18 short films in the official selection of the 21st Marbella International Film Festival, 7–11 October 2026. Each carries the day and time it screens. See the viewing schedule.
Screening times & tickets
€10 per film (€20 at METT); the full festival is €45.
Short Films 18
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Fri 9 Oct · 19.30
BEVERAGESAdrian Morar & Moe Essa · United Kingdom · 2026 · 22 min · English When a simple intimidation job becomes a botched gunfight, four aspiring mobsters face their own incompetence — a stylish, self-aware crime comedy. |
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Sat 10 Oct · 17.00
Burial PermitHashem Aliakbari · Iran · 2025 · 12 min · Farsi A mother dies. Her son, leaving Iran, faces unexpected challenges to bury her. Religious laws and government structures that have controlled women throughout their lives follow them even into death. |
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Thu 8 Oct · 18.00
CHOICENaddine Madell · Canada · 2025 · 16 min · English A solitary priest wanders into a diner, where a waitress draws out the pact his father once made for his survival — now come due. |
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Fri 9 Oct · 19.30
ContritionMarco Beyermann & Ben Keenan · United Kingdom · 2026 · 13 min · English In a volatile Northern Irish town, Damien is haunted by a childhood IRA hostage ordeal that tore his family apart. |
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Thu 8 Oct · 19.30
DobrinaHannes Rall · Germany/Singapore · 2025 · 5 min · English Lotte Reiniger meets Sergio Leone in this award-laden animated short where desire burns as bright as the desert sun. |
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Fri 9 Oct · 17.00
LélekJoseph Iyore · United Kingdom · 2026 · 28 min · English A seemingly innocent act of kindness sets off a chain of events that unearths a centuries-old tragedy, revealing an inexplicable connection between a struggling single mother and an immortal man haunted by the family he lost. |
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Fri 9 Oct · 19.30
LET'S PRETEND I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUDANIEL PRADILLA DE BEDOUT · SPAIN / USA · 2026 · 19 min · SPANISH A sommelier spends a weekend in the woods with a mysterious woman; their intimate escape is slowly disturbed by a past relationship. |
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Fri 9 Oct · 19.30
Letters Of Love SHORTJohan Wickholm · Gibraltar · 2025 · 21 min · English Spain, 1977: bright teenager Peter falls into a cartel's grip, until a mysterious girl's letters spark his fight to reclaim himself. |
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Thu 8 Oct · 18.00
LONELYBobby Bosko Grubic · Croatia / USA · 2025 · 19 min · Croatian In the twilight of a life marked by disappointment and regret, an old man discovers a flicker of hope through an unexpected friendship. |
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Thu 8 Oct · 19.30
MONDAYLisa Giles · USA · 2026 · 7 min · English In the final minutes before oxygen runs out, one exhausted scientist races to save humanity as the world ends. |
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Wed 7 Oct · 19.30
Priority SeatShaun Preece · Wales, United Kingdom · 2026 · 3 min · English On a cold, rain-soaked morning at a forgotten Welsh bus stop, a hostile hooded teenager and a frail elderly war veteran share a few silent minutes waiting for a bus that will not hurry. The sight of an old scar pulls the boy into a glimpse of the man the veteran once was, a soldier who gave everything for others on a distant shore. Confronted with the life behind that tired face, the boy is forced to see the man the world walks straight past, and in a final quiet act of grace he gives him the coat off his back. Priority Seat is a three minute drama about the heroes we overlook, adapted from a scene the director’s own father witnessed and carried for years. |
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Wed 7 Oct · 19.30
ReunionMaura Foley · Ireland · 2024 · 13 min · English Aoife and Jen travel home for a reunion, reminiscing on love, loss and life. |
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Wed 7 Oct · 19.30
Something PointlessAsa Bailey · United Kingdom · 2026 · 14 min · English When a bullied young boy discovers an older man quietly affixing painted eggshells to a forgotten brick wall in their neighbourhood, an unlikely friendship forms — and he begins to understand how even the smallest, “pointless” acts can leave behind something transformative and lasting. |
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Sat 10 Oct · 19.30
The Fall guysCharles Belleville (41 Blackford) · United Kingdom · 2025 · 16 min · English Two weary hitmen on a job get tangled up with a group of unsuspecting weekend guests at a remote rental house. |
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Wed 7 Oct · 19.30
The Inheritance ClauseCharles Henri Belleville (41 Blackford) · England · 2025 · 15 min · English A billionaire's heirs are flown to the Maldives to hear his will — only to find the dead man has set them a deadly game. |
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Sat 10 Oct · 19.30
The Last SunOrlando Charvetto and Nigel Canepa · Gibraltar · 2026 · 29 min · English In a future where the sun is blocked and humanity lives underground, Gibraltar holds the last light and a scientist fights to bring it back. |
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Wed 7 Oct · 17.00
The translatorMilad shiri · Iran · 2025 · 15 min · Persian A translator caring for her Alzheimer's-stricken father-in-law loses him one day through a moment's negligence. |
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Sat 10 Oct · 17.00
Til Death Do us PartCharles Belleville (41 Blackford) · england · 2026 · 14 min · English In a quiet English village, an improbable run of dead husbands draws a detective to a roomful of unbothered widows. |