Short Films Competition Puerto Rico 2010

1.      Ninfas
Directed by:Jose Gerena
Genre: Experimental
Running Time: 7min
Year: 2009
Synopsis:  What a man looks in a woman? Why the confusion?  “Nymphs” with a particular style and imaginative touch to present the characteristics of the ideal woman.

2.      Pausa
Directed by: Luis Grande
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 19’33’’ min
Year:  2009
Synopsis:  A member of a revolutionary group, delays a plan to set a bomb in a restaurant, when he falls in love with a girl who is always in the location.  The other members of the group start to get upset and push him to do his work.

3.     Amor en Estación
Directed by:  Gaviota Morales/ Alejandro Villalba
Genre:  Drama
Year: 2009
Running time:
Synopsis:  An exploration of the evolution and difficulties of love as a pleasant success.  It travels throughout the multiple phases of affection that someone could experience throughout its lifetime.

4.      La Ultima Estampilla
Directed by: Raymond O’Brien
Genre: Drama/fiction
Running Time: 9min45
Year: 2009
Synopsis:  Lin has a stamps album, in which each stamp has a powerful meaning in her life.  Could she find her last stamp?

5.      Flores par alas Cuatro
Directed by:  Efrain Otero
Genre: Drama
Year:2009
Running time: 8min
Synopsis:  A young man let his shyness behind searching for a true love.

6.      Rose
Directed by:  Alexander Rodriguez
Genre:  Romantic/Drama
Year: 2009
Running time:
Synopsis:  The seal of the love pack, the fruit of feeling, the passion has taken a breath.  Rose and Pablo received news that changed their lives as they knew it.  The news of pregnancy brings happiness, a happiness that is converted to pain and resignation. May be sufficient to meet this test.

7.      Blanca
Directed by:  Alexis Martinez
Genre: Fiction/Drama
Year: 2009
Running Time:
Synopsis;  The platonic love story between a preacher and a beautiful artistic woman.

8.      Una Mano
Directed by:  Andres Arias
Genre: Indie
Year:  2009
Running Time:
Synopsis:  A young man rushes to prepare everything for a special moment:  The proposal.  Dinner is ready, ring is ready, but when the girl arrives somebody comes along.

9.      El Secuestro
Directed by:  Carlos Irizarry
Genre:  Action/Romantic-comedy
Year:  2009
Running Time: 5min
Synopsis:  Ana, a bride in distress, fakes being kidnapped to escape her wedding.

10.   T.K.O. (Techinical Knockout)
Directed by:  Amanda Pelaez Torres
Genre:  Fiction
Year: 2009
Running time: 18min
Synopsis:  A man realizes his true love after a weird encounter in a night of drinking.

11.   Vacios del Alma
Directed by:  Lopez Melero
Genre: Romance
Year: 2009
Running Time:
Synopsis:  Ezequiel arrives to a plantation where he starts his studies for a botanical research for his master’s degree.  In that place he meets Juanita, a hard working lady and he falls in love with her.  Problems star to arise when Juanita’s parents become aware of her romance with Ezequiel.  It is here where she’s confronted with a heart decision between staying with her parents or pursuing her life dreams.

12.   El Peor Momento/ The worse moment
Directed by:  Elaine M. Izquierdo
Genre:  Fiction/Drama
Year:  2009
Running Time:  10min
Synopsis:  AH1N1 virus is now a global pandemic.  Everyone is living with the fear of getting infected, leading their lives by strict security measures. Giselle is one of the group of scientists that’s working on finding the cure.   Lately, her life is all about the virus, until she meets Eric, a new co-worker.  In the middle of this pandemic, Giselle and Eric discover the possibility of falling in love, but could it grow in the worse moment?

13.   Tal para cual
Directed by:  Stephanie M. Izquierdo
Genre:  Fiction
Year:  2009
Running Time:  10min
Synopsis:  Ricky and Valeria love eachother, but they can’t stop the fighting between them. Is this a definitive breakup or could they go over it?


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