Albert Espinosa Puig is an industrial engineer, writer, actor and director. The young life of Albert was marked by cancer (age 14 to 24), due to this he had a leg amputated, a lung and half of his liver. He spent much of his youth in hospital fighting this disease. But he has always been happy. The series “Red band society” is his biography.
His short film Pitahaya (Official Selection, Narrative Short) is about a young boy who has an adventure while on a school trip to Mercabarna, the largest market in Barcelona. The experience will mark him forever and test his courage.
A Personal Message from Albert to Heartland Film Festival Fans
See Pitahaya in Shorts Program 6: Stop and Listen at the 2014 Heartland Film Festival:
- Saturday, Oct. 18 – 3:00 pm at AMC Traders Point Showplace 12
- Wednesday, Oct. 22 – 5:15 pm at AMC Castleton Square 14
- Thursday, Oct. 23 – 2:00 pm at AMC Castleton Square 14
- Saturday, Oct. 25 – 12:35 pm at AMC Traders Point Showplace 12