Montoya Film Night is a new event curated by our Partner and film director Charlie Reader. For this first edition on July 10th, short films around the theme of Beneath the Surface will be shown from the following directors:

Charlie Reader
Charlie Reader is a writer and filmmaker who splits his time across London and Barcelona. Having cut his teeth in music videos and branded content, he turned his hand to writing and narrative. His debut short, Everything You Didn't Say (2018) stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction), co-written with Peter Fellows (Death Of Stalin, VEEP). Currently doing the festival circuit, it has been tipped as a hot new short by a Director to watch. Most recently, Charlie was nominated at the 2018 UKMVA’s as well as picking up a Fresh ’19 Carbon Award for his promo Find A Way, whilst Everything You Didn't Say won the Audience Award at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris this year.
In whichever form his work manifests, Charlie likes to experiment with narrative form and study the intricacies of the human condition. Whether through touching sincerity or comic cynicism, he aims to question, confront, and provoke. He is currently working on a number of exciting scripted projects, including his first feature.
Charlie is represented by COMPULSORY in the UK.

Carlota Pereda
Carlota Pereda has spent her career working in TV fiction. She has been a screenwriter and script supervisor for series such as Periodistas and Motivos Personales, has directed series, El secreto de Puente Viejo, LEX and Lalola and has worked as [realizadora] on series such as Los Hombres de Paco, Red Eagle, Luna, the Mystery of Calenda and B&b, de boca en boca. Her fist short, The Blondes, was selected in over 137 festivals worldwide and/or awarded in prestigious festivals such as Medina del Campo, La semana del Corto, Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Ciudad de Soria or CortoEspaña. Piggy is her second short film as a director and already has several selections in screenwriting festivals such as Oaxaca Film Festival (nominated for Perfect Page and best international Screenplay), Austin Film Festival, Busca Film Festival, Shriekfest, GenreBlast, Austin Revolution Film festival and WeScreenplay, amongst others.

Luke Davies
Luke graduated from the London Met Film School in 2015 with his short, ‘Unleaded’. The film went on to win at the Seattle International Film Festival and picked up two Young Director Awards in Cannes.
Since graduating, Luke has made a home for himself in the urban music scene, directing videos for artists like Avelino, Mabel, Rich The Kid, Jax Jones, Monster Florence and grime OG Bossman Birdie. The latter two earned Luke two UKMVA nominations, a Gold at Kinsale and a Best Video nomination at the MOBOs.
In 2018 he directed a series of lifestyle spots for TAG Heuer, and his latest short film ‘Sorry About Your Wife’, saw him return to Cannes for a third YDA. Whether shooting a high concept music video, a slick commercial campaign or crafting a narrative riddled with dark humour, Luke’s work carries a consistent tone and close attention to craft.

Jeremy Comte
Driven by a passion for Skateboarding, Jeremy Comte directed his first short documentary “Feel The Hill” at eighteen years old, landing him a world tour with the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Raised in the country side and later graduating from Concordia University in Film Production, his connection with nature and curiosity for the human condition deepened with his travels around the globe. Comte is roused by psychological, raw narratives finding meaningful connections through poetic imagery. His latest short fiction film “Fauve” was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards Ceremony.

Celine Held & Logan George
Logan George & Celine Held are a co-writer / director duo based in Brooklyn, New York. Their work has premiered in competition at Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, and at South by Southwest. They were named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film' in 2017.

Simon Cartwright
Simon is an award winning writer/ director originally from Leeds. Having started out in the animation world, Simon began combining his work with live action elements, leading to his short film MANOMAN. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to screen at over 100 others including Sundance, SXSW and Telluride. The film was also nominated for a BAFTA and BIFA.
After graduating from the National Film and Television School he went straight into the world of London commercials before making his 2018 short, WOE IS ME, funded by BFI Network and Creative England. The film is currently on the festival circuit, having already won First Prize at Rhode Island.
His debut feature project THE VOICE AND ITS ECHO was selected for this years iFeatures scheme, backed by Creative England, BFI and BBC Films.

Tash Tung
Tash is a London-based director and visual artist with a background in fine art, graphic design and photography.
Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and London College of Communication, she crosses the boundaries between art, experimental films, music videos, and branded content.
Her work has been recognised internationally and she was selected as a Rising Female Filmmaker to Watch by Booth at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Playback Festival and Something Curated.
Very much a visualiser across many mediums, she continues developing her relationship with film and music through a focus on strong concepts, storytelling and striking visuals.

Tom Tennant
Tom Tennant is a filmmaker who works between London and Barcelona. His last film was the short documentary ‘Maesteg’, following a taxi driver around the ex-mining town of Maesteg. It was broadcast on the BBC and screened at the BFI. ‘Control’ is his latest short, which peels back the veil on dark secrets within a middle class family home in London. All of Tom’s work is in collaboration with his brother, Theodore, a Director of Photography based in London.

Tickets: 5,00€ (one drink included)
Doors open at 20h00
First screening at 21h00

Illustration by Ellie Reader

Sound and AV by Codigo Sound