L'Alternativa Parallel
Small Experiments

L’Alternativa and El Meu Primer Festival are teaming up once again to curate events at both festivals, including two very special sessions for young children, together with a workshop on special effects in film and the group filmmaking project Let’s Make a Movie with A Home in Progress Film, the fifth consecutive edition to be held at both festivals.
Session of Short Animation Films 18/11 12.00 h ages 5 and up
12 short films, 45 min in total
Animated crayon drawings, card and plasticine montages, figures made out of scrap metal… or just a camera and a dash of imagination: you can use anything to made a film from scratch to tell an exciting story, a thrilling adventure, a magical encounter or a metaphor for life on earth. So here is this year’s selection of video clips and short films: a fresh batch of great small experiments.

Vivir
(Living)
César Díaz Meléndez

L'Homme le plus petit du monde
(The Smallest Man in the World)
Juan Pablo Zaramella

Rum
Russell Haigh

Feuille
(Leaf)
Vaiana Gauthier, Dante Zaballa

Koyaa - Freezing Scarf
Kolja Saksida

Chatarra
(Scrap)
Walter Tournier

La Chasse
(The Hunt)
Alexey Alekseev

Rosso Papavero
(Red Poppy)
Martin Smatana

Tierra sin mal
(Land without Evil)
Kati Egely

Julot
Maya Tiberman

Tuning
Ferran Viura Salas, Gáspare Savio Lo Vacco, Juan Vásquez, Giovanni Aguilar

Sabaku
(Sabaku, a Bird in Search of a Friend)
Marlies van der Wel
When Marnie Was There 19/11 12.00 h ages 7 and up
Feature film, 103 min
Shy Anna has just moved to her aunt and uncle's house in a new city. One day she discovers a mysterious overgrown mansion that seems somehow strangely familiar. There she meets Marnie, a girl of her own age who soon becomes her best friend. Together they embark on a series of adventures intertwining fantasy and reality.