"El tratamiento" - Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival 2022
Action, comedy, animation, drama – expect this and more from Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival – a selection of European short films from the home countries of ten members of EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture) in which the Instituto Cervantes and AECID present the Spanish short film “El tratamiento” (The Treatment) by director Álvaro Carmona.
Let Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Poland, Portugal and Spain entertain you with a variety of genres from
contemporary, cutting-edge filmmakers. Cork International Film Festival and TUS Limerick School of Art and Design will also present short films from Ireland on the programme.
After the screenings, the audience can vote for their favourite film with their Smartphone.
Synopsis, El tratamiento: A clinic offers what you’ve always wanted… for a low price.
Álvaro Carmona (1984, Utrera) is a Spanish director, scriptwriter, musician, comedian and artist. Filmography: Clara (2013); short films: Ruleta (2015), Un mal trago (2015) and El tratamiento (2019); Tv show: Gente hablando (2018).
Dates & Venues:
- 13 October – Palas Cinema Galway
- 20 October – TUS Limerick Institute of Technology
- 8 November – Lighthouse Cinema Dublin
- 14 November – Gate Cinema, Cork International Film Festival
EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture – is the European network of organisations engaging in cultural relations. It advocates a prominent role of culture in international relations and is a strategic partner of the EU.
EUNIC Ireland members are: Alliance Française/Embassy of France, Austrian Embassy, British Council, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Culture Ireland, Goethe-Institut, Embassy of Greece, Instituto Cervantes/Spanish Agency for the International Cooperation and Development (AECID), Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Embassy of Hungary, Embassy of Luxembourg, Embassy of Malta, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Embassy of Portugal, Embassy of Romania, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia and Embassy of Switzerland.