The Other Film Production

A young Navajo man performs a ritual related to the moon.

When Galindo, an acid unsuccessful film director, sees the triumph of" La gallina Turuleca " at the 2021 Goya gala, he discovers that there is a way to win a Goya automatically: to be the only animated film that comes in. Then Galindo decides to make an animated film to get so much desired Goya. For this he goes in search of his old companions of film adventures: Pablo and Dharma.

A near future in any country. Refugee 28312 and her baby manage to reach a cold and hostile cabin controlled by a machine. The cabin serves as an anteroom to access the raft that can carry the Refugee and her child to the other side. Refugee 28312 has enough Units to pay for the ticket, but the machine decides Refugee 28312 is not suitable to go on board.

Julia is saying goodbye to the last visitors who have come to the house after the sudden death of her husband. When it seems that finally has a moment of intimacy, Susan knocks on the door. Despite Julia's refusal to let her pass, Susana rebukes her, arguing that she has the right to say goodbye to her husband.

Three researchers work on a paleontological project focusing on two dinosaurs: one fictional, the one created by special effects genius Ray Harryhausen for the film The Valley of Gwangi (1969); the other real, the Concavenator corcovatus, whose remains were discovered in 2003 at the Las Hoyas site, in the province of Cuenca (Spain), very close to where the filming took place.

8:19' is a smart gallery of characters living, unknowingly, their last 8 minutes and 19 seconds in absolutely rutinary situations, letting time go by, delaying decisions, postponing meetings and pleasures. Characters who think there is a future to be reached. Like everyone.