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JOURNEY OF THE FOREIGN INVADERS
International Shorts
(Various Countries, 89 min)
DON’T BURY IT
(UK, 10 min, 2025)
Dumped by his girlfriend and fired from his job as a gravedigger, Doug's mental health spirals downwards, and he begins burying his problems, quite literally, in his garden; unpaid bills, the washing-up, everything goes in, until what started as simple avoidance escalates into a murder spree.
Director: Kristian Fitsall
EDEN
(Italy, 15 min, 20205)
Anna lives her days in solitude and isolation, taking care of the many plants that populate the garden of her country house. The slow and monotonous rhythm of her existence is broken when she finds a strange seed, from which the most beautiful plant of all will be born.
In Italian with English subtitles
Director: Gabriele Lenzi
EMI
(Spain, 11 min, 2025)
Blanca, Sergio, and Carlos, all 16 years old, gather at their late friend’s house. There, Carlos decides to perform a ritual to communicate with Emi’s spirit and ask for forgiveness together, as her accident was caused by all of them. As the ritual progresses and they manage to speak with her, they realize that Emi is not acting as they expected.
In Spanish with English subtitles
FATUM
(The Netherlands, 14 min, 2025)
During a visit to the house of the arrogant Don, Joris gets an oppressive feeling from all the strange people in the house who go to great lengths to make Don's life easy.
In Dutch with English subtitles
Director: Pim Vogels
HER LOVE
(UK, 13 min, 2025)
Cathy will stop at nothing to get an apology from the man who broke her daughter’s heart.
Director: Rich Rose
INEBRIATED
(UK, 12 min, 2025)
To rescue her possessed boyfriend, Van must confront her demons, beginning with her parents.
Director: Max r Lincoln
VOID
(Spain, 13 min, 2025)
All children are afraid of the dark. But for eight-year-old Max, this darkness is different. It is dense, corporeal, and hides something sinister. A terrifying presence has taken up residence in his house, threatening to destroy what he loves most.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Javier Cano Larumbe
EMI
(Spain, 11 min, 2025)
Blanca, Sergio, and Carlos, all 16 years old, gather at their late friend’s house. There, Carlos decides to perform a ritual to communicate with Emi’s spirit and ask for forgiveness together, as her accident was caused by all of them. As the ritual progresses and they manage to speak with her, they realize that Emi is not acting as they expected.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director Biography - Manel F. Gonda
Manel F. Gonda (Barcelona, 2000) is a director, screenwriter, and producer graduated from ESCAC. In 2022, he directed Entre Los Otros, a dystopian sci-fi and suspense short film premiered at Terror Molins and selected at the Cannes and Málaga Short Film Corners 2024. He recently completed EMI, a new supernatural suspense short, and is now developing his debut feature based on the premise of his first short film.
- Year2025
- Runtime11 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorManel F. Gonda
- ScreenwriterNerea García Martí
- ProducerLidia López Cejuela
- CastClaudia Malagelada, Joel Bramona Palau, Teo Soler Hernandez
- EditorSonia Flórez
- Sound DesignJoan Castan
- MusicJulián Barbieri
JOURNEY OF THE FOREIGN INVADERS
International Shorts
(Various Countries, 89 min)
DON’T BURY IT
(UK, 10 min, 2025)
Dumped by his girlfriend and fired from his job as a gravedigger, Doug's mental health spirals downwards, and he begins burying his problems, quite literally, in his garden; unpaid bills, the washing-up, everything goes in, until what started as simple avoidance escalates into a murder spree.
Director: Kristian Fitsall
EDEN
(Italy, 15 min, 20205)
Anna lives her days in solitude and isolation, taking care of the many plants that populate the garden of her country house. The slow and monotonous rhythm of her existence is broken when she finds a strange seed, from which the most beautiful plant of all will be born.
In Italian with English subtitles
Director: Gabriele Lenzi
EMI
(Spain, 11 min, 2025)
Blanca, Sergio, and Carlos, all 16 years old, gather at their late friend’s house. There, Carlos decides to perform a ritual to communicate with Emi’s spirit and ask for forgiveness together, as her accident was caused by all of them. As the ritual progresses and they manage to speak with her, they realize that Emi is not acting as they expected.
In Spanish with English subtitles
FATUM
(The Netherlands, 14 min, 2025)
During a visit to the house of the arrogant Don, Joris gets an oppressive feeling from all the strange people in the house who go to great lengths to make Don's life easy.
In Dutch with English subtitles
Director: Pim Vogels
HER LOVE
(UK, 13 min, 2025)
Cathy will stop at nothing to get an apology from the man who broke her daughter’s heart.
Director: Rich Rose
INEBRIATED
(UK, 12 min, 2025)
To rescue her possessed boyfriend, Van must confront her demons, beginning with her parents.
Director: Max r Lincoln
VOID
(Spain, 13 min, 2025)
All children are afraid of the dark. But for eight-year-old Max, this darkness is different. It is dense, corporeal, and hides something sinister. A terrifying presence has taken up residence in his house, threatening to destroy what he loves most.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Javier Cano Larumbe
EMI
(Spain, 11 min, 2025)
Blanca, Sergio, and Carlos, all 16 years old, gather at their late friend’s house. There, Carlos decides to perform a ritual to communicate with Emi’s spirit and ask for forgiveness together, as her accident was caused by all of them. As the ritual progresses and they manage to speak with her, they realize that Emi is not acting as they expected.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director Biography - Manel F. Gonda
Manel F. Gonda (Barcelona, 2000) is a director, screenwriter, and producer graduated from ESCAC. In 2022, he directed Entre Los Otros, a dystopian sci-fi and suspense short film premiered at Terror Molins and selected at the Cannes and Málaga Short Film Corners 2024. He recently completed EMI, a new supernatural suspense short, and is now developing his debut feature based on the premise of his first short film.
- Year2025
- Runtime11 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorManel F. Gonda
- ScreenwriterNerea García Martí
- ProducerLidia López Cejuela
- CastClaudia Malagelada, Joel Bramona Palau, Teo Soler Hernandez
- EditorSonia Flórez
- Sound DesignJoan Castan
- MusicJulián Barbieri