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Poster for the short film "Amira", directed by Javier Yañez

Amira

2026Short16m 03sSpain

A period piece set in a nineteenth-century music school where daylight never seems to reach. Working almost entirely in darkness, the film uses the conservatory and its music as the frame for a story of confinement and the unseen.

Still from the short film "Amira", directed by Javier Yañez

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A Captive Audience

Jury Notes

Jury Nominee — A Captive Audience block, The Screaming Room 2026. Award category to be assigned after jury vote.

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