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RIDDLE OF THE FOREIGN INVADERS
International Shorts
(Various Countries, 84 min)
THE COMPANIONS (“La Compania”)
(Spain, 2024, 13 min)
A young couple walks down the street, they have left the children at home and are going out to dinner. A crowd gathers around something.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director: José María Flores
CONVOLUTED
(Bahrain, 2024, 14 min)
After a horrific accident, a troubled drifter seeks shelter within the confines of a hedge maze. Unbeknownst to him, the worst was yet to come.
In Arabic with English subtitles
Director: Mohamed Fareed
THE DREAMCATCHER ("El Atrapasuenos")
(Spain, 2024, 13 min)
Juan's nightmares are getting worse and they have discovered a way to enter his world. That same night, his mother will give him a very special dreamcatcher. Both will find a way to lock up Juan's monsters forever, but not before releasing the nightmares that his mother kept over 30 ago.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Guillermo Patrikios Alum
HESTIA 19
(France, 2024, 5 min)
The members of the International Space Station (ISS) have just made an exceptional discovery. One of the astronauts, Paul, brings this discovery back to earth.
In French with English subtitles
Director: Stephen Bigot
NERVOUS ELLIE
(United Kingdom, 2024, 7 min)
Ellie, new to dating and painfully shy, struggles to control her nerves during a date with Danni, resulting in some unexpecting and shocking results.
Director: David Yorke
PUZZLE
(France, 2023, 2 min)
In this clever French horror-comedy, the plot of a full-length feature is told in two minutes. A great nod to social media attention-getting and "unboxing videos" from YouTube.
Director: Sébastien Roignant
RED SNOW (“Nieve Roja”)
(Spain, 2024, 5 min)
A little girl and a vampire live in a village by the forest, where they pass time together. An incident and a memory from the girl’s past will challenge their relationship and the course of their lives forever.
No dialogue.
Director: Susana Olmedo Álvarez
SAFE
(United Kingdom, 2023, 2 min)
A young woman battles for her life against a relentless masked killer.
Director: David Yorke
TRIPTYCH
(United Kingdom | Bulgaria, 2024, 15 min)
A high-end art dealer is haunted by a mysterious force from her past that threatens to destroy everything she's built.
In Bulgarian, English, Serbian with English subtitles
Director: Sophia Ray
UNA VOLTA
(Netherlands, 2024, 8 min)
In this supernatural mystery, set in the dense forests of Italy in 1873, a young mother and her son find themselves lost and disoriented. Unbeknownst to them, their fate is shaped by a mysterious sorceress lurking in the shadows of the wilderness. She has altered the very fabric of time itself, plunging the mother and son into a world where past, present, and future intertwine in bewildering ways.
In Italian with English subtitles
Director: Joshua Boon
THE DREAMCATCHER
(Spain, 2024, 13 min)
Juan's nightmares are getting worse and they have discovered a way to enter his world. That same night, his mother will give him a very special dreamcatcher. Both will find a way to lock up Juan's monsters forever, but not before releasing the nightmares that his mother kept over 30 ago.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director Biography - Guillermo Patrikios Alum
Guillermo Patrikios Alum graduated in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication in 2011 at Francisco de Vitoria University. His passion for cinema led him to cross the ocean to Los Angeles in 2016, aiming to obtain a Master's degree in Film and Television Direction at the prestigious University of California Los Ángeles (UCLA). During his stay in the cinematic hub, he immersed himself in the vibrant film industry, working with renowned production companies such as Fox Film Corporation, DDN Pictures, Spectrevision, and La Panda Producciones. His passion and dedication bore fruit with his first short film, "The Game," which garnered recognition at prestigious film festivals like the Olympus Film Festival in Los Angeles and the WordFest Film Festival in Houston, TX, where he received the coveted "REMI-AWARD."
