War and violence. Among all, the birht of cinema. After all, war and violence. "The wind blows wherever it pleases." (John 3:8)
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War and violence. Among all, the birht of cinema. After all, war and violence. "The wind blows wherever it pleases." (John 3:8)
A filmed diary which chronicles two visits to the Olivas, a family of Spanish beekeepers from Salamanca, at the time of the honey harvest, in August and September. Their work and their itinerant life are seen from a friend's point of view.
'Tránsitos' emerges from a desire to film the San Fermin festival in Super 8. Pamplona becomes a theatre where everyone dresses in red and white, where it feels like everything revolves around a panting bull in a portrait of the decadence of one world and the birth of another.
A neighborhood anecdote that occurred during the pandemic inspires this reflection on the space of violence generated by the scope of hate as a social construct in its relationship with the image and its representation. Confronting the forms that the hatred with which we live takes on through the images of the assault on Rodney King, George Floyd and two immigrant women in Madrid and in the Barcelona metro, this bold work proposes different languages to represent, think . and interpret the textures of hate that surrounds us and the emotions they produce.
An ancient fishery known as the Almadraba Bluefin Tuna Fishing. 600 fishermen. The large bluefin tuna crosses the Atlantic to spawn in the Mediterranean. During the months of May and June, large schools of tuna cross Gibraltar to reach the coasts of the province of Cádiz. For 21 days we have followed the fishermen of the coastal areas of Conil, Barbate and Zahara de los Atunes, learning with them what this ancient fishing means. Originally from the Phoenicians and still preserved the same. Manual, artisanal fishing, in which the fish is trapped through an underwater labyrinth of nets. Many families from these coastal areas of the Iberian Peninsula depend on the experience, wisdom and effort of these workers every year.
In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, the poverty of the population and wealth of the subsoil remain irreconcilable, taking the lives of hundreds of miners. Did you know that your health also depends on your work?
Documentary about the bombing of Gernika carried out by Nazi aviation in support of Franco's troops. Contains testimonies from survivors and unpublished color images.
Loose images, feelings, shared glances and melancholic silences throughout two weeks of my life. The exploration of identity and the present through memories of the past.
Narration of one of the most lacerating events in the history of this municipality in the Sierra de Cádiz: the murder of 15 neighbors, without trial or formation of any cause. Some of these victims had fled in September 1936 but ended up returning to the municipality, probably in February 1937. It was on that date that the town's Falangists arrested them and executed them, and not as previously thought in the summer of 1936. Several survivors and relatives of those massacres narrate what the arrests of the women and the shootings were like. They also talk about the exhumation of the bodies of these 15 women, where for many years family and friends have brought flowers.
"Operation Nikolai" is a documentary about the kidnapping and murder of Andreu Nin by Stalin's political police during the Spanish Civil War.
After a lifetime of service to one household, a maid finds herself replaced. At 87, she starts to question her role in the family.
Documentary film which tells the story of the almost unknown creator of the current guitar, Antonio de Torres Jurado. Humble carpenter born in Almeria, Spain, in 1817, he achieved universal fame in mid 19th Century in Seville, changing the construction model for the national guitar schools and workshops all over the world and perpetuating it until nowadays.
Film made with the archive material of the Catalan avant-garde poet Vermell. This philosophical comedy focuses on the years of Vermell's youth. An anxious artist who wonders himself, What is art? Immediately he throws himself on the murky waters of creation. A delirious walk through Barcelona and Paris at the end of the 20th century. The exaggerated life is a story about the dream of art and the unstoppable power of youth, passion and love.
The recipe of a traditional Valencian dish, paella, is the perfect excuse for meeting Amparo, a 96-year-old woman who explains, between ingredients, the secret of her life: optimism, happiness and enthusiasm. With the pretext of making a paella, and accompanied by her 8-year-old great-grandson, Amparo looks back at memories of her childhood, of her life, while making sure that our gastronomy is passed on to the younger generations.
