM - Pactum
Comedy, Spain 2007, 28min. (18+)
By: J.F. Padrón

Maruja is a sad woman, worn down by life, who lives in a lower middle class neighbourhood. On this particular day, yet another dull afternoon in Maruja’s uneventful life seems about to roll by. Then, two men knock on her door and request five minutes of her time to offer a deal which will be – beyond the shadow of a doubt – beneficial to her.

EUROPEAN UNION - Unión Europea
Fiction, Spain/Italy 2006, 20min. (18+)
By: Andrés Koppel

The European Union needs something more than just sharing the same currency for all to feel like brothers and sons of a common mother.

ZACARÍAS AND THE DRAGON OF GREY RAIN - Zacarías Y El Dragón De Lluvia Gris
Fiction Animation, Spain 2006, 18min. (18+)
By: José Víctor Fuentes

Zacarías is a shoeshine guy who comes from far-off lands, beyond the sea, where no one knows the existence of the Dragon of Grey Rain. He has been selected to defeat the dragon, tear out his soul and throw it into the well of black desires…

FOR BLACK MONEY - Por Dinero Negro
By: Jaime Falero
With: Maribel Verdú. Pepe Sancho, Carlos Bardem, Pep Sais and Didie Roussel

A dangerous Mafioso, an absentminded book-keeper, a boxer that hates the number two, a flipped out junkie, a suitcase, an ambitious Frenchman and a girl with desire of revenge…

Rating: 18+

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