Huesca International Film Festival, or Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca, has announced the lineup for the 50th edition of the festival, which is scheduled to take place as a hybrid event from June 10-18, 2022.
Huesca International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals dedicated to short films in Spain. The festival is recognized as a qualifying film festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscars, for the Best Short Fiction Film category. Huesca International Film Festival is also recognized by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival for the Goya Awards.
Organized by the Fundación Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca, the Huesca International Film Festival aims to promote cinematographic culture through short films, sharing innovative proposals in this field.
The festival has announced three competition sections for the 2022 edition:
- Ibero-American Competition(dedicated to short films from Spain, Latin America, and Portugal)
- International Competition (dedicated to the short films from the rest of the countries)
- Documentary Competition (dedicated to the short films from all countries around the world)
Ibero-American Competition
30 short films have been selected to compete in the Ibero-American competition section of the 50th Huesca International Film Festival. The short movies in this competition section are from Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Colombia and Argentina .
- ‘Harta’ directed by Júlia de Paz Solvas, from Spain
- ‘Mia Moglie’ directed by Ana Liébana, from Spain
- ’36’ directed by Ana Lambarri Tellaeche, from Spain
- ‘Farrucas’ directed by Ian de la Rosa, from Spain
- ‘Remember Why You Started’ directed by Blas Egea Sarabia, from Spain
- ‘TIO’ directed by Juan Medina, from Mexico
- ‘Tierra’ directed by Gustavo Gamero, from Mexico
- ‘Lethes’ directed by Eduardo Brito, from Portugal
- ‘Leopoldo el del bar’ directed by Diego Porral, from Spain
- ‘Entreterrestres’ directed by Lucas Parra, from Spain
- ‘Heltzear’ directed by Mikel Gurrea, from Spain
- ‘VATIOS’ directed by David Perez Sañudo, from Spain
- ‘KUN BI’ directed by Agamenón Quintero, from Colombia
- ‘GOLEM’ directed by Andrés Jiménez Quintero, from Colombia
- ‘Cova’ directed by Diego Serra, from Spain
- ‘Vientos de primavera’ directed by Carmen Pedrero, from Spain
- ‘La Fiesta del Fin del Mundo’, directed by Paula González García; Andrés Santacruz; Gloria Gutiérrez, from Spain
- ‘Está amaneciendo’ directed by Guillermo Benet, from Spain
- ‘La loca y el feminista’ directed by Sandra Gallego, from Spain
- ‘Malas Noticias’, directed by Santiago Cardelús Ruiz-Alberdi; Pablo Manchado Cascón, from Spain
- ‘Ur azpian lore’ directed by Aitor Oñederra, from Spain
- ‘Como Domar Un Elefante Sevagem’ directed by Sushant Bhat, from Portugal
- ‘Terra Somnus’ directed by Daniel Othon M. Gallardo, from Mexico
- ‘TRES DESEOS. Una verdad.’ directed by Cecilia Petrujno, from Argentina
- ‘Outside is Free’ directed by Antoni Sendra, from Spain
- ‘Lecciones sobre el uso incorrecto de los objetos’ directed by Alicia Segovia Juárez, from Mexico
- ‘Las infantas’ directed by Andrea Herrera Catalá, from Spain
- ‘Se van sus naves’ directed by Elías Pérez, from Spain
- ‘A mitad camino’ directed by Honorato Ruiz, from Spain
- ‘Albatros’ directed by Raúl A. Rodríguez, from Mexico
International Competition
28 short films have been selected to compete in the International Competition section of the 50th Huesca International Film Festival. The short movies in this competition section are from China, Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Cambodia, Jordan, Greece, USA, Kazakhstan, Iran and Portugal.
