Seville European Film Festival
synopsis
Driven by their desire for light and warmth, British teenagers take a trip to the Balearic Islands. They must absorb the sun and store it in their bodies to take it back to their cloud-covered kingdom. A surreal film about the real phenomenon of “balconing” which, in recent summers, has led to tragic, self-inflicted accidents particularly among young people travelling to Spain.
original title
LA HERIDA LUMINOSA
international title
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays
Country/Countries
Spain
Year
2022
Duration
24 min
screenplay
Christian Avilés
director of photography
Manuel G. Romero
sound
Jimmy Solórzano
music
Christian Avilés
editing
Christian Avilés
producer
Nica Fazio
actor/s
Sam Zeitlin, Julia Fossi, Dina Serra, Clara Sans, Lily Roberts, Quique Muro, Gloria Sirvent, Julia Mascort, Marcel Borràs, Olalla Escribano
vita
Christian Avilés
Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1997, he’s a director, writer and composer. He studied a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual Media in Escac university, specializing in Direction. ‘La Herida Luminosa’ (‘Daydreaming so vividly about our Spanish holidays’), is his final degree project and his first short film- a fiction in which he delves into themes of teenage spirituality, magic and suicide. Selected at Berlinale 2023.
