PEQUEFREAK: My first festival 2025
From Saturday 20th to Sunday 21st September
C.C. PLAZA ELÍPTICA: Apo’strophe.arte and Cines Tamberlick
If you’re little and you’re freaky, come to Pequefreak!
On September 20th and 21st, “Pequefreak – My first festival” returns with TWO FULL DAYS dedicated to children and young audiences!
The C.C. Plaza Elíptica and its venues (Apo’strophe.arte and Cines Tamberlick) will host this unique event in our region, where the youngest ones can be introduced to the wonderful world of freak cinema and enjoy the experience of living their own film festival.
Pequefreak Jury
Are you between 9 and 11 years old? Do you like movies about monsters, robots and creatures from other worlds? This is your opportunity: you can be part of the Honorable Pequefreak Jury 2025 and be a key figure in our festival.
VIPF Pass and Tickets
VIPF PASS
Enjoy ALL SCREENINGS of Pequefreak and get your EXCLUSIVE BADGE that identifies you as a Very Important Pequefreak!
More benefits than ever!
- Complete Official Selection
- Guest Festival: Lobo Mau
- The Big Movie: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- VIPF Badge Pequefreak 2025
Limited units. Does not include the Special Effects Workshop.
Programming
SATURDAY 20th
| 10:30 | Special Effects Workshop – Group 1 |
| 12:30 | Screening Official Selection: All Pequefreaks, vol. 1 |
| 16:30 | Screening Official Selection: Pequefreaks +7 |
SUNDAY 21st
| 10:30 | Special Effects Workshop – Group 2 |
| 12:30 | Special screening MOTELX: LOBO MAU +7 |
| 16:30 | Screening Official Selection: All Pequefreaks, vol. 2 |
| 18:00 | Award Ceremony + The Big Movie Screening: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
Special Effects Workshop
In this edition and by popular request, we will once again hold a FX workshop with TWO GROUPS so twice as many pequefreaks can enjoy it!
Minimum age: 7 years
Group 1: Saturday 20th at 10:30 AM
Group 2: Sunday 21st at 10:30 AM
Registration required
The workshop will be taught once again by FX master, Ricardo Spencer, who will teach them new tricks with latex and blood, whether for their next Halloween costume or for their future audiovisual productions.
Designed especially for the youngest members of the family, this workshop becomes one of the most anticipated activities for pequefreaks in each edition, who enjoy learning professional techniques while unleashing their imagination.
The enthusiasm and creativity that this workshop awakens prove that Pequefreak is not only a festival to enjoy, but also an authentic breeding ground for future artists in cinema and special effects. A unique experience that leaves its mark, both on the skin and in memory.
RICARDO SPENCER
Born in Brazil and based in Vigo, he holds a degree in journalism and works as a special effects technician. He is also a teacher at CIFP Audiovisual de Vigo and director-manager of the company SFX Special Effects.
On television, he directed reports and cultural programs at TVPE in Brazil. He worked on various Brazilian films (O Baile Perfumado, O Cangaceiro…) and in Galicia (Los Lunes al Sol, Fisterra, O Ilegal, Dhogs…) as well as on countless shorts, series and television programs. He also created effects and sets for theater works both in Galicia and Portugal.
He directed and produced documentaries and shorts in Brazil and Galicia, winning awards for some of them. He directed Quem tem medo de filmes de terror, awarded in Argentina, and Força Brasil, awarded in Recife; he produced Enjaulado by Kléber Mendonça Filho, awarded at the Rio Festival; He co-directed the I Fantastic Film Festival of Vigo in the year 2000, an event held at the Caixanova auditorium.
Official Selection Short Films
TODOS OS PEQUEFREAKS VOL. 1
Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Hoofs on skates
Ignas Meilūnas
In a shiny winter wonderland two friends Piglet and Cow are having a blast ice-skating on a lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them.
- 53º Alcine – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (España, 2024)
- 60º Chicago International Film Festival (EUA, 2024)
- 21º IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Portugal, 2024)
- 69º SEMINCI – Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (España, 2024)
El taconeo
Cucho L. Capilla
Juan is a Spanish song singer who overnight gets displaced from the stage of Taconeo, the flamenco tablao where he has worked for more than fifteen years, by a new young and beautiful singer, La Bella Dolores.
La Nueva
The Newcomer
Iván Villamel
María is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious teenagers who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.
- Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástic de Catalunya (España, 2022)
- CURTAS, Festival do Imaxinario de Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, 2022)
Us-her
David Salgado Marcote
Galician Premiere
US-HER is a loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Fall of the House of Usher. Alba and Pedro live in a house in ruins. After the death of their mother, they receive a visit from their four siblings, Celia, Laura, Esther and Juan, who intend to take their share of the inheritance, selling the house and dividing the money. But the house has other plans…
- 19º River Film Festival (Italia, 2025)
- 1º Benissa en Corto (España, 2025)
- 13º Festival de cine de Terror en el Castillo (España, 2025)
- “Galician Freak” Award (GFFF #9 2025)
O neno do hórreo
Diego López Curros
Four audiovisual students in search of a gruesome report to make a splash on social media will discover the story of a girl locked up by her parents in a granary in the remote village of Furallela. Soon they will learn that the truth is more complex than they thought, and will find themselves entangled in a violent plot of satanic horror, bad humor and sexual confusion.
Desaliento
Pinky Alonso
After making love, a couple begins an argument in which unspeakable secrets emerge that will lead them to an ending they never imagined.
Affairs of the Art
Joanna Quinn
Beryl showcases the eccentric but endearing obsessions of a family, from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación, Premios Oscars (EUA, 2022)
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación Británica, Premios BAFTA (Reino Unido, 2022)
- Premio do Xurado, Festival Internacional de cinema de animación de Annecy (Francia, 2021)
- Mellor Animación (Competición Internacional), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2021)
Filante
Marion Jamault
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish : to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants tounderstand what's wrong with her star.
- Premio do Público, 10º Festival Cinéma Jeune Public (Suíza, 2024)
- Premio de Escuelas, 39º Festival européen du film court de Brest (Francia, 2024)
- Premio do Público, 16º Paris International Animation Film Festival (Francia, 2024)
- 27º MECAL – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona (España, 2025)
Balance
Raymond Limantara Sutisna
"There is not enough room for both of us." Two painters fight for the space they have to paint in their own style.
Nimic
Yorgos Lanthimos
Galician Premiere
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
- Premier – Locarno FF 2019
- Selección oficial – Melbourne FF 2020
PEQUEFREAKS +7
Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Hoofs on skates
Ignas Meilūnas
In a shiny winter wonderland two friends Piglet and Cow are having a blast ice-skating on a lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them.
- 53º Alcine – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (España, 2024)
- 60º Chicago International Film Festival (EUA, 2024)
- 21º IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Portugal, 2024)
- 69º SEMINCI – Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (España, 2024)
El taconeo
Cucho L. Capilla
Juan is a Spanish song singer who overnight gets displaced from the stage of Taconeo, the flamenco tablao where he has worked for more than fifteen years, by a new young and beautiful singer, La Bella Dolores.
La Nueva
The Newcomer
Iván Villamel
María is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious teenagers who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.
- Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástic de Catalunya (España, 2022)
- CURTAS, Festival do Imaxinario de Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, 2022)
Us-her
David Salgado Marcote
Galician Premiere
US-HER is a loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Fall of the House of Usher. Alba and Pedro live in a house in ruins. After the death of their mother, they receive a visit from their four siblings, Celia, Laura, Esther and Juan, who intend to take their share of the inheritance, selling the house and dividing the money. But the house has other plans…
- 19º River Film Festival (Italia, 2025)
- 1º Benissa en Corto (España, 2025)
- 13º Festival de cine de Terror en el Castillo (España, 2025)
- “Galician Freak” Award (GFFF #9 2025)
O neno do hórreo
Diego López Curros
Four audiovisual students in search of a gruesome report to make a splash on social media will discover the story of a girl locked up by her parents in a granary in the remote village of Furallela. Soon they will learn that the truth is more complex than they thought, and will find themselves entangled in a violent plot of satanic horror, bad humor and sexual confusion.
Desaliento
Pinky Alonso
After making love, a couple begins an argument in which unspeakable secrets emerge that will lead them to an ending they never imagined.
Affairs of the Art
Joanna Quinn
Beryl showcases the eccentric but endearing obsessions of a family, from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación, Premios Oscars (EUA, 2022)
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación Británica, Premios BAFTA (Reino Unido, 2022)
- Premio do Xurado, Festival Internacional de cinema de animación de Annecy (Francia, 2021)
- Mellor Animación (Competición Internacional), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2021)
Filante
Marion Jamault
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish : to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants tounderstand what's wrong with her star.
- Premio do Público, 10º Festival Cinéma Jeune Public (Suíza, 2024)
- Premio de Escuelas, 39º Festival européen du film court de Brest (Francia, 2024)
- Premio do Público, 16º Paris International Animation Film Festival (Francia, 2024)
- 27º MECAL – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona (España, 2025)
Balance
Raymond Limantara Sutisna
"There is not enough room for both of us." Two painters fight for the space they have to paint in their own style.
