THE GIFT
Iberoamerican Short Film Contest 54 ED. 2026
Spain 2025 14' Fiction
Desirée, Samara, and Aurora travel from their neighborhood on the outskirts of Bilbao to the city center to buy a gift for their niece. Their day takes a turn for the worse when the shop assistants falsely accuse them of stealing.
Lara Izagirre Garizurieta
After studying filmmaking at the UPV/EHU and NYFA, she founded Gariza Films.
Between 2010 and 2014 she wrote and directed various short films. In 2015, she premiered her first fiction feature film An Autumn without Berlin (2015) at SSIFF, awarded with the Goya for Best New Actress. Her second feature film Nora (2020) also premiered at the SSIFF.
In recent years, Lara Izagirre has produced many projects led by women, such as 20,000 Species of Bees, which premiered at the Berlinale.
TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:
Lara Izagirre Garizurieta
SCRIPT:
Lara Izagirre Garizurieta
PRODUCTION:
Lara Izagirre, Garazi Elorza
EDITING:
Maitane Carballo
ART:
Izaskun Urkijo
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Gaizka Bourgeaud
ORIGINAL MUSIC:
Paula Olaz
SOUND:
Maitane Carballo
COSTUME DESING:
Paloma Ariquistain
CAST:
Desirée Clavería Duval, Samara Jiménez Vega, Aurora Cortés Clavería, Mari Mar García Aguilar, Sheila Aguilar Clavería, Garoa Bugallo, Tessa Andonegi, Ane Pikaza, Aitor Borobia, Adrián Santos, Erik Probanza, Xanti Agirrezabala, Jon Ander Urresti
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