Driven by their desire for light and warmth, British teenagers take a trip to the Balearic Islands. They must absorb the sun and store it in their bodies to take it back to their cloud-covered kingdom. A surreal film about the real phenomenon of “balconing” which, in recent summers, has led to tragic, self-inflicted accidents particularly among young people travelling to Spain.
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Christian AvilésBorn in Barcelona, Spain in 1997, he’s a director, writer and composer. He studied a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual Media in Escac university, specializing in Direction. ‘Daydreaming so vividly about our Spanish holidays’, is his final degree project and his first short film- a fiction in which he delves into themes of teenage spirituality, magic and suicide. Premiered at Berlinale Shorts 2023.