Cucli

Ramón lives with his parents although he spends most of his time on the road with his truck. His trips are long and lonely, until he finds a very special companion who changes everything. Cucli is a story about love and companionship after death, about a relationship with transforming effects. About how, through memories, the supernatural breaks through into our everyday lives.

Main Festivals & Awards

IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (2016)
Huesca Film Festival (2017)
FIC-Cat (2017) FICCI- Best Short Film Award. FICCI. Colombia (2017)

Director's Biography

Xavier Marrades was born in Barcelona and lives in Cervera. He studied Audiovisual Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a Master's in Documentary Film at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His work shifts between the territory of highly personal documentary and experimental film. He has made two full-length films: The Stranger's Land (2009), premiered at the Munich Film Festival and broadcast on Channel 33; and The Pilgrim's Dive (2016). Cucli is his first short film. It was screened for the first time at IDFA and won the award for Best Short at the Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias (FICCI).