El espíritu de la ilusión

The short film was made to be presented at an online Christmas short film festival organized by "Cultura Inquieta" in Spain. The festival required a maximum duration of 90 seconds. David Díaz also wanted to record several takes in Madrid, but the festival ended on December 25th and they were rushed, since he also had to edit the Vivir en Laponia (2024) and Haters (2024) shorts in addition to this one. In the end, David only could used the takes from Torrejón de Ardoz for the 90-second version. Two days before the end of the Christmas holidays in Spain, David recorded several shots in the center of Madrid which he used in his final version, which eliminated some shots of Torrejón and added almost 1 minute more to the short film. He considers this final version to be the one that came closest to what he had in mind.

The 90-second version includes only the shots taken in Torrejón de Ardoz. The Director's version includes an extra minute of material replacing some shots of Torrejón with the center of Madrid recorded in January 2025. Some shots of the protagonists are a little longer in this latest version, in addition to adding an extra shot of the gift and the excerpt from the Christmas TV advert for "Las muñecas de Famosa".