The Inspector

2026 NOMINEE – BEST HORROR FILM
  • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

Alternate Title: El Revisor

Year: 2025

Length: 11 mins

Country: Spain

Language: Spanish

Premiere: NYC Premiere

Directed by: Jandro Lopez

Produced by: Jandro Lopez, Rafa Piqueras

Starring: Pablo Puyol (Sergio Acevedo), Mamen García (Carmen)

Content Warnings: Implied Violence‎

SEE THE FILM

Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

A fake gas inspector visits vulnerable elderly people to take advantage of them. It is now the turn for Carmen, a charming grandmother who keeps great antiques.

About the Director

Jandro has been involved in the entertainment industry for 30 years. He is a Spanish Champion of Comedy Magic and 6 times winner of the ‘Penn & Teller’s Fool Us’ award in Las Vegas. After spending several years studying filmmaking on his own, he went to the NYFA to study directing and to Florence to learn camera work with Per Holmes. THE INSPECTOR is his second short film as a scriptwriter, director, and producer after the international success of DIG. He´s now working on the third one.

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Awards

2025 14th International Horror Hotel – 1st Place Short-Horror Comedy International Award
2025 14th International Horror Hotel – 2nd Place Short-Horror International Award
2025 14th International Horror Hotel – Nomination for Best Editing (Best of the Best)
2025 44th Navàs National Film and Video Competition (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Short Film
2025 Acocollona’t – Girona Fantastic & Horror Film Festival (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Short Film
2025 Actrum International Film Fest (Spain) – Nomination for Best Art Direction
2025 Chicharrón Film Festival (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Direction
2025 Cortopilar – Pilar Awards (Pilar de la Horadada International Film Festival) (Spain) – Nomination for Best Original Score (Sergio Montón)
2025 Daganzo Trascámara (Spain) – Best Actor Award (Pablo Puyol)
2025 Daganzo Trascámara (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
2025 Daganzo Trascámara (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Short Film
2025 Fernando Di Leo Short Film Festival (Italy) – Jury Prize for Best Editing
2025 Lloret Negre (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
2025 Lloret Negre (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Supporting Actor (Enric Benavent)
2025 Lloret Negre (Spain) – Nomination for Best Leading Actress (Mamen García)
2025 Lloret Negre (Spain) – Nomination for Best Original Soundtrack (Sergio Montón)
2025 Provincial Short Film Competition Villa de Santa Pola (Spain) – Jury Prize for Best Short Film
2025 Weyauwega International Film Festival – Jury Honorable Mention
2025 X Nambrocorto Film Festival (Spain) – 3rd Jury Award