FÉLIX – A Ghost That Doesn’t Scare directed by Matías Pimstein

What did Matías Pimstein say about his film?

Félix (Or Incongruent Fragments About a Not-So-Scary Ghost) is a deeply personal short film that explores intergenerational trauma, memory, and emotional inheritance through surrealism and dark humor. It tells the story of Jimmy, a man haunted not by a traditional ghost, but by the unresolved grief tied to his absent father.

The film was born from a personal need: to confront my own ghosts, specifically those left behind by a complex and fractured relationship with my father. In writing this piece, I aimed not just to tell a story, but to perform a kind of exorcism—an emotional reckoning with what was lost, what was never said, and what still lingers.

Crafted during my time at ESCAC (Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya), Félix is the result of a deeply collaborative process with an exceptional crew from all around the world, each member contributing their own emotional depth and cultural perspective to the film.

Rather than presenting the supernatural as frightening, I wanted to depict it as absurd, even tender. The ghost in this film doesn’t scream or terrorize—it just appears, silent and smiling, like a memory we’d rather not remember but can’t quite forget.

Félix is my attempt to blend comedy, melancholy, and cinematic experimentation into a piece that reflects the fragmented nature of grief, and the strange humor that sometimes accompanies it.