Uncomfortable stories, fresh perspectives, award-winning cinema and key names in today’s short-film scene. Over two nights, Palma turns its gaze to the very best in short-form filmmaking with the 1st Mostra de Curtmetratges Premios Fugaz, a showcase bringing together 12 short films from across Spain.
The 1st Mostra de Curtmetratges Premios Fugaz will take place on 3 and 10 February 2026, from 7.00 pm, at the Teatre Municipal Maruja Alfaro Mar i Terra, with a line-up that combines acclaimed titles, new talent and a strong presence of Balearic cinema. Admission is free until capacity is reached.
Award-winning short films and Balearic talent
The showcase is linked to the Premios Fugaz, Spain’s leading short-film awards, and offers audiences the chance to enjoy on the big screen some of the most notable productions of the past year.
Balearic cinema takes centre stage with Blava terra, by Marine Auclair March; Background, by Toni Bestard; and De Madrid al cielo, produced by the Mallorcan company Baldufa Films and recognised as Best Film School Short at the most recent Premios Fugaz.
Programme: 1st Mostra de Curtmetratges Premios Fugaz
📅 Tuesday, 3 February 2026
- Angulo muerto (14’)
Director: Cristian Beteta
Cast: Carlos Santos, Eva Llorach
Estela and Ramón face separation and the suicide of their only son Hugo, 13, after he suffered bullying at school. - Adiós (8’)
Director: José Prats
Cast: Ginés García Millán, Pepe Villena
During a hunting day in southern Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, confronting the feeling of being left alone. - Cuando llega el frío (17’)
Director: María Salgado Gispert
Cast: Mercedes Castro, Borja Maestre, Mía Capdevila García, Kaleb Fernández Ruiz, Alexandra Jiménez Arranz
An unsettling chill creeps into what seemed like an idyllic summer. - Insalvable (18’)
Director: Javier Marco
Cast: Pedro Casablanc, Javier Pereira, César Tormo, Silvia Vacas
Mauro has arranged to have dinner at a luxury restaurant with Ángel, a stranger whose life he saved a few weeks ago. - Blava terra (19’)
Director: Marine Auclair March
Cast: Alexia Álvarez, Lina Mira, María Blanco, Marc Bibiloni
Mallorca, 1940. Elionor discovers the adult world on a remote estate whose inhabitants have never left. Everything changes with the arrival of a film. - Pipiolos (24’)
Director: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
Cast: Marta Etura, Nur Levy, Diego García, Iker Ruiz, Olivia Manzano, Jorge Cabrera, José María Pertusa, Mónica Caballero
Two mothers begin a relationship. Two 13-year-old boys. A new family unit and a summer holiday where they hope their children will come to understand their love.
📅 Tuesday, 10 February 2026
- Background (15’)
Director: Toni Bestard
Cast: Aina Zuazaga, Diego Ingold
A grey, unremarkable man, drawn to the unusual beauty of an enigmatic young woman, tries to catch her attention in a peculiar universe. - De Madrid al cielo (19’)
Director: Pablo Pérez Martín
Cast: Ángela Villa, Marina Andina, Marina Moltó, Asier Albertos, Catalina Peláez Ros, Juan Vigola, Rafa Chaves, Trinidad González Priego, Carlos Godoy
Jesus Christ has returned to Earth, to Madrid, and announces that anyone who wishes may leave forever for Heaven with him. - Pálpito (17’)
Directors: Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera
Cast: Cristina Fernández Pintado, Ángel Fígols, Jordi Ballester, María Maroto, Estela Martínez
A tarot reader becomes obsessed with the feeling that a terrible tragedy is about to happen. She will do anything to prevent it. - Una cabeza en la pared (20’)
Director: Manuel Manrique
Cast: Nacho Sánchez, Ángela Cervantes
Three years after bullfighting was abolished in Spain, Rafael Jesús can no longer become the star matador he was destined to be. He wanders the streets trying to fit into a world with no place for him. - Behind The Wall (16’)
Director: Martín D. Guevara
Documentary
Tareq Samhan, a former combatant of the Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas), is released after 13 years in prison. - La mort (13’)
Director: Jesús Martínez “Nota”
Cast: Luisa Gavasa, Pepa Aniorte, Manu Menárguez, Ainhoa Gràcia
When dying becomes a way of life.
A new cultural date in Palma
The event was presented at the Teatre Municipal Maruja Alfaro Mar i Terra by the Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Culture, Javier Bonet, accompanied by the General Coordinator for Culture and Tourism, Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta, and the Director General for Music and Performing Arts, Rafel Brunet. Also present were Marine Auclair March, director of Blava terra, and Toni Bestard, director of Background. Bonet said that this event “reinforces Mallorca’s role as a film set and highlights the excellent moment Balearic-made cinema is enjoying”.
With this first edition, the Mostra de Curtmetratges Premios Fugaz joins Palma’s cultural calendar as an opportunity to discover the very best of contemporary Spanish short filmmaking, reinforcing Mallorca’s role as a space for creation and film exhibition.
From left to right: Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta, Toni Bestard, Javier Bonet, Marine Auclair March and Rafel Brunet, during the presentation of the Mostra de Curtmetratges Premios Fugaz. Photo: Ajuntament de Palma.
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