Perras Callejeras
2025 · 3m · España
Directed by Andrea Párraga Peñalver
Genres: comedy, coming-of-age
Tones: contemplative, tender, whimsical
Two young women sit on a park bench playing at guessing the relationships between the dogs passing by and the people walking them.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Two girls on a bench making up stories about dogs—sounds like the most indie-twee thing ever, and somehow Párraga makes it work by refusing to sentimentalize it, letting the camera linger on the gaps between what they're saying and what they actually feel.
A modest, character-driven piece that situates itself squarely in the observational comedy tradition while maintaining a formal restraint about its own tenderness—the kind of three-minute film that proves duration is irrelevant to depth.
The genius move here is the sound design letting the dogs pass mostly as ambient texture while the girls' dialogue carries the entire emotional architecture—one choice that transforms what could've been saccharine into something genuinely alive and uncertain.