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Gerard Oms
Fiction : 100' / Masculinity, Identity, Gay, Migrations

Sergio travels to Utrecht with his family to attend a football match. Before boarding the flight back to Barcelona, he suffers a panic attack and decides to stay in the Netherlands. Unable to give a logical explanation to his loved ones, he cuts off contact with his past. From that moment on, he will have to survive without money, without a home, and without speaking the language.

/ EXHIBITION

Porto

November 05 | 21h30 | Batalha - Sala 1

Sections: QP - Official Competition
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/ Details

Year: 2025

Country: Spain, The Netherlands

Language: catalan, spanish, dutch, arabic

Subtitles: english

With: Mario Casas, David Verdaguer, Ilyass El Ouahdani, Jetty Mathurin, Hanneke van der Paardt, Reinout de Vey Mestdagh, Raúl Prieto, Nausicaa Bonnín

/ Direction

Gerard Oms

Spain

Trained at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and the Parnassos School in Utrecht (Netherlands), he began his film career working with Isabel Coixet. He is a regular collaborator with director Neus Ballús and has worked as an acting coach for actors such as Mario Casas, Ana Wagener, Alberto Ammann, Bárbara Lennie, and Patrick Criado. “Ineffable” was his first short film as a director and screenwriter. After premiering at D'A 2021, it was selected for festivals such as FICG (Guadalajara), the Brussels Short Film Festival, and the Málaga Film Festival, among others. It won first prize at the Huesca International Film Festival and two additional awards at ALCINE (Alcalá de Henares). His second short film, “Once You Were Here”, competed at SEMINCI 2022.