Even Though It’s Night
Europe’s largest slum, La Cañada Real on the outskirts of Madrid, has been without electricity for over a year. In the light of a fire, thirteen-year-old Toni learns that his best friend Nasser is leaving forever. Through Romani legends of a possible future, Toni looks for a way to stay connected with him.
- France, Spain
- 2023, 15 min
- Director: Guillermo García López
- Director of photography: Alana Mejia Gonzalez
- Editor: Victoria Lammers
- Screenplay: Guillermo García López, Inbar Horesh
- Sound: Vincent Arnardi
- Cast: Antonio Fernández Gabarre, Nasser Rokni El Assouad, Pura Salazar, Ramón Fernández, Vanesa Fernández, Manuel Salazar, Josefa Silva, Cristina Bruno, Álvaro Bruno, Guillerma Fernández, Tamara Fernández
- Coproduction: Sintagma Films
- Producer: Justin Pechberty, Damien Megherbi
- Production: Les Valseurs
Guillermo García López
Guillermo García López is a filmmaker born in Madrid. His first film, Frágil Equilibrio (2016), won the Goya Award for Best Documentary Feature after its premiere at IDFA. He was invited to the Cinéfondation Residency in Paris to write his first fiction feature, Ciudad Sin Sueño. In 2020, he received the prestigious Princess of Girona Award for Arts and Literature.