OFFICIAL FANTASTIC SHORT FILMS
ARREPÍOS I
— Horror and suspense short films that will chill your blood
Salón García. 10/25/2025. 7:15 pm h.
BLACK FOG
China | 2024
Galician Premiere
D. Jud Willmont, Nicholas Z. Scott
Trapped alone in the wilderness, a mother and daughter must survive being hunted by a mysterious beast.
DAUGHTER
Belgium | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Jorge Sermini
In a remote Belgian town, Bernard struggles to provide for his daughter, Marie, whose survival depends on a sinister secret. As winter tightens its grip, he finds himself torn between his duty as a father and the weight of his own conscience. When a wandering poet crosses his path, Bernard sees a glimpse of the man he once was—but also an opportunity. As the night unfolds, so does a harrowing tale of sacrifice, guilt, and the terrifying lengths we go to for the ones we love.
DEPREDADOR
Spain | 2025
D. Javier Fesser
Two friends are traveling through a lonely place when their car suffers a tragic breakdown.
GLORY HOLE
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Andoni Fernandez
Borja finds a glory hole in a nightclub bathroom. He hesitates, but ultimately decides to try it. After a while, Borja realizes he can’t get his penis out of the hole. At this point, Borja will have to face his destiny in the most unusual place, a destiny that seems already written.
ISOLATION
Taiwan | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Chih-Chieh Yu
During the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, an unidentified fishing vessel that had become stranded inadvertently released imprisoned zombies, resulting in a perilous situation.
MENÚ DEL DÍA
Spain | 2025
D. Denim Candenza
Charlie and Josiño, two good friends, go into a restaurant to enjoy the set menu. The joke of one of them will make the bill cost them dearly.
NIGHT WHISPERS
United Kingdom | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Adrián León
A night of passion takes a terrifying turn for Tom when his date starts talking in their sleep.
UNPROVIDENCE
Spain | 2025
World Premiere
D. Victor Marín
After years of waiting, a man finally receives the message that summons him to the greatest endeavor of his existence. The promise of an impossible discovery drives him to embark on a journey that, rather than leading him to the truth, will plunge him into unknown abysses.
ARREPÍOS II
— Horror and suspense short films that will chill your blood
Salón García. 10/27/2025. 7:15 pm h.
BELL
Spàin | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Galar Egüén
In an antique shop, Soleil, a medium with a sensitivity to connect with the other side, is visited by Andy, a man intrigued by cursed objects. The buyer, skeptical at first, is interested in an old brass bell capable of unleashing a series of strange events. The medium reveals that, if the bell rings, it will open a portal to a being from another world, trapped in the object for years. Will he dare to use it?
COSMIC CRASH
Germany | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. James Smith
When an otherworldly being crashes near a lab, chaos is unleashed.
EL REVISOR
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Jandro
A fake gas inspector visits vulnerable elderly people to take advantage of them. It is now the turn of Carmen, a charming grandmother who keeps great antiques.
HIDE
United States | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Brenden Hubbard
Still reeling from an incredible loss, a father (Shakey Graves) and daughter cling to a bedtime routine keeping them safe in a town where an unfathomable horror visits its inhabitants night after night.
LISTEN
Spain | 2024
Galician Premiere
D. Javi Prada
Elena is a young singer trying to make it in the music world. When her dream comes true and a record label takes a chance on her, she can’t find the inspiration she needs. Everything changes when she receives an enigmatic gift that will change her life forever.
SÍNDROME DEL IMPOSTOR
Mexico | 2024
Galician Premiere
D. Jennifer Rosiquez
Elías is a young man who, after a very successful start as a horror writer, is now filled with insecurities and creatively blocked. He goes to Mercedes, his trusted therapist. During a therapy session, Elías reveals what happened the last time he tried writing, along with the mysterious and terrible events surrounding his creative process. Is Elías suffering from impostor syndrome? Or is he being influenced by something ancient and terrifying?
