Cucli


Direction: Xavier Marrades
Screenplay: Xavier Marrades
Cinematography: Oriol Colomar, Xavier Marrades
Edition: Xavier Marrades
Sound: Sergi Nogué Toro, Alejandro Castillo


Runtime: 16:49
Format: Digital
Dialogues: Catalan
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Country: Spain
Year: 2016


Ramon lives with his parents, although he is away most of the week working as a truck driver. These are long and lonely trips, until he meets a very special companion that changes everything. Cucli tells a story about love and companionship after death, and its transformative effect. A story about how, through memories, the supernatural can find its way into our mundane lives.


Festivals

IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam | Netherlands, Nov 2016
FICCI Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias | Colombia, Mar 2017 Best short film
Huesca International Film Festival | Spain, Jun 2017 Best documentary, Best First Film
NYFF - New York Film Festival - Film Society of Lincoln Center | United States, Sep 2017
DOCUMENTAMADRID | Spain, May 2017
Cinema Jove - Festival Internacional de Cine de València | Spain, Jun 2017
AFI DOCS Documentary Film Festival | United States, Jun 2017
Reykjavík International Film Festival | Iceland, Sep 2017
Monterrey International Film Festival | Mexico, Aug 2017 Jury Special Mention
Tehran International Short Film Festival | Iran, Oct 2017
International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE | Poland, Nov 2017
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival | United States, Oct 2017
Curta Kinoforum - São Paulo International Short Film Festival | Brazil, Aug 2017
Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo | Spain, Dec 2017 Best Cinematography
Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin | Germany, Nov 2017
China International New Media Short Film Festival | China, Nov 2017 Best documentary
FIC-Cat - Festival Internacional de Cinema en Catalá | Spain, Jun 2017 Jury Special Mention
Octubre Corto - Festival de Cine de Arnedo | Spain, Oct 2017 Best documentary
Kurzfilmfestival Köln | Germany, Nov 2017
Festival de Curtmetratges de Manlleu | Spain, Jul 2018 Best National Short FIlm
MakeDox - Creative Documentary Festival | North Macedonia, Aug 2017 Jury Special Mention
Som Cinema - Mostra de Cinema i Audovisual Català | Spain, Oct 2017 Best Short Documentary Film.
Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema | Brazil, Nov 2017
Festival de Cinema Natura de Cervelló | Spain, Jun 2018
Cadaqués Shortfilm Festival | Spain, Jun 2018