+10K
by Gala Hernández López

32min | France/Spain | 2025

Pol is 21 and lives with his grandmother. He dreams of living in Miami and generating 10k€ a month. He attends personal development events, follows online coaches
and invests in cryptocurrencies. Pol doesn't know
when he'll achieve his goal of becoming the best version
of himself. The only thing he knows is that one day,
he'll get there.
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​Year of production 2025
Length 32'
Country France/Spain
Shooting Format 16mm
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Dialogue Spanish, Catalan

Director Gala Hernández López
Producers Quentin Brayer, Yannick Beauquis, ​Gala Hernández López, Carlota Coloma, Adrià Lahuerta
Production Company Don Quichotte Films (France), 15L Films (Spain)
Writer Gala Hernández López
Cinematographer Artur Pol Camprubí
Editors Dinah Ekchajzer, Gala Hernández López
Sound Laura Tomás, Mélia Roger, Anna Devillaire
Cast Pol Gasco Robles

Festival selections
Quinzaine des Cinéastes Cannes 2025 - World Premiere
Champs-Élysées Film Festival 2025, France
​Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival 2025, Portugal
​DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2025, Kosovo
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2025, Mexico - Best International Documentary Short Film​ Award
​Sarajevo Film Festival 2025, ​Bosnia and Herzegovina
MUTA: Festival Internacional de Apropiación Audiovisual 2025, Peru
Biograf International Film & Moving Arts Festival 2025, Portugal - Short Film Award
Villa Medici Film Festival 2025, Italy
Camden International Film Festival 2025, USA
Tirana International Film Festival​ 2025, Albania
Castrovillari Film Festival 2025, Italy - Best Short Film Award, Best Director Award
​Reykjavik International Film Festival 2025, Iceland
Job Film Days 2025, Italy - Best Story Award
​Vancouver International Film Festival 2025, Canada
​Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2025, Canada
​Cinespaña Toulouse 2025, France
TiSFF - Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival 2025, Greece - Cinematic Achievement Award
​SEMINCI – Valladolid International Film Festival 2025, Spain
​Mostra de València 2025, Spain
Leeds International Film Festival 2025, UK
European Film Festival Scanorama 2025, Lithuania
ALCINE Festival Internacional de Cine 2025, Spain - Primer Diamante Award
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2025, China -Best Film Award
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2025, Netherlands 
Lo schermo dell'arte 2025, Italy
Kasseler Dokfest 2025, Germany
​Cormorán Film Fest 2025, Spain
​Porto/Post/Doc 2025, Portugal
​Festival Márgenes 2025, Spain
​​Aguilar Film Festival 2025, Spain
​Laceno d'Oro International Film Festival 2025, Italy
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Director's Statement
Through the portrait of the young protagonist's illusions,
I wanted to question the mechanisms of desire formation in
the context of contemporary capitalism, particularly in a generation that has been symbolically and materially dispossessed, to whom we have left, as a society, few paths leading towards recognition and fulfilment.
I want to understand how digital networks operate in the production of shared dreams, closing an imaginary horizon
of possibilities, and what tools we have today to measure
and quantify personal satisfaction. What spaces and material conditions are we leaving new generations to project a
desirable future existence? Who defines today what constitutes a desirable life? Are some aspirations more legitimate than others, and what role does class contempt play in establishing this hierarchy?

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