We already have a jury to make the official selection for the first edition of La Mercantil En Off Film Festival.

The function of the jury will be to assess the 20 shorts that have reached the final to make the official selection that will be screened at Sala Mercantil de Balaguer this October 8. It won’t be easy, because there is a lot of level. These 20 shorts come from a total of 333 that we received between March and July. Not bad for being the first edition! It has been a pleasure to see and evaluate all the works, but only this 20 make it to the final.

We present our jury below: Lídia Garcia (director of photography), Robert Soto (filmmaker and editor), Marcel Buisan (director and screenwriter), Alex Moreno (director and screenwriter), Alicia Martí (actress), Jonathan Dale (editor ).

You can find more information about them on our website.

The criterion for making up this jury was that they were all film professionals, but in different branches, so that the final result takes into account as many variables as possible.

This year’s finalists are:

Section Original Version in Catalan

Elsa , Dir. Albert Carbó

Op. 32 , Dir. Vicenç Ferreres

Hoste , Dir. Marc Plana

L’art de l’antídot , Dir. Aina Palomer

Llana Negra , Dir. Elisabet Terri

International Section

Marko , Dir. Marko Šantić

El niño y la montaña, Dir. Gabriel Santiago Aguilera

13 Amsterdam Street, Dir. Olivier Lopez Barros

Siempre Yo, Dir. Jonás Dominguez

Parresia, Dir. Ignacio Lasierra

Microshorts section

Reflejos de dolor, Dir. Alexis Esteban Amarilla

Painting by Numbers, Dir. Radheya Jegatheva

Gaia, Dir. Maximilien Saint-cast , Gaël Cathala

Lucia’s World, Dir. cédrick spinassou, robin iff

Esteu ahí?, Dir. Ana Maria Ferri

Video clips section

Soy tan perro, Dir. Yolanda Román

Tek it, Dir. Frederick Venet

A quién quiero engañar, Dir. Rut Angielina

Eternamente en mi, Dir. Gustavo Duc

Rising in spiral, Dir. Débora Mendes, Elmano Diogo