Programme Alcine54

With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called "Percebes" (goose barnacle). From their formation, to the dish, in this journey, we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who live there.

In a society where kissing is punishable by death and people pay for things by slaps to the face, Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by an ingenuous salesgirl. The two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.

Jessica and Alma, two sisters in a situation of domestic violence, will begin to treat each other with love instead of violence through one of their routine trips to the food stamp office on the night of San Juan, a spanish holiday.

Michael becomes aware of his teenage son Max's amok fantasies and has to face his own abysses in order to get through to his son.

In a maximally unified working world, a conformist young woman meets a dropout who shakes up her world view.

The shortfilm explores the concept of aging and memory loss through the lens of an elderly woman, Frau Miko, and the director's own reflections on her own aging process

Sergio travels to Utrecht with his family to attend a football match. Before boarding the flight back to Barcelona, he suffers an anxiety attack and decides to stay in the Netherlands. Unable to give his loved ones a coherent explanation, he cuts off contact with his past. From that moment on, he must learn to survive with little money and without speaking the local language.

Surrounded by vineyards and grain fields, the inhabitants of a village in La Mancha go about their days as usual. Some, the living, struggle with the hardships of life, while others, the ghosts, grapple with the bitter realities of death.

Today is the premiere day, and Artur, son of a bourgeois family and dancer in a contemporary dance company, acts like the prince in a kingdom tailored to his own image. Everything changes when his father is arrested for corruption in a real estate scandal.

A celestial angel comes to earth to save the humans from the destruction of their planet. However, when he falls in a village in Malaga, the villagers mistake him for death and begin to fight among themselves to avoid leaving with him. Instead of peace, he only succeeds in provoking more violence.

In the slow, sticky summer of late-90s Eastern Europe, twelve-year-old Ro sets out to procure a pirated copy of Eraserhead by David Lynch. Her journey—through crumbling friendships, stolen cigarettes, and VHS-era power games—unfolds in a world where childhood slips quietly into something else, and cinema becomes the only available glimpse of escape.

Stranded for five years on a desolate planet, Aleks survives through routine and memories of Milo, his partner on Earth. With no contact and consumed by loneliness, he climbs a mountain to surrender, only to be met by a final, transcendent light of love and freedom.

Few years ago, I was raped by a boy I really liked. One day, he wrote me a letter to take responsibility for his actions. This film is our open letter to rape culture.

Two twin sisters hate each other because they remind themselves of themselves and where they come from.

Tinted by the red safelight of the darkroom, the film (re)constructs a breathless pastoral horror about a place crystallised in time and terrorised by two 6cm tall stone heads whose current location remains unknown.

A wife and mother who feels trapped in a life of service to her family, accidentally discovers the power to walk through walls.

The morning after his 27th birthday, Jervasio is caught on the train with an invalid pass. A hostile yet comedic standoff with the inspector ensues. Jerva rebels, determined to exit at his final stop, no matter the cost.

Since the death of his dog, 16-year-old Paul has given up drawing the fantastic adventures in which they were heroes. But his little sister insists that he completes an unfinished drawing.

Gal·la works at the radio station. Nearly asleep, she leaves the program halfway through and reads a story to her little son that accompanies him in his dreams. One night, driven by the renewing energy of a mysterious boy, she decides to start a new radio station.

Three 11 year old boys get a hold of a sex robot to have their first experience with her. At the moment of truth, they are too innocent so they become friends with her.

In 2024, six students from the Gobelins School of Animation worked together on a final project. Their film, "Layla," combines skateboarding, robots, and self-discovery. Each bringing their own skills, they collaborated effectively to produce a film that not only capped their academic journey but also opened doors in the professional animation world.

Following a sudden, tragic bereavement, a West Cork cleaner must decide if she will uphold a tightly hidden secret whilst navigating the fast-paced pressures of a tourist property turnaround.

A comedy adventure story for young children about an isolated girl who spends every day staring at her tablet. But when the girl next door gets taken over by a friendly alien, she goes on an adventure and discovers the thrills, fun and wonder that the real world has to offer.

Two workmen and an apprentice navigate Belfast at night, replacing old sodium street lights with LED. Beneath their glow, the city grapples with change, as progress marches on.