- Year2024
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorGuillermo Patrikios Alum
- ScreenwriterGuillermo Patrikios Alum
- ProducerEneko D. Ugarte
- CastLidia Casanova, Alejandro Velasco
RIDDLE OF THE FOREIGN INVADERS
International Shorts
(Various Countries, 84 min)
THE COMPANIONS (“La Compania”)
(Spain, 2024, 13 min)
A young couple walks down the street, they have left the children at home and are going out to dinner. A crowd gathers around something.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director: José María Flores
CONVOLUTED
(Bahrain, 2024, 14 min)
After a horrific accident, a troubled drifter seeks shelter within the confines of a hedge maze. Unbeknownst to him, the worst was yet to come.
In Arabic with English subtitles
Director: Mohamed Fareed
THE DREAMCATCHER ("El Atrapasuenos")
(Spain, 2024, 13 min)
Juan's nightmares are getting worse and they have discovered a way to enter his world. That same night, his mother will give him a very special dreamcatcher. Both will find a way to lock up Juan's monsters forever, but not before releasing the nightmares that his mother kept over 30 ago.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Guillermo Patrikios Alum
HESTIA 19
(France, 2024, 5 min)
The members of the International Space Station (ISS) have just made an exceptional discovery. One of the astronauts, Paul, brings this discovery back to earth.
In French with English subtitles
Director: Stephen Bigot
NERVOUS ELLIE
(United Kingdom, 2024, 7 min)
Ellie, new to dating and painfully shy, struggles to control her nerves during a date with Danni, resulting in some unexpecting and shocking results.
Director: David Yorke
PUZZLE
(France, 2023, 2 min)
In this clever French horror-comedy, the plot of a full-length feature is told in two minutes. A great nod to social media attention-getting and "unboxing videos" from YouTube.
Director: Sébastien Roignant
RED SNOW (“Nieve Roja”)
(Spain, 2024, 5 min)
A little girl and a vampire live in a village by the forest, where they pass time together. An incident and a memory from the girl’s past will challenge their relationship and the course of their lives forever.
No dialogue.
Director: Susana Olmedo Álvarez
SAFE
(United Kingdom, 2023, 2 min)
A young woman battles for her life against a relentless masked killer.
Director: David Yorke
TRIPTYCH
(United Kingdom | Bulgaria, 2024, 15 min)
A high-end art dealer is haunted by a mysterious force from her past that threatens to destroy everything she's built.
In Bulgarian, English, Serbian with English subtitles
Director: Sophia Ray
UNA VOLTA
(Netherlands, 2024, 8 min)
In this supernatural mystery, set in the dense forests of Italy in 1873, a young mother and her son find themselves lost and disoriented. Unbeknownst to them, their fate is shaped by a mysterious sorceress lurking in the shadows of the wilderness. She has altered the very fabric of time itself, plunging the mother and son into a world where past, present, and future intertwine in bewildering ways.
In Italian with English subtitles
Director: Joshua Boon
THE DREAMCATCHER
(Spain, 2024, 13 min)
Juan's nightmares are getting worse and they have discovered a way to enter his world. That same night, his mother will give him a very special dreamcatcher. Both will find a way to lock up Juan's monsters forever, but not before releasing the nightmares that his mother kept over 30 ago.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director Biography - Guillermo Patrikios Alum
Guillermo Patrikios Alum graduated in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication in 2011 at Francisco de Vitoria University. His passion for cinema led him to cross the ocean to Los Angeles in 2016, aiming to obtain a Master's degree in Film and Television Direction at the prestigious University of California Los Ángeles (UCLA). During his stay in the cinematic hub, he immersed himself in the vibrant film industry, working with renowned production companies such as Fox Film Corporation, DDN Pictures, Spectrevision, and La Panda Producciones. His passion and dedication bore fruit with his first short film, "The Game," which garnered recognition at prestigious film festivals like the Olympus Film Festival in Los Angeles and the WordFest Film Festival in Houston, TX, where he received the coveted "REMI-AWARD."
- Year2024
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorGuillermo Patrikios Alum
- ScreenwriterGuillermo Patrikios Alum
- ProducerEneko D. Ugarte
- CastLidia Casanova, Alejandro Velasco