Short Prison

[WEDNESDAY 26th and THRUSDAY 27th of NOVEMBER, 11:15 AM]

SHORT PRISSION

ALCINE travels to the Madrid I and Madrid II penitentiary centers.

 Program:

• GOODBYE
  United Kingdom. 2024. 8 min. Animation.
  Director: José Prats.
  
  During a hunting day in rural Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, dealing with the feelings of being left alone.
  
  
• RAGE (Cólera)
  Spain. 2025. 9 min. Fiction.
  Director: José Luis Lázaro.
  
  After spending the morning at the beach, a careless mistake leaves Guillem and Nico locked out of their car with no keys, phone, or clothes. What seems like a simple inconvenience takes a dark turn when, after asking a stranger for help, one question triggers an encounter as unexpected as it is brutal: “Are you faggots?”
  
  
• EL PRÍNCEP (The Prince)
  Spain. 2024. 29 min. Fiction.
  Director: Alex Sardà.
  
  It’s opening night, and Artur — the son of a bourgeois family and a dancer in a contemporary company — performs as the prince of a kingdom crafted in his image. Everything changes when his father is arrested for corruption in a major real-estate scandal.
  
  
• RAGE (Furia)
  Spain. 2025. 19 min. Fiction.
  Directors: Fran Moreno Blanco; Santi Pujol Amat.
  
  Eric lives in a youth care center. He tries to rebuild his relationship with his mother so he can move back with her when he turns 18. When she fails to show up for a visit, he runs away to her home, only to discover she has started a new family and rebuilt her life without him.
  
  
• JUANITA
  Spain. Madrid Premiere. 2025. 20 min. Fiction.
  Directors: Karen Joaquín; Uliane Tatit.
  
  A 12-year-old Latina girl tries to grow up under the expectations and standards of feminine beauty, despite living in Barcelona. Before a pool party, Juanita must confront something that has been growing along with her: the hair on her legs.
  
  
• SOFOREM
  Spain. 2025. 14 min. Fiction.
  Director: Alejandro Fertero.
  
  Musa goes to the Registration Office to confirm his identity, only to discover that there is no trace of him in the system: he does not exist. This raises suspicion among the clerks, who convince Musa to enter a Kafkaesque process that forces him to appear before a judge.