A documentary about the deceased actor and member of the Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez, Sergio Buschmann.
The production company Eulogos Media presents the documentary Re-crear les soledats, an unpublished interview with the Carmelite Cristina Kaufmann who lived for more than 40 years in the Carmel Monastery of Mataró (Barcelona).
The key aspects of the team Casademont Femenino while they conquer the Copa de la Reina. With never-before-seen images of the players, the documentary tells the story of these women who have won ample social backing, becoming referents, and are now the protagonists of a victory that goes beyond the playing court.
A night exploration filmed at the ruins of the infamous Hell Fire Club, in the hills of Dublin.
The documentary "Extremadura Natural Paradise of Europe" continues to reap success. This impressive feature-length documentary about Extremadura, produced by 1080 Wildlife Productions, shows the main attractions of our region from an unprecedented and spectacular point of view.
Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.
A collection of interviews with childhood friends give an insight from which to observe the experience of life and growth in Sevilla
Independent documentary about the Euromaidan protests in 2014 with testimonies collected from journalists who have worked on the ground, people on different sides and anonymous people to tell the story of what happened in Ukraine.
Documentary about Orlando Yorio, a priest who acted according to his political and spiritual convictions. Testimonies and fragments of his theological work and his formation in the base communities contribute to the claim for memory, truth and justice.
For generations, the Gardell family have devoted themselves to a life working the land. An unexpected change in the legal conditions of the land they farm gives Tomàs and Maria no choice but to turn their farm into a bed and breakfast, where they patiently wait for guests to arrive.
When time seems suspended, young people meet in the forest.
The price of a girl it varies from 150 dollars all the way up to 25 thousand dollars, that’s how big the market it is. ‘All the Souls…’ focus on the human trafficking with sexual purposes, one of the slavery forms of the 21st century.
Western Winds/Eastern Winds is an experimental documentary film work about the roads passing through a small andean border town and the ways that connect it with history, modernity and the territory, also with those passages less visible, marginals and forgotten, that evoke past migrations in the west and the east side of this imaginary border.
Numerous filmmakers and video artists have attempted, with varying success, to produce visual representations of memories. The eye of memory does not see things in the same way as the physical eye, and many artists have come to regret this difference. Aravena Abughosh's attempt belongs to the category of successes. He has managed to account for the fragmentary and associative character of memory; for the vague emerging and dissolving of images, and even for the feelings that are so intrinsically linked to it.
The documentary "Las Huellas Del Cerrejón" compiles the experiences of some people who live next to the largest coal mine in the world: Cerrejón. The "responsible mining" as the extraction of coal that is carried out here is called has dried up the waters of the department and has led its inhabitants to deep sadness and despair, however, they remain strong and united in the fight to defend the land where they were born.
Eduardo is 35 years old, lives in the city of Gaiman, is an agronomist and leads a quiet life. However, in the context of the fall of the Due Obedience and Endpoint Laws in 2005, he decided together with his family to take up the case regarding the disappearance of his brother, who had been paralyzed since 1987.
Alejandra is mourning the recent death of her husband. At her 51 years old, in the middle of a quarantine that accentuates the loneliness and intensity of this process, a social network emerges as a way to deal with her loss.
"Your path is determined by everything you do, because there are rules: this is right and this is wrong, and you will be judged. But we have to realize that every person is truly different from each other. You cannot box them in. Not at all. We are much more than that". With this premise, the documentary goes through the life of Alba, a 20-year-old girl who has been living against social structures since she came of age. The conversations with her family, the spontaneous dialogue between her and the director and her day-to-day problems will tell her story by themselves.
A film about Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin which praises their creative freedom and commitment.
The director explores the potential stories and different layers behind the characters in her old film pictures while planning how to place them on her bedroom wall.
A swimmer is looking for her missing grandmother, who left without leaving any record of her existence. The swimmer reconstructs her in memories through the diluted memories of three older women: her two aunts and her mother.