Short film

Playground

2023 · 16 min

A brief, uneasy immersion into a loud night where fitting in feels precarious, slowly giving way to a small, earned sense of belonging.

Directed by: Raul Villalba
Genres: Drama
Starring: Oriol Vall-Llosera, Aisy Min, Abel Aguilar

Overview: When Uri arrives at a rave in Montjuic, he can’t quite find his place. It’s his first time… but he’ll end up finding a way. A short film about integration at a hardcore rhythm.

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Directed by: Raul Villalba
Genres: Drama
Starring: Oriol Vall-Llosera, Aisy Min, Abel Aguilar

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
friendship
coming-of-age
loneliness
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Raul Villalba
Written by: Noor Husheri, Raul Villalba
Starring: Oriol Vall-Llosera, Aisy Min, Abel Aguilar, Juan Gil, Dionís, Adri Sanchez, Xavier Miñarro, Clara de Valles
Cinematography: Santiago Pujol, Fran Moreno
Runtime: 16 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Catalan, Spanish

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