The Disinherited

2017 I Documentary I Drama I 18 min | Color

Synopsis

The Disinherited is the portrait of the director’s father, facing the closure of the family business. Pere Ferrés is 53 years old and in charge of a shuttle company. Low income forces him to work at bachelorette parties in which clients don’t take care of the vehicles, but he is not ready to lose his dignity yet.

DATA SHEET

Direction: Laura Ferrés
Script: Laura Ferrés
Direction of photography: Agnès Piqué
Edition: Diana Toucedo
Sound: Alejandro Castillo
Music: Joe Crepúsculo and Manos de Topo
Executive production: Valérie Delpierre
Production management: David Tejedor
Production companies: Inicia Films with the support of ICEC, ICAA, and Ramon Llull Institute.
Distribution: Sherlock Films
International distribution: Marvin & Wayne

Casting

Pere Ferrés, Mari Alvarez

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Semaine de la Critique, Cannes 2017 (FRANCE)
LEICA Discovery Award for Best Short Film

European Film Awards
Nomination for Best Short Film 2018

Goya Awards 2018 (SPAIN)
Best Documentary Short Film

Premios Gaudí 2018 (SPAIN)
Best Short Film

Premios Forqué 2018 (SPAIN)
Nomination for Best Short Film

Les Arcs European Film Festival 2017 (FRANCE)
Best Short Film

Vila do Conde International Film Festival 2017 (PORTUGAL)
Best European Short Film

FICG – Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara 2018 (MEXICO)

Verin International short film festival 2017 (SPAIN)
Nomination for Jury’s Award

Mecal 2018 (SPAIN)

FEC Cambrils – Reus European Short Film Festival 2018 (SPAIN)

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2018 (AUSTRALIA)

Aguilar de Campoo International Short Film Festival 2017 (SPAIN)

Leuven International Short Film Festival 2017 (BELIUM)

Cortada short films showcase 2017 (SPAIN)

PÖFF Shorts 2017 (ESTONIA)

Hiroshima International Film Festival 2017 (JAPAN)

Alcine – Alcalá de Henares Film Festival 2017 (SPAIN)

Zinebi – International Festival of Documentary and short films 2017 (SPAIN)

Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2017 (SWEDEN)

Seminci – Valladolid Film Festival 2017 (SPAIN)

Shortcat 2018 (SPAIN)

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In Inicia Films we understand that production is a way to influence society and connect emotionally with the audience. Since 2006 we have been working to promote new generations of filmmakers and give them a voice in today’s audiovisual world.

Through the eyes of our creators and the sensitivity of our authors, we accompany the development of international projects and multicultural talent, building bridges between their experiences abroad and their roots. We deal with themes that respond to current concerns and we believe that by connecting people and emotions we can help to draw new narrative and visual horizons.

Films produced by Inicia Films have been selected and awarded at numerous festivals including “Queens” by Klaudia Reynicke in co-production with Switzerland and Peru, which premiered at Sundance 2024 and won the Grand Prix at Berlin Generation; “20.000 species of bees” by Estibaliz Urresola winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, two Forque Awards including Best Film, two Feroz Awards including Best Dramatic Film and three Goya Awards 2024; “Foremost by night by Víctor Iriarte, premiered at Giornate degli autori in Venice and winner of the Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction; “Schoolgirls by Pilar Palomero with four Goya Awards 2021, including Best Film; “Summer 1993” by Carla Simón, Best Opera Prima at the Berlinale 2017; “La Maternal” also by Pilar Palomero, winner of the Silver Shell for Best Acting in San Sebastian 2022, “Unicorns” by Àlex Lora, with Premiere in the Official Selection of the Malaga Festival and “Teresa” by Paula Ortiz, premiered in this edition of Tallinn.

For documentaries such as “The west Indies fleet“ by Antonio Pérez Molero produced in collaboration with RTVE, Canal Sur and Telemadrid or “Singing on the rooftops” by Enric Ribes, with Premiere at Sheffield DocFest.

Also, for short films such as “The disinherited” by Laura Ferrés, Best Short Film at the Semaine de la Critique de Cannes, “The bus” by Sandra Reina, premiered at SXSW, nominated for the Goya Awards and winner of the Gaudí Award.