After inheriting her brother’s boat, a woman seeks connection with the man who last saw him alive.
International Title A Mirage Year of production 2026 Length 20' Countries Spain, USA Shooting Format 35mm Aspect Ratio 4:3 / 1.33:1 Dialogue Catalan
Director Hector Prats Production Company Vivir Rodando Producer Heather Francis Executive Producers Max de Rosselló, Ferran Ureña Writers Hector Prats, Heather Francis Director of Photography Artur Pol Camprubí Script Greta Diaz Editing Hector Prats Sound DesignMarta Gascón, 114 Studio Production Manager Isa Roca Production Coordinator Cristina Borràs Production Sound Oriol Bonals 1st Assistant Director Claudia Aragón Sound Assistant Kilian Duran Costume Designer Vera Moles Art DirectionMar Tubau Art Assistant Emma Prats Make-up and Hairdressing Dani Arias Special Effects Marcos Díaz Stills Photography Nacha Aljaro, Pol Renom Color Martí Somoza VFX Composers Pol Esteller. Bernat Enrich Miquel VFX Coordination Miquel Cussó. Furiosa Studio Title Design Marvin Lau Soundtrack Loke Rahbek & Frederik Valentin Cast Elena Martin, Amadou Mbow, Gerard Vidal, Louise Good, Montse Majench
Director's Statement Un Miratge is about the unlikely meeting of two strangers that leads to their mutual healing. It is a hopeful daydream confronting the all-consuming fear of losing a loved one, drawing from a compulsion I had as a kid of thinking about family members or myself dying, as a way to proactively cope with that fear. Our protagonist was born from reimagining the deep connection I have with my sister, Emma. Our communication is singular, unique to our shared way of seeing the world, so much that if one of us disappeared, our “language” would die, with seemingly no way of replicating it with anyone else. After living an ocean away from Emma for more than five years, though, I find myself trying to recreate this familiar bond with others. After a close friend's brother's sudden passing, I started reflecting on how we react to big life changes while being away from "home". I notice that whenever big changes happen back home, I feel shielded, removed from them. Through long-distance breakups, or deaths of friends and family, I realize this sense of involuntary detachment, that I have to process by other means, less conventional than mourning. I am lucky to not have experienced great loss yet, the kind I feared as a kid. Still, finding myself in a foreign place, the physical absence of lifelong loved ones has made me seek familiar connections. Un Miratge is an affirmation that whenever life shakes us with changes and we feel alone, we can encounter kindred souls in strangers, to connect, heal, and grow.
