Programme Alcine2020

Freeze frame: the most absurd technique since the invention of the moving image. Through an elaborate process of duplicating the same image over and over again, it creates the illusion of stillness.

Gwen meets Ben. They start a game. Are they willing to exhibit what is behind their masks?

'How to Disappear' is an anti-war movie in the true sense of the word, searching for possibilities for peace in the most unlikely place of an online war game. It’s a tribute to disobedience and desertion - in both digital and physical-real warfare. An anti-war movie in the true sense of the word, searching for possibilities for peace in the most unlikely place of a war game. It’s a tribute to disobedience and desertion - in both digital and physical-real warfare.

While trying to save her family from a return to the street, Shakira, a young gypsie woman, meets Marius, a member of a robber gang.

After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.

A timid caretaker of strayed dogs finds unexpected recognition when an impulsive young woman walks into the shelter and asks for help with the upbringing of her unmanageable dog.

Dover, a small harbour town in South East England, 31st of January 2020. A man walks his dog out, a truck passes by, Great Britain leaves the EU at 11pm. A film about the difficulty of noticing political processes while you are busy with your daily life.

Spring 1996. Roma’s 7 years old and loves nothing more than carving woods with Louis, her big brother. Their mother, Florence, doesn’t seem in a hurry to see her family-in-law arrive for a few days of holidays. A closer look would reveal that little Roma doesn’t either.

Two sisters, Bozenna (92 y.o.) and Zofia (86 y.o.) live next to each other in two flats in the housing block. There are two things that divide them — the wall and completely different political views.

When grandpa Emil gets email from Nigerian Prince asking for financial help, he has no other choice (despite of disapproval from the rest of the family) than send him the money. Nigerian Prince promises not only his royal thankfulness but also half of his heritage in return.

Julie can't fit into her school. The arrival of Emile, an autistic child, will change the game.

Clara returns to her grandparents'house to celebrate the festivity of San Juan with her younger brothers. Despite the intention to relive their childhood's summer memories, the trip becomes a wheel of tension and silence due to an unexpected discovery.

Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50€ he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.

All rooms in Hostal España, a modest guesthouse located in the centre of the city of Leon, are occupied by elder people. Many of them come from the abandoned rural areas that surround the city.

Amadeu, nine years old, goes to a summer camp for the first time. As the days go by he has to face a violent situation that makes him rebel against everything he had learnt.

Sito hates the countryside, the smell of slurry and his village life, but he has never left the rural area where he was born, nor does it seem that the possibility of doing so can end his discomfort.

In the form of a filmed epistolary conversation, two young filmmakers discuss film, present and past family, heritage, and maternity. The personal and profound reflections 'which are embodied in the graceful images taken day-to-day' are suddenly echoed by the political emergency of a country.

A stack of self-help books. A few calendars with pictures of naked women. An illegal store. A costume of Sancho Panza. A young woman who suffers.

'Urban Sphinx' is an animation short film that creatively documents the presence of street art in Valencia (Spain) between 2018 and 2019. In 'Urban Sphinx', these pieces of ephemeral art are animated by connecting each image like the frames of a film.

A model is taking a photo shoot with a recognized photographer. He proposes to take the photos with the naked torso to convey that insecurity caused by nakedness. He wants to talk about how vulnerable women feel in this society.

In the outskirts of La Calera (Chile) only a few things seem to matter. All the rest just happens offscreen.

You are not the only one who likes to look at the rain from the balcony and listen to the dogs barking. I saw you yesterday with your red umbrella and I recognized you.

'Ghosts' is a review of one's own history, my roots and belonging made from familiar images that I had never seen before. A personal journey that departs the day my mother, on a train, when I was eight, tells me that my biological father is not the one I had always believed.

Fifteen days into the coronavirus quarantine, a family reflects on the daily challenges of being stuck inside with a four-year-old.

Luis de Pablo (1930) is one of the most important composers of our time. Recently awarded with the Golden Lion at the 2020 Venice Biennale, 90 years old Luis de Pablo continues with his musical career started a half-century ago.

What if you stopped speaking your own language?

Clara returns to her grandparents'house to celebrate the festivity of San Juan with her younger brothers. Despite the intention to relive their childhood's summer memories, the trip becomes a wheel of tension and silence due to an unexpected discovery.