THE SEVERING
Holand | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Nicholas Kaiden
“The Severing” is a psychological horror film about Eliza, a daughter emotionally abused by her stepfather, Roy, and her mother, Claire, throughout her childhood. As she struggles to cope with the trauma, Eliza develops a psychotic depression that worsens over time, causing her to imagine a terrifying entity which is the personification of her depression. This entity forces Eliza to confront someone she loves, unraveling the emotional bond between mother and daughter in a terrifying way.
TRIANGLE
Spain | 2024
D. Joseph Diaz
Unable to cope with the loss of his wife, David, a talented painter, encounters an enigmatic blind woman who gives him a key with the promise of reuniting him. After this encounter, David develops an overwhelming obsession with triangular shapes, culminating in the acquisition of a pyramid-shaped lamp with the power to open a door to the afterlife.
ARREPÍOS III
— Horror and suspense short films that will chill your blood
Salón García. 10/28/2025. 7:15 pm h.
893 KILÓMETROS
Spain | 2025
D. Rubén Guindo
893 KM is a short film based on a terrifying true story that will take us to one of the darkest moments in Spain during the 1990s.
ERREKA ZOKO HORTAN
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Ekaitz Bertiz
Joxepi, eldest daughter of the Iparragirre farmhouse, has to carry out her father’s job after falling ill: transporting a heavy package across the border with France. The night is dark and not as smugglers often say, for her the police are not the worst thing that the forest hides…
FOLLOW YOU
Canada | 2024
Spanish Premiere
D. Alexandre Mullen
Even with a serial killer on her heels, Flora knows how to seize an opportunity.
FUMIGÓN
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Dani Asensio
Anton, a 60-year-old man, lives far away from the rest of the world. His safety zone covers a plot of land overrun with weeds, where he tirelessly fumigates the insects day after day. In a hidden underground bunker, he conducts experiments, searching for the most effective way to exterminate any harmful agent that might dare to disturb his paradise. Until one day, four young people settle in front of his door, ready to cause trouble. These youngsters—a new plague to be eradicated—will awaken Anton’s darkest instincts and stir the hunger of a huge creature lurking in his underground lair…
LA ELEGIDA
Spain | 2024
D. Sergio Morcillo
Carmen, a 35-year-old woman on the verge of suicide, receives a call that chooses her to have dinner with her favorite influencer. During the meeting, she discovers that they both share a deep dissatisfaction with their lives. The influencer proposes exchanging identities so that each can live the life of the other. Carmen immerses herself in the glamour and fame, but is unaware that the influencer had left a plan in place that could complicate everything.
STIGMATE
France | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Stephen Bigot
After more than 20 years away, Anna and Paul return to a place filled with memories. Some secrets are meant to stay buried.
THE NIGHT NANNY
Iran | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Mohammad Amin Nicknejad
A nurse goes to a luxurious house to take care of a girl. She becomes possessed and decides to massacre the household.
XARAX
India | 2025
European Premiere
D. Salil Jason Fernandez
A young priest visits a convent in Mumbai where a brutal exorcism has failed – what he finds inside is not just a demon, but a mirror to his own darkest desires.
ARREPÍOS IV
— Horror and suspense short films that will chill your blood
Salón García. 10/31/2025. 7:15 pm h.
AMIRA
Spain| 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Javier Yáñez
In the 19th century, there was a music school where daylight never dared to enter.
ÁNGULO MUERTO
Spain | 2025
D. Christian Beteta
Estela and Ramón have gone through a separation and the suicide of their only son, Hugo, who was only 13 years old, after suffering from bullying. When Estela obtains a video recorded by her son’s tormentors, she believes it’s time to have a conversation with Ramón. As they uncover the truth about what happened to Hugo, they will try to determine if they could have prevented it and whether they were good enough as parents.
CAMPING COYOTE
Spain | 2025
World Premiere
D. Chico Morera
Camping Coyote is the perfect place for a romantic evening. Except, it’s not.
KILLJOTE
Spain | 2025
D. Ángel Villahermosa
The neighbors on Cristo Street gossip in the cool evening until they hear loud moans coming from Carmen’s house. At first, they sound like pleasure,
OPPOSITE
Colombia | 2024
Galician Premiere
D. John Mario Rivera
Paranormal investigator Tom, a skeptic, explores a two-hundred-year-old house haunted by the legend of the Woods Sisters. Dark forces are unleashed when an ancient game begins.
