Discover the GFFF Short Film Library

Welcome to CURTATECA: your gateway to the most daring short films in freak and fantastic cinema. This curated short film library showcases boundary-pushing works from the Galician Freaky Film Festival archives, featuring horror short films, sci-fi short films, experimental cinema, and genre-defying pieces that challenge convention.

Search our collection by festival edition, official selection section, country of origin, genre, awards received, and release year. From award-winning horror shorts to underground experimental works, CURTATECA connects you with the films that mainstream platforms won’t show you.

Browse. Search. Experience cinema at its freakiest.

546 films found

400 Mph

P. Dannaud, J. Chaix, L. Desserre, A. Lefort, N. Pianeti, Q. Tireloq

France / 2019 / Science Fiction / 5 min.
400 Mph

42º 47’ 38.9” N - 8º 30’ 15.8” O.

42º 47’ 38.9” N - 8º 30’ 15.8” W.

Miguel Gómez Abad

Galicia / 2021 / Science Fiction, Comedy / 5 min.
42º 47’ 38.9” N – 8º 30’ 15.8” O. (42º 47’ 38.9” N – 8º 30’ 15.8” W.)

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Juan de Dios Garduño Cuenca

Spain / 2021 / Horror / 10 min.
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9 pasos

9 Steps

Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera

Spain / 2018 / Horror, Thriller / 7 min.
Horror “Arrepío” Award (GFFF #1 2018)
9 pasos (9 Steps)

A Boneca de Kafka

Bruno Simões

Spain, Portugal / 2022 / 11 min.
A Boneca de Kafka

A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers (風流少女殺人事件)

Birdy Wei-Ting Hung

Taiwan / 2024 / Psychologic, Horror / 12 min.
A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers (風流少女殺人事件)

A Curious Music Box

Nuno De Azevedo Duarte

Portugal / 2022 / 3 min.
A Curious Music Box

A Fermenting Woman

Priscilla Galvez

Canada / 2023 / Fantasy, Horror / 24 min.
A Fermenting Woman

A Kind of Testament

Stephen Vuillemin

France / 2023 / 16 min.
A Kind of Testament

À la mode

Jean Lecointre

France / 2020 / Comedy / 9 min.
À la mode

A Little Taste

Victor Català

Spain / 2019 / Psychologic, Horror / 6 min.
A Little Taste

A Mulher do Médico

Bruno Simões

Portugal / 2021 / 3 min.
A Mulher do Médico

A Round of Applause for Death

Stephen Irwin

United Kingdom / 2024 / 5 min.
A Round of Applause for Death

A Small Garden by the Window (창가의 작은 텃밭)

LEE Jonghoon

South Korea / 2024 / 5 min.
A Small Garden by the Window (창가의 작은 텃밭)

A.P.P.

Jon Herrero

Spain / 2022 / Science Fiction, Thriller / 15 min.
A.P.P.

AaMAMÁ

Miguel Alcalde

Spain / 2019 / Horror, Thriller / 3 min.
AaMAMÁ

Affairs of the Art

Joanna Quinn

Canada, United Kingdom / 2021 / Comedy / 16 min.
Affairs of the Art

Ahoj Leto (Ahoj leto)

Hello Summer

Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová

Slovakia, France, Czech Republic / 2024 / Comedy / 11 min.
Special Mention - Pequefreaks (GFFF #9 2025)
Ahoj Leto (Ahoj leto, Hello Summer)

Ahora vuelvo

Lucas Paulino, Gabe Ibáñez

Spain / 2023 / Fiction, Horror / 13 min.
Ahora vuelvo

Airborne

Andrzej Jobczyk

Poland / 2021 / 8 min.
Airborne

Alcachofas Piraña del Abismo Prehistórico

Javier Lozano

Catalunya / 2014 / Fiction / 11 min.
Alcachofas Piraña del Abismo Prehistórico

Alcanzar el Vórtice

Reaching the Vortex

Pedro J. Póveda

Spain / 2021 / Science Fiction / 5 min.
Alcanzar el Vórtice (Reaching the Vortex)

Alegrías Riojanas

Velasco Broca

Spain / 2022 / Drama, Experimental / 28 min.
Alegrías Riojanas

Algo en el Jardín

Something in the Garden

Marcos Sánchez

Chile / 2021 / Horror / 6 min.
Algo en el Jardín (Something in the Garden)

Alicia en Galicia Caníbal

Xavier Villaverde

Galicia / 1987 / Videoclip / 4 min.
Alicia en Galicia Caníbal

CURTATECA [kurtaˈtɛka] s.f.
Neologism formed by combining curtametraxe (Galician for “short film”) with the suffix -teca (from Greek thēkē, “repository, place of preservation”).

A library or archive specialized in the cataloguing, preservation, and dissemination of short films, particularly those of freak, fantastic, and experimental genres. By extension, refers to the short film collection of the Galician Freaky Film Festival, accessible for cinematographic research and consultation.