Alegrías riojanas


Direction: Velasco Broca
Screenplay: Velasco Broca, Lucía Moreno
Production company: Euskadi Movie AIE
Producer: Eduardo Carneros
Cinematography: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz
Edition: Velasco Broca
Sound: Luca Rullo, Roberto Fernández
Artistic direction: Pedro Muñoz
FX: Salvador J. Boluda, Jorge Torrens
Cast: Juan Antonio Herreruela, Ramon Churruca, Fernando Moreno, Rafael Alberola, Barbara Mingo, Jose Luis Pérez Santiago, Nerea Revilla


Runtime: 28:12
Format: 16mm
Dialogues: Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Country: Spain
Year: 2022


An ophthalmologist's confession is interrupted when the priest who was attending him leaves in an emergency. After his absolution was postponed, he decided to return to his surgery. On the way, absorbed in his thoughts, he is fatally hit by a car. From that moment on, his immortal soul is cast into a medieval-looking purgatory populated by grotesque creatures, blemishes and devils. Will he be able to remember that the pearl is hidden in the abyss and the sun remains in the pearl?


Festivals

SITGES - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya | Spain, Oct 2022
Fantastic Fest - Austin | United States, Sep 2022 Special Jury Mention
Festival Internacional de Cine de Xixón/Gijón | Spain, Nov 2022
London Short Film Festival | United Kingdom, Jan 2023
Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo | Spain, Dec 2022 Best Direction
ZINEBI - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films | Spain, Nov 2022
MÁRGENES - Festival internacional de cine de Madrid | Spain, Nov 2022
IBIZA CINEFEST - Ibiza Independent Film Festival | Spain, Feb 2023 Best Short Film
IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival | Portugal, Apr 2023
Slamdance Film Festival | United States, Jan 2023
Semana del Cine Fantástico y de Terror - San Sebastian | Spain, Oct 2022 Jury Award for Best Short Film
BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional Cine Independiente | Argentina, Apr 2023
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival | Spain, Apr 2023 Special Jury Mention
D'A Film Festival Barcelona | Spain, Mar 2023
IMAGINE- AFFF - Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | Netherlands, Oct 2023
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid | Spain, Nov 2023
BIEFF - International Experimental Film Festival Bucharest | Romania, Sep 2023
Concurso de Cortometrajes «Versión Española/SGAE» | Spain, Apr 2023
Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine | Peru, Oct 2022 Opening film
First Hermetic International Film Festival | Italy, Dec 2023 Best Short Film
ICOFF-GASTEIZ Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de la Capital de Euskadi | Spain, Apr 2023
Los trabajos y las noches - Festival de cine y procesos artísticos | Spain, Dec 2022
ALTERNA - Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Zaragoza | Spain, May 2023
Viladrau Fantàstic | Spain, Jun 2023
Tallgrass Film Festival | United States, Oct 2023
Galician Freaky Film Festival | Spain, Sep 2023
MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival | Portugal, Sep 2023
Cinemancia Festival Metropolitano de Cine | Colombia, Aug 2023