Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema 2023 / La herida luminosa / Spain 2022
The sun is a source of life, warmth, and health. But British teenagers live in a country where they don’t get enough sunlight. They suffer mentally and physically and compensate for the lack of sunshine by taking vitamin D supplements. They dream of escaping to the Balearic Islands – Mallorca in the case of the protagonist – to soak up as many rays as possible in the short time they have, so they can enjoy their effects even under the gloomy British skies. A surrealistically poetic film about warmth and dreams, about the stunned reactions of locals who take the sun for granted, and about the grim phenomenon of “balconing,” which has cost some tourists their lives, even though they only came to enjoy the sunshine.
Anna Kořínek
23 min / Color, DCP
Director Christian Avilés
/ Screenplay Christian Avilés
/ Dir. of Photography Manuel G. Romero
/ Music Christian Avilés
/ Sound Jimmy Solórzano
/ Editor Christian Avilés
/ Art Director Michi Vázquez
/ Producer Nica Fazio
/ Production ESCAC Films
/ Cast Sam Zeitlin, Julia Fossi, Dina Serra, Clara Sans, Gloria Sirvent
/ Contact Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Christian Avilés (1997, Barcelona). Filmography: Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays (La herida luminosa, 2022, short).
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Plaza del Rey 1, 28004, Madrid
Spain
Phone: +34 917 017 000, +34 917 017 259
Fax: +34 917 017 394
E-mail: [email protected]
Christian Avilés
Film Director
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