TSUNAMI

María Pulido / 9 min. / 2026 / Spain / SPECIAL SCREENING, OUT OF COMPETITION
Fiction and Animation Short Films 2026

Synopsis

In Garachico, as tourism rises and the ocean sets the pace, Ana empties her grandmother’s house. Every object brings back memories: a photograph (their last one together) forces her to face the unspoken farewell. She leaves the keys inside, and when a great wave interrupts her, she understands that home was never in the walls of the house, but in lived experience. New spaces will bring new memories, ones free from endings or beginnings as heavy as this.

About the film

DIRECTION: María Pulido
SCRIPT: María Pulido
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Aaron Blaise
PRODUCTION: David Baute, Iván Miñambres
EDITING: José Moo
MUSIC: Joseba Beristain

María Pulido

Author

María Pulido develops projects with a voice of her own and a visually fresh and expressive style, as is the case of Tsunami, an animated short she wrote and directed. She was an art supervisor for sets and on Tadeo Jones 4, and artistic director on Mariposas Negras, which went on to win the Goya, Forqué, Gaudí and Platino awards for Best Animation Feature Film. She has headed advertising campaigns for Le Cirque du Soleil and Dorada. She was also art director on, among others, Antonio Machado. Los Días Azules (Laura Hojman), and Las Palabras (Bunbury).

Filmography

2025 Tsunami [corto]