- ‘Duo li’ directed by Zou Jing, from China
- ‘Fatjona’ directed by Steve Bache, from Germany
- ‘Le mobilier’ directed by Mehdi Pierret, from Belgium
- ‘Die unsichtbare Grenze’ directed by Mark Gerstorfer, from Austria
- ‘Mona & Parviz’ directed by Kevin Biele, from Germany
- ‘Solarium’ directed by Jonathan Koulavsky, from France
- ‘Somleng reatrey’, directed by Chanrado Sok; Kongkea Vann, from Cambodia
- ‘Ronde de nuit’ directed by Julien Regnard, from Belgium
- ‘Comme un fleuve’ directed by Sandra Desmazières, from France
- ‘Night’ (‘Layl’) directed by Ahmad Saleh, from Germany, Jordan
- ‘Titan’ directed by Valéry Carnoy, from Belgium, France
- ‘A summer place’ directed by Alexandra Matheou, from Greece, France
- ‘To Vancouver’ directed by Artemis Anastasiadou, from Greece
- ‘Safe’ directed by Ian Braling, from USA
- ‘The Soloists’, directed by Mehrnaz Abdollahinia; Feben Elias Woldehawariat; Razahk Issaka; Celeste Jamneck; Yi Liu, from France
- ‘Nina’ directed by Roman Chernikov, from Kazakhstan
- ‘Mulaqat’ directed by Seemab Gul, from Pakistan
- ‘Do Not Feed The Pigeons’ directed by Antonin Niclass, from United Kingdom
- ‘Папині кросівки’ (‘Dad’s Sneakers’) directed by Olha Zhurba, from Ukraine
- ‘Nous n’irons plus en haut’ directed by Simon Helloco, France
- ‘Yallah!’, directed by Nayla Nassar; Edouard Pitula; Renaud de Saint Albin; Cécile Adant; Anaïs Sassatelli; Candice Behague, from France
- ‘The Pitch’ directed by Eno Freedman, from USA
- ‘Miracasas’ directed by Raphaëlle Stolz; Augusto Zanovello, from Switzerland
- ‘Najan’ (‘نجان’) directed by Mohammadmahdi Bagheri, from Iran
- ;잊혀진 익숙함’ (‘Unfamiliar Familiar’) directed by Hae-Sup Sin, from Switzerland
- ‘Trait calme’ directed by Gabrielle Mouret, from France
- ‘Sauna’, directed by Anna Lena Spring; Lara Perren, from Switzerland
- ‘Mansa’ directed by Mariana Bártolo, from Germany, Portugal
Documentary Competition
15 short films have been selected to compete in the Documentary Competition section of the 50th Huesca International Film Festival. The short movies in this competition section are from Czech Republic, Spain, Russia, India, France, Mexico, Belgium, Iraq, Colombia, Poland and Netherlands.
- ‘Love, Dad’ directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, from Czech Republic
- ‘Hardcore’ directed by Adán Aliaga, from Spain
- ‘Дом’ (‘Home’) directed by Igor Gladkov, from Russia
- ‘The Great Abandonment’, directed by Amit Madheshiya; Shirley Abraham, from India
- ‘Freedom Swimmer’ directed by Olivia Martin-McGuire, from France
- ‘Victoria’ directed by Eloisa Diez, from Mexico
- ‘Au Bord De La Folie’ directed by Tawfik Sabouni, from Belgium
- ‘El juego del Despiste’ directed by Marcos García, from Spain
- ‘Captives on the Frontlines: Yezidi Former Child Soldiers who Survived ISIS’ directed by Gemma Atkinson, from Iraq
- ‘Two-Spirit’ directed by Mónica Taboada Tapia, from Colombia
- ‘Memory’ directed by Barros, from Spain
- ‘Lata swietlne’ directed by Monika Proba, from Poland
- ‘You Can’t Automate Me’ directed by Katarina Jazbec, from Netherlands
- ‘Maldita. A love song to Sarajevo’ directed by Raúl de la Fuente Calle, from Spain
- ‘A plena vista’ directed by Luis Palomino, from Mexico
As confirmed by the Spanish festival, the 50th edition of the Huesca International Film Festival takes place in context of both virtual and in-person event from June 10-18, 2022.
