Calandra
Jaime Aurata, Chloe Cazorla, Laura Raniela, Lucas Lagrange / Spain / 2026 / World Premiere / 23 min.
synopsis
Nieves wants nothing more than to have a rabbit. But it wasn’t always like that. After having her fallopian tubes tied, she woke up longing for a long-eared friend. Nieves is, in fact, mentally disabled. Since her mother’s death, she has been living with her sister in a workers’ cottage on the outskirts of Madrid, working at a laundry mangle (calandra), where rabbits scamper past her windows.calandra (Spanish) – an industrial ironing machine used in professional laundries (hotels, hospitals, laundry facilities) for ironing and drying flat linen.
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biography
Jaime Aurata, Chloe Cazorla, Laura Raniela and Lucas Lagrange are graduates of ECAM in Madrid (Diploma in Documentary Filmmaking). They made the film Calandra together as a collective of directors and screenwriters, focusing primarily on camerawork and editing. The work was selected for the Aciertos section of the FICUNAM International Film Festival in Mexico City (2026).film details
| director: | Jaime Aurata, Chloe Cazorla, Laura Raniela, Lucas Lagrange |
| producer: | Laura Raniela |
contact
Antonio Miguel Arenas / ECAM - La Distribuidoradistribucion@ecam.es
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2026 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| language: | Spanish |
| subtitles: | Czech, English |
| colour: | Colour and B&W |
Info
| director: | Jaime Aurata, Chloe Cazorla, Laura Raniela, Lucas Lagrange |
| original title: | Calandra |
| country: | Spain |
| year: | 2026 |
| running time: | 23 min. |
| warning: | Graphic violence |
