Balearic
España, Francia, 2025.
Directed by: Ion de Sosa.
Ion de Sosa (San Sebastián, 1981) trained at ECAM. His film "Balearic" (2025) earned a Goya nomination for Best New Director, while his short "Mamántula" (2023) was also a Goya nominee. His previous features, "True Love" (2011) and "Androids Dream" (2014), were widely screened internationally. He is also a prominent cinematographer and co-founder of the production company Apellaniz & de Sosa.
Cast: Ada Tormo, Elías Hwidar, Paula Gala, Lara Gallo.
Running time: 74 min.
Synopsis
A Midsummer nightmare where class tension meets structural horror. Captured on grainy 16mm, the film juxtaposes a group of youth trapped by feral dogs against the indifferent revelry of a nearby villa. The monster here is not a creature, but a social boundary. The pool serves as the visual and symbolic axis of a potent metaphor on the disconnection between those who suffer and those who look away.
A Midsummer nightmare where class tension meets structural horror. Captured on grainy 16mm, the film juxtaposes a group of youth trapped by feral dogs against the indifferent revelry of a nearby villa...