Nimic
Yorgos Lanthimos
Galician Premiere
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
- Premier – Locarno FF 2019
- Selección oficial – Melbourne FF 2020
TODOS OS PEQUEFREAKS VOL. 2
Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Hoofs on skates
Ignas Meilūnas
In a shiny winter wonderland two friends Piglet and Cow are having a blast ice-skating on a lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them.
- 53º Alcine – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (España, 2024)
- 60º Chicago International Film Festival (EUA, 2024)
- 21º IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Portugal, 2024)
- 69º SEMINCI – Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (España, 2024)
El taconeo
Cucho L. Capilla
Juan is a Spanish song singer who overnight gets displaced from the stage of Taconeo, the flamenco tablao where he has worked for more than fifteen years, by a new young and beautiful singer, La Bella Dolores.
La Nueva
The Newcomer
Iván Villamel
María is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious teenagers who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.
- Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástic de Catalunya (España, 2022)
- CURTAS, Festival do Imaxinario de Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, 2022)
Us-her
David Salgado Marcote
Galician Premiere
US-HER is a loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Fall of the House of Usher. Alba and Pedro live in a house in ruins. After the death of their mother, they receive a visit from their four siblings, Celia, Laura, Esther and Juan, who intend to take their share of the inheritance, selling the house and dividing the money. But the house has other plans…
- 19º River Film Festival (Italia, 2025)
- 1º Benissa en Corto (España, 2025)
- 13º Festival de cine de Terror en el Castillo (España, 2025)
- “Galician Freak” Award (GFFF #9 2025)
O neno do hórreo
Diego López Curros
Four audiovisual students in search of a gruesome report to make a splash on social media will discover the story of a girl locked up by her parents in a granary in the remote village of Furallela. Soon they will learn that the truth is more complex than they thought, and will find themselves entangled in a violent plot of satanic horror, bad humor and sexual confusion.
Desaliento
Pinky Alonso
After making love, a couple begins an argument in which unspeakable secrets emerge that will lead them to an ending they never imagined.
Affairs of the Art
Joanna Quinn
Beryl showcases the eccentric but endearing obsessions of a family, from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación, Premios Oscars (EUA, 2022)
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación Británica, Premios BAFTA (Reino Unido, 2022)
- Premio do Xurado, Festival Internacional de cinema de animación de Annecy (Francia, 2021)
- Mellor Animación (Competición Internacional), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2021)
Filante
Marion Jamault
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish : to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants tounderstand what's wrong with her star.
- Premio do Público, 10º Festival Cinéma Jeune Public (Suíza, 2024)
- Premio de Escuelas, 39º Festival européen du film court de Brest (Francia, 2024)
- Premio do Público, 16º Paris International Animation Film Festival (Francia, 2024)
- 27º MECAL – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona (España, 2025)
Balance
Raymond Limantara Sutisna
"There is not enough room for both of us." Two painters fight for the space they have to paint in their own style.
Nimic
Yorgos Lanthimos
Galician Premiere
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
- Premier – Locarno FF 2019
- Selección oficial – Melbourne FF 2020
Guest Festival: LOBO MAU
MOTELX has been the International Horror Film Festival of Lisbon since 2007. A prestigious event showcasing the finest horror cinema produced in recent years worldwide. A cinema celebration that is complemented by varied programming and includes a children’s section, workshops, master classes, exhibitions, concerts, outdoor cinema sessions, zombie parades, games, contests, book presentations, among other activities.
The Lobo Mau children’s section invites little ones, their families, schools, and the entire community to explore the affinity between children’s tales and the horror universe on the big screen. The exhibition of films and the construction of activities aim to stimulate the imagination of the youngest and entertain the whole family with a great diversity of monsters and creatures and fantastic and imaginary worlds. And thus, subvert the maxim that “horror films are fairy tales for adults”.
By invitation of the Galician Freaky Film Festival, we have curated a session of Short Scares, featuring terrifying short films designed to engage the youngest audience in this universe, which gives wings to imagination and allows for addressing more complex themes to demystify them. This selection is a best-of compilation of animation made in Portugal that has already been featured in the Lobo Mau section over the years. From classics of Portuguese animation to tales inspired by national literature, and from diabolical adventures to small doses of terror for all tastes, we present a diverse range of offerings.
MOTELX: LOBO MAU +7
Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Hoofs on skates
Ignas Meilūnas
In a shiny winter wonderland two friends Piglet and Cow are having a blast ice-skating on a lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them.