TAP TAP
Spain | 2024
World Premiere
D. Fernando Camacho
Joaquín, a teacher with a trauma-induced OCD, is bullied by his students. When Víctor, a sociopathic boy, targets him, Joaquín is pushed to the edge.
TINIEBLAS
Spain| 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Raúl Cerezo & Carlos Moriana
Every time Miriam goes to her grandparents’ house, discomfort and anguish take over. Her grandmother, who suffers from dementia and behaves as if her husband is still alive, has a fall and is admitted to the hospital. Miriam has to go to the house to get her clothes. As soon as she enters, the house seems to have something to remind her and Miriam doesn’t want to take it out of the attic…
TULPA
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Pablo Pastor
One rainy night, two young girls are packing things on a moving when they discover some old drawings. This will awaken something that has been dormant for years, something they will wish they had never awakened.
FUTUROS POSIBLES
— For lovers of science fiction and scientific speculation
Salón García. 10/30/2025. 7:15 pm h.
ALBERTCAMUS
Italy | 2024
Spanish Premiere
D. Giovanni Nodari
Suddenly left alone in the world following a mysterious climatic event, a man and his dog must rely on each other to survive; but who are they really and what kind of relationship do they have?
EL ASPIRANTE
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Sam
This is the routine story of a civil servant, who lives and works in a tiny, gray, and depressing room, whose mission in life is to reject applications submitted to his window, constantly fearing that someone will appear with all the forms in order and have to use his green stamp of approval.
LOS MUCHACHOS
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Alejandro Artiles
Through a mobile phone and isolated in the La Palma observatory, Fran must face the last thing any father or mother wants to hear.
MISSING PARTS
Hungary | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Tamás Rolfesz
The story is set in a fictional ancient civilization where the practice of human sacrifices to gain the favor of the gods is widespread. The ritual takes place at the top of a massive pyramid, with a large hole in the center into which the chosen ones are thrown at the climax of the ceremony. The protagonist, a powerful warrior named Ashkii, does not perish in the sacrificial ritual because fate has a different path for him, and he survives the fall.
REFUGIOS
Spain | 2024
D. Kiko Prada
In a post-apocaliptic world a woman will try to survive.
SELVEDGE
United Kingdom | 2024
Spanish Premiere
D. Aleksandra Czenczek
In a future world where human and AI people have blended families, one that has been divided against their will tries to reunite at a secret location.
THRESHOLD
Australia | 2024
European Premiere
D. Ash Gray
When a woman travelling through time and space meets a scientist, she enlists his help to find her missing sister, but she soon suspects his generosity comes at a dangerous cost.
UPDATE
Italy | 2024
World Premiere
D. Luca Violante
Year 2039. The jobs of the twenty-first century no longer exist. UPDATE, a revolutionary AI, has replaced the entire human workforce, giving people back the time they have always wished for — time to do whatever they want. And yet, for many, that time feels empty. Without a role in society, people feel lost. To solve this growing existential crisis, ADAPTiQ™, the company behind UPDATE, launched the Career Recovery Program: a promise of reintegration for those who want to return to work, feel useful again, and find a renewed sense of purpose. Among them is Mark Erwin, a seasoned expert in his field, who agrees to join the program. But what Mark discovers inside ADAPTiQ™ is something no one was meant to know. A secret that could upend not only his future — but the very idea of humanity.
NOVOS HORIZONTES
— New narrative and experimental forms
Salón García. 10/25/2025. 4:00 pm h.
BLU’S
India | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Rajesh PK
Growing up freely in harmony with nature, witnessing her beautiful environment being swallowed up by industrialisation, BLU decides to fight for the wildlife, meadows, rivers and trees before they disappear completely.
ILHOA
Portugal | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Margarida Saramago
On an isolated island, a woman is followed by a mysterious figure that torments her as she tries to uncover the mystery behind her husband’s disappearance.
