OUT OF SYNC / Original tile: Trés
Director: Juanjo Giménez
Cast: Marta Nieto, Miki Esparbé
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Nationality: Spain, Lithuania, France
Duration: 104 min
Themes: Sound, Women
Languages: Spanish with English subtitles.
Age rate: +16
Synopsis: C. is a talented sound designer, passionate about her work. After delivering a few sound mixes with clear defects of synchronization, her employers believe that she is going through a phase of psychological instability, and that they cannot trust her with new projects. She will then realize that, just like a film with a faulty soundtrack, her brain is processing sound later than images. As the time lapse extends, day after day, she will face hardships, be forced to give up her job and reconsider her whole life.
The film was selected at Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival. It was nominated and won several awards in Spain (Goya, Gaudí, Feroz)
Timecode (Shot Film)
Director: Juanjo Giménez
Cast: Lali Ayguadé, Nicolas Ricchini, Vicente Gil, Pep Domenech
Runtime: 15 min.
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Country: Spain
Year: 2016
Age rate: +16
Synopsis: Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtfI81Edspo
About the guest:
Juanjo Giménez was born in Barcelona. His last short film, TIMECODE (2016) won the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival, the 2017 European Film Award for Best Short Film, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Film, as well as the Goya in the same category. In all, it has won more than 100 awards at film festivals all over the world. Giménez has also directed the feature film TILT (2003), which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival; and two documentaries, CONTACT PROOF (2014) and ESQUIVAR I PEGAR (2010), as well as several other awarded short films.
