Video HD / 18 min / Documentary-Fiction / Comedy-Drama / Spain 2017
Los Desheredados is a portrait of the director’s father facing the end of his family business. Pere Ferrés is 53 years old and owns a bus company. Lack of money forces him to drive clients who destroy his vehicle to bachelor parties, but he is not prepared to lose his dignity.
Los Desheredados es un retrato del padre de la directora enfrentándose al fin del negocio familiar. Pere Ferrés tiene 53 años y está a cargo de una empresa de autocares. La escasez de ingresos le obliga a realizar despedidas de soltero donde los clientes suelen destrozar el vehículo, pero no está dispuesto a perder su dignidad.
WORLD PREMIERE
· 56º Semaine de la Critique – Cannes 2017
Best Short Film (Leica Cine Discovery Prize)
· 32º Premios Goya | Spanish Film Academy 2018
Best Documentary Short Film
· 10º Premis Gaudí | Catalan Film Academy 2018
Best Short Film
· 30º European Film Awards | European Film Academy 2017
European Film Awards Nominee
· 25º Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival (Portugal)
Best European Short, being therefore nominated for the European Film Awards
· 47º ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
Best Screenplay & Best Actor
· 9º Les Arcs European Film Festival (France)
Best Short Film
· 20º MECAL – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona (Spain)
Honorable Mention & Best Cinematography
· 10º Premis Ciutat del Prat (Spain)
Awarded for her merits as a film director and her contribution to the promotion of the city
· 4º Premis El Llobregat by the newspaper El Llobregat (Spain)
Awarded for her relevance and achievements
· 2º The Creative Fest (Spain)
Best Audiovisual Award
· 55º New York Film Festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center (USA)
· 24º Palm Springs International ShortFest (USA)
· 23º Premio José María Forqué (Spain)
· 62º SEMINCI – Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain)
· 59º ZINEBI – Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films (Spain)
· 8º MakeDox (Macedonia)
· 6º Antofadocs – Festival Internacional de Documentales de Antofagasta (Chile)
· 14º Corto Circuito Latino Shorts Film Festival of NY (USA)
· 23º MedFilm Festival (Italy)
· Kurzfilmfestival Köln (Germany)
· Hiroshima International Film Festival (Japan)
· 5º The International Bosphorus Film Festival (Turkey)
· VIA XIV – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Verín (Spain)
· 21º Festival de Cortometrajes “Cortada” de Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
· 29º Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo (Spain)
· 15º London Short Film Festival (United Kingdom)
· 27º FLICKERFEST – International Short Film Festival (Australia)
· 33º Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (Mexico)
· 24º Regensburg Short Film Week (Germany)
· 20º FEC – Festival Europeo de Curtmetratges (Spain)
· Festival Nacional Plasencia Encorto (Spain)
· 18º Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival (Spain)
· 8º Cortex Film Festival – Sintra Short Film Festival (Portugal)
· SKEPTO – International Short Film Festival (Italy)
· GO SHORT – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Netherlands)
· 13º FESTIMATGE – Festival de la Imatge de Calella (Spain)
· 12º SorsiCorti Film Festival (Italy)
· 15º VIS Vienna Independent Shorts (Austria)
· 5º Requena y… ¡Acción! (Spain)
· L.A OLA showcase (USA & Mexico)
· 11º FIC CAT – Festival de Curtmetratges en Català Costa Daurada (Spain)
· 44º FILMETS – Badalona Film Festival (Spain)
THE CREW
Written & directed by
Laura Ferrés
Executive production
Valérie Delpierre
Production manager
David Tejedor
Cinematography
Agnès Piqué
Sound
Alejandro Castillo
Editing
Diana Toucedo
Music
Joe Crepúsculo & Manos de Topo
Poster & Photo
Agnès Piqué
Graphic design
Sergi Vilà
Color retouching
Mathius de Felipe