Un corto exprés - El Farandulero

Author’s country of origin: Tenerife.
Filming location: Tenerife.
Running time: 13 minutes.
Language: Spanish.
Award: Barandilla de ORO in the SHORT FILMS category.

With barely 24 hours to submit his work to CIMASUB, Damián Ramos decides to make the rush part of the story itself and sets about creating a short film in a flash. The starting point is a far-fetched suspicion: someone is stealing his luck. All the clues seem to point to his friend, a ‘mad biologist’ with a surprising knack for coming across some of the most extraordinary sea creatures in the Canary Islands just when he isn’t there. Sperm whales, argonauts, manta octopuses and strange deep-sea creatures feature in a hilarious series of underwater encounters and misunderstandings.

With humour, friendship, adventure and a good dose of bad luck, Un corto exprés ultimately becomes a heart-warming portrait of a shared passion for the ocean and of those companions with whom it is worth sharing that passion.