KIN AKHTEN
Iran | 2025
World Premiere
D. Reza Mirzaei
It is a local folk tale about a spell writer who refuses to write an amulet for a woman possessed by jinn. However, the spell writer’s son, Abbas, secretly uses his father’s books in an attempt to solve the woman’s crisis. Along the way, Abbas places both himself and his father in the path of the jinn’s torment—torment that ultimately leads to Kazem’s death.
LOS ELEGIDOS
Argentina, Chile, Spain, Uruguay | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Fercks Castellani
On a deserted beach, Matías (40) and Laura (35) enjoy an idyllic moment together by the sea. But as the waves begin to crash violently, the tide reaches their feet—unveiling shackles that bind them to a concrete base buried in the sand.
PKDO
Brasil | 2024
European Premiere
D. Gui Merlino & Juliana Lourenção
SIN is a film about a woman who frees herself from an abusive relationship driven by her survival instinct. A slice of a life. A single day. An impulse. A decision that forever diverts his trajectory.
PLASTIFICADOS
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Nerea Úbeda
A fisherman gobbles up a package of crackers and throws the wrapper into the sea, while waiting on the shore for a fish to take the bait. What the bait bites, however, is not exactly what he expected.
STARVER
Iran | 2025
Estreno en España
D. Parsa Zahedi
Un hombre da un trozo de la comida que acaba de pedir a un pobre hombre que está cerca de su mesa. El pobre hombre, al probar lo que llevaba tanto tiempo deseando, se convierte poco a poco en algo que no era antes.
THE BOY WHO CHEATED DEATH
France, Vietnam | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Pipou Phuong Nguyen
A little boy tries to hide his mother from Death. They embark on a hide-and-seek game as creatures of earth, Death being their relentless predator. Finally, Death becomes the ultimate predator: Time.
YATHOOM
United Arab Emirates | 2024
European Premiere
D. Hana Kazim
After a devastating car accident kills her father and brother, 18-year-old LAYLA struggles with crushing survivor’s guilt, leaving her unable to reconnect with her grieving mother. Layla descends into terrifying sleep paralysis, where her memories distort and the boundary between nightmare and reality collide, unleashing a cosmic reckoning that could shatter her world or set her free.
OUTRAS REALIDADES I
— Worlds that are not ours and fantasies beyond imagination
Salón García. 10/29/2025. 7:15 pm h.
A CENAR
Spain | 2024
D. Robert Rabanal
Bruno is preparing dinner carefully. Martí waits sitting at the table even though he is not sufficiently convinced of what they are going to have for dinner. Curious and full of questions, he puts the first bite in his mouth.
ECHO
Canada | 2025
World Premiere
D. Victoria Catherine Long
When her partner returns home from investigating the ocean crash site of an unidentified object, Ava must decide where her loyalty lies.
HUNTER
Greece| 2024
Spanish Premiere
D. Pavlos Sifakis
In a world where food is scarce, a father and his daughter search for prey in a derelict building and find themselves entangled in a savage battle for survival.
LAST NIGHT STAND
Canada | 2025
International Premiere
D. Pierre-Luc Gosselin
Kevin thought he was in for a simple one-night stand. But Jeanne, his date, is a shape-shifter. She takes the form of his fantasies, transforms to please him… until everything goes off the rails. What begins as a game of seduction turns into an intimate, brutal, and deeply unsettling reckoning.
SNACK TIME
France | 2025
Spanish Premiere
D. Alphonse Ferrari
In the shadows, a vending machine appears where there had been nothing before. Its neon lights flicker faintly, drawing his gaze, stirring a sudden, uncontrollable hunger. He approaches, slips in a coin, and waits for his due…
THE ITCH
Mexico | 2024
Spanish Premiere
D. Gordon Phillips
The short film, titled The Itch, is a psychological horror story about a young man who awakens in an unfamiliar apartment only to find himself under surveillance… and decaying rapidly. He relies on an enigmatic set of vaccines he discovers in the bathroom to slow his decline, but quickly plots revenge on his unseen watcher as his condition continues to deteriorate.
THE MOUNTAIN
Spain | 2025
World Premiere
D. Andrés Villaseñor
When Joanna agrees to recount her infamous encounter for a sensational TV show about unsolved mysteries, what begins as a routine interview slowly unravels into something far stranger—and more real—than anyone expects.
