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I dreamed I was playing the drums

2026 · 9 min

A quiet, dreamlike short that drifts between monochrome streets and vivid recollections, asking you to sit with a stubborn dreamer's longing.

Directed by
Alexei Gudiño
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alejandro Porter, Charly Rodríguez, Andrea Medrano
Overview
Antonio, stubbornly clinging to his dreams, recounts his aspirations amidst black and white streets and colorful memories, while discovering why dreamers prefer to sleep rather than be awake.

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Directed by
Alexei Gudiño
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alejandro Porter, Charly Rodríguez, Andrea Medrano
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Alexei Gudiño
    Written by
    Alexei Gudiño
    Starring
    Alejandro Porter, Charly Rodríguez, Andrea Medrano, Esveidy Belén, Fati Lu, Germán López Gutiérrez, Fernanda Gómez, Fernando López
    Runtime
    9 min
    Languages
    Spanish

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