- 53º Alcine – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (España, 2024)
- 60º Chicago International Film Festival (EUA, 2024)
- 21º IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Portugal, 2024)
- 69º SEMINCI – Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (España, 2024)
El taconeo
Cucho L. Capilla
Juan is a Spanish song singer who overnight gets displaced from the stage of Taconeo, the flamenco tablao where he has worked for more than fifteen years, by a new young and beautiful singer, La Bella Dolores.
La Nueva
The Newcomer
Iván Villamel
María is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious teenagers who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.
- Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástic de Catalunya (España, 2022)
- CURTAS, Festival do Imaxinario de Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, 2022)
Us-her
David Salgado Marcote
Galician Premiere
US-HER is a loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Fall of the House of Usher. Alba and Pedro live in a house in ruins. After the death of their mother, they receive a visit from their four siblings, Celia, Laura, Esther and Juan, who intend to take their share of the inheritance, selling the house and dividing the money. But the house has other plans…
- 19º River Film Festival (Italia, 2025)
- 1º Benissa en Corto (España, 2025)
- 13º Festival de cine de Terror en el Castillo (España, 2025)
- “Galician Freak” Award (GFFF #9 2025)
O neno do hórreo
Diego López Curros
Four audiovisual students in search of a gruesome report to make a splash on social media will discover the story of a girl locked up by her parents in a granary in the remote village of Furallela. Soon they will learn that the truth is more complex than they thought, and will find themselves entangled in a violent plot of satanic horror, bad humor and sexual confusion.
Desaliento
Pinky Alonso
After making love, a couple begins an argument in which unspeakable secrets emerge that will lead them to an ending they never imagined.
Affairs of the Art
Joanna Quinn
Beryl showcases the eccentric but endearing obsessions of a family, from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación, Premios Oscars (EUA, 2022)
- Nomeada a Mellor Curta de Animación Británica, Premios BAFTA (Reino Unido, 2022)
- Premio do Xurado, Festival Internacional de cinema de animación de Annecy (Francia, 2021)
- Mellor Animación (Competición Internacional), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2021)
Filante
Marion Jamault
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish : to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants tounderstand what's wrong with her star.
- Premio do Público, 10º Festival Cinéma Jeune Public (Suíza, 2024)
- Premio de Escuelas, 39º Festival européen du film court de Brest (Francia, 2024)
- Premio do Público, 16º Paris International Animation Film Festival (Francia, 2024)
- 27º MECAL – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona (España, 2025)
Balance
Raymond Limantara Sutisna
"There is not enough room for both of us." Two painters fight for the space they have to paint in their own style.
Nimic
Yorgos Lanthimos
Galician Premiere
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
- Premier – Locarno FF 2019
- Selección oficial – Melbourne FF 2020
The Big Movie
This year, freaks and pequefreaks will be able to enjoy their own mad doctor in one of the most fun and imaginative family comedies of the 80s: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Spanish dubbed version).
Joe Johnston was responsible for directing this proposal, which combined family comedy with revolutionary special effects for its time. Rick Moranis’s film is a complete adventure through the jungle of the backyard, where the smallest becomes the greatest of dangers. The pequefreaks will be able to relive that sensation of terror and wonder when seeing how a simple ant transforms into a gigantic monster, or how a drop of water can be a threatening ocean.
A unique opportunity to rediscover this classic of family science fiction on the big screen, where humor and adventure go hand in hand to remind us that sometimes you have to make yourself small to see the massive things in life.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS
United States / 1989 / 93′
Joe Johnston
Screening: Spanish Version.
Wayne Szalinski is a somewhat absent-minded inventor who is developing a machine capable of shrinking objects. When he accidentally shrinks his children and the neighbors to microscopic size, the kids find themselves lost in their own backyard, now transformed into a jungle full of gigantic dangers. Elephant-sized ants, water drops like tsunamis, and the lawnmower as a weapon of mass destruction will be just some of the obstacles they must overcome to return home…
CAST: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland.
SCREENPLAY: Ed Naha, Tom Schulman.
MUSIC: James Horner.
Official Selection Jury Pequefreak 2025
This year, we’re debuting a children’s jury in our Pequefreak selection.
With more than thirty boys and girls who applied to participate, these are the three selected pequefreaks who have taken on the difficult task of choosing the winning short film for the new Gran Premio Pequefreak for the freakiest children’s short film.
ALICIA
9 YEARS OLD
Her favorite films are Matilda, My Neighbor Totoro, and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
What she likes most about cinema is the fantasy genre because she can see things that don’t exist.
ROMÁN
10 YEARS OLD
His favorite film is Sonic, and what he likes most about cinema is the special effects.
JIMENA
11 YEARS OLD
Her favorite saga is Sharknado. Jimena is an actress and, as such, loves playing different characters with multiple personalities. She loves movies, the freakier the better.
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