OUTRAS REALIDADES II
— Worlds that are not ours and fantasies beyond imagination
Salón García. 10/31/2025. 4:00 pm h.
A-MANIKI
Spain | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Elixabet Núñez
An elderly woman with difficulties in the digital world becomes invisible to the society around her.
BICIMANIACOS
Spain | 2025
D. Arturo Artal & Juan Carrascal
Matías suffers a terrible accident with his bicycle, in an inhospitable place. A girl finds him, Matías asks her for help, but the girl does not want to help him, she wants to cure him. The girl has found a funny game.
BRIDGE
Japan | 2024
Spanish Premiere
D. Kazuyuki Ishihara
“I’ll bring Shiro to you.I promise!” Jin, the cat, made this promise to Mugi, who is deeply sad about losing her beloved dog, Shiro. Jin loves Mugi very much and, after hearing the story of the “Rainbow Bridge” from his owner Aki, he decides to take Mugi to meet Shiro at theRainbow Bridge! Can Jin heal Mugi’s sadness? With the help of nearby pigeons and squirrels, Jin’s great plan is now underway!
HOPE
Bahrain | 2024
Spanish Premiere
D. Ahmed Zayani
In the aftermath of a global pandemic, two grieving souls find solace in one another and attempt to recover what was once lost.
LAND OF THE DEAD DEER
Iran | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Anahita Qarcheh & Soroush Javadzadeh
A boy who hasn’t yet gone to school has a sphere that he uses to see his own dreamy world. One day, he sees a deer through it and follows it into an abandoned school. But he doesn’t know that it’s a graveyard of children’s dreams.
LE HUM
Canada | 2025
European Premiere
D. Rémi Fréchette & Émilie Sigouin
Noémie and her boyfriend come to empty the house of her mother, who has just moved into a residence following her dementia. She finds a tape that could answer many questions about her origins… if she believes what she sees.
TAXIDERMIST
Iran | 2025
Galician Premiere
D. Sousan Salamat Chaghooshi & Behzad Alavi
Shahbaz, a taxidermist and animal smuggler, takes a road trip to deliver a strange order to a client. A series of unexpected events turns Shahbaz from predator to prey.
THE HUNTER’S BALLAD
USA | 2024
European Premiere
D. Evian Chen Peng
In a society that worships wolves, Hudson makes a living by hunting them. Years ago his daughter vanished without a trace and now there are rumors flying around the village that his daughter is still alive, having been kidnapped and raised by wolves. Hudson wants to move on, but his wife is convinced the rumors are true, so she enlists the help of the local Priestess to find their daughter.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
COSA MALA
Spain | 2025
World Premiere
Screening: 24/10/2025: 20:30 h.
D. Gero Costas
A young artist accepts a mysterious commission that promises to open many doors. The doors open — but they don’t lead where he thinks. Hold your breath, and be careful about the deals you make.
MOCOS VERDES
Spain | 2025
World Premiere
Screening: 25/10/2025: 7:15 pm h.
D. Roberto Cid
A short story about three Galician friends who accidentally contact the American Ghostbusters and secure a franchise for Galicia (Spain), since witches are known to exist in that northern region. To do so, the Americans send them all the necessary equipment to hunt down these peculiar beings. Just when they think they have everything under control and that everything is easy, things get out of hand, and they risk losing the long-awaited franchise.
OFFICIAL ‘FEITO EN GALICIA’ SHORT FILMS
— Different genres with denomination of origin
BLOQUE I
Salón García. 26/10/2025. 7:00 pm h.
ÁNCORA
Spain | 2024
D. Miguel R. Berride
Cris and Elia are a couple trying to have a child and who seem to be living an almost perfect love story. Within this relationship, however, there is a certain underlying tension—past issues, control, fears, and a persistent bad smell in the attic, which Cris is forbidden to enter. After a heated argument, Cris ends up defying her partner and going into the forbidden attic, despite her warnings. Once there, Cris is faced with a harsh revelation.
BOCA DE ASNO
Spain | 2025
D. Carlos Calvar
Ximena wakes up in a morning identical to all the others. Groundhog day, hunger, an old frying pan that needs to go. Until an unfortunate stumble turns routine into fryer fodder.
GRALLA
Spain | 2024
D. Rebeca Tella & Daniel Filloy
Years before the banquet of TARA, with the institution already established and in a world of increasingly corrupt morals, Gralla, a solitary priestess, embarks on a journey with her wandering confessional preaching a new form of forgiveness… until a mysterious man decides to challenge her.
HIPPOCAMPUS
Spain | 2024
D. Xaime Miranda
Tomás, an old man trapped in the memory of an afternoon with Marta, his platonic love, uses an experimental device to relive that moment and confront his regrets.
NAS ONDAS DO TEMPO
Spain | 2025
D. Adrián Porima
A retired sailor cannot forget. A memory persists in his memory. The tide has passed or dragged once and again. Can we really quench?
O INTERROGATORIO
Spain | 2025
D. José Ignacio Rodríguez Varela
Rosa is going to be promoted by The System. But first she will have to undergo an interrogation with no questions and no answers. When she wakes up, she will not remember anything harmful.
O PORCO
Spain | 2024
D. Hugo R. Morgado
Diego is a narcissist who pretends to be interested in solving mysteries in order to have sex with a girl, Uxía. The two of them try to break into a farm to show the world the mysteries that place hides. While this is happening, Diego gives himself away and Uxía begins to realize what’s going on. What they don’t know is that they’ve caught the farmer’s attention.
SANTA COMPAÑA
Spain | 2025
D. Mateo Bouzada
Mauro, a 22 year old young man who lives in a village in the heart of Galicia, hears strange bells ringing in the forest one morning. From that moment on, nothing will be the same.
BLOQUE II
Salón García. 1/11/2025. 5:30 pm h.
NAI
Spain | 2024
D. Tito Refoxo
Rois, 1970. In a small village in the rural region of Galicia, the disappearance of a little girl shakes the foundations of the Bandín family. Only a complex plan and a mother desperate to recover what she loves most can clarify her whereabouts.
O CORPIÑO
Spain | 2024
D. Antía Rodeiro & Blanca Navarrete
The Sanctuary of O Corpiño, popularly known as “the sanctuary of exorcisms,” is one of the most visited sites in Galicia (Spain). But what lies beyond this label? Why does it attract thousands of visitors each year? Faith. Tradition. Miracles. Curiosity. Celebration… It all depends on the eyes of the beholder.
SENDA ESTRELA
Spain | 2025
D. Eva Vaeli & Manu Sacoga
After searching between pieces of her childhood, the protagonist embarks on a journey to do something unusual: celebrate her own funeral.
OS RETORNADOS
Spain | 2024
Galician Premiere
D. Rocío Diz
A story that captures the greatest epic of all: the journey to your roots, returning to your home.
OFICIAL FANTASTIC VIDEOCLIPS
Salón García. 11/1/2025. 5:30 pm h.
AUFNIMMAWIEDERSCHAUN
D. Rupert Höller | Austria | 2024 | Spanish Premiere
AUGMENTALY
D. Pawel Stokajlo, Piotr Smolensk | Polonia | 2025 | Spanish Premiere
I’VE BEEN FALLIN’
D. Ugur Savaş | Turquía | 2025 | Spanish Premiere
LOVELY LOLA JEAN
D. Jean Matt McKee | USA | 2025 | International Premiere
MONSTERLOU
D. Anne Hickey | USA | 2025 | International Premiere
MORNING SON
D. Anne Hickey | USA | 2025 | International Premiere
MY WAY
D. Jessica Bianchi | Argentina | 2024 |Galician Premiere
ONE FLOWER, ONE LEAF
D. Che MIng Chang | Taiwan | 2025 | Spanish Prmeiere
ORZÁN
D. Omar Rabuñal Varela | España | 2024
PERUN
D. Julia Bui | Polonia | 2023 | Spanish Premiere
POWERFUL PLAY
D. Vasco Alexandre | Dinamarca, Germany | 2025 | World Premiere
RATA
D. Iván López Núñez| Spain | 2024 | Galician Premiere