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A documentary journey that explores the memory of mining and rural Spain through the connection between generations. Amid landscapes of cracked earth and coal, the film depicts the sacrifices of those who sustained the futures of others with their bodies—a tribute to dignity, depopulation, the silent legacy of forgotten peoples, and gratitude.

A documentary film about the story of MCA, a political organization that emerged from the anti-Franco movement, and which played a key role in the Transition and the 1980s in the structuring of new social movements, feminist, pacifist or environmental, as well as in numerous neighborhood and trade union struggles, and more specifically in the case of Asturias in the linguistic reclamation movement or in the renewal of the San Mateo festivities with the chiringuito Pinón Folixa.

“No pain, no gain”. Sailor scenes of a castaway country.

'Canto rodado' (rolled stone) as a stone rounded by the erosion of a watercourse or other natural process, as the act of singing, as a form of division in a poetic work, as something displaced and rolling around, as something repeated, rehearsed, and 'rolled' through the language