Pastisset de Xocolata
11 min. Spain, 2024

Dir: Paula Trejo and Andrea Adame
Prod: ESCAC FILMS
Starring: Arnau Márquez, Marc Baltà

A young man enters an uncanny and rotten bakery, where he will have to prove to the men who live there that he is capable of completing a rite of initiation. If he wants to be part of the community, he must be the first to get hold of the chocolate cake that is being baked.

Shot on Arri Alexa Classic + Schneider Xenar T2
+ LAOWA Macro PeriProbe 24mm F14
✶ BFI Future Film Festival 2025 (United Kingdom) – Best International Film
✶ Muestra de Cine y Creatividad Centro Botín 2025 (Spain) – Runner up for Best   Short Film
✶ Nambrocorto – Festival de Cortometrajes Nambroca 2024 (Spain)
✶ Premis Castellitx de Curtmetratges de Ficció en Català 2025 (Spain)
✶ Conil de Cine – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes 2025 (Spain)
✶ Edinburgh International University Film Festival 2025 (United Kingdom)
✶ Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no feminino 2025 (Portugal)
✶ SOCINE – Festival Internacional UEMC de Cine Social Universitario 2025 (Spain)
✶ Braunschweig International Film Festival 2025 (Germany)
✶ Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2025 (Sweden)
✶ Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei 2025 (Spain)