The Masterpiece

La Gran Obra

Unclassified 18+

Dir. Àlex Lora Cercós / 2024 / 20 mins / Spain / Spanish / Drama, Thriller / Victorian Premiere

In this Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize winner, race and class complicate the transaction between a wealthy couple and the scrap dealers they invite to their mansion.

Leo and Diana meet immigrant scrap dealers Salif and Yousef at a recycle centre. Diana soon asks the pair to drop by their home so they can offload some possessions, but a discovery leads to an amusingly awkward exchange. Àlex Lora Cercós’s gripping exploration of class disparity builds from a slow simmer to viscerally unbearable tension, culminating in a confrontation that exposes the hidden hostility of polite society.

15 Aug 9:00pm Kino 1

International Shorts 1 (117 m)

Blood Like Water (14 m)

Honeymoon (24 m)

Nothing but Shadows (18 m)

In the Garden of Tulips (13 m)

Binti (13 m)

The Masterpiece (20 m)

International Shorts 1 (117 m)

Blood Like Water (14 m)

Honeymoon (24 m)

Nothing but Shadows (18 m)

In the Garden of Tulips (13 m)

Binti (13 m)

The Masterpiece (20 m)

Kino 1

22 Aug 4:00pm Kino 2

International Shorts 1 (112 m)

Blood Like Water (14 m)

Honeymoon (24 m)

Nothing but Shadows (18 m)

In the Garden of Tulips (13 m)

Binti (13 m)

The Masterpiece (20 m)

International Shorts 1 (112 m)

Blood Like Water (14 m)

Honeymoon (24 m)

Nothing but Shadows (18 m)

In the Garden of Tulips (13 m)

Binti (13 m)

The Masterpiece (20 m)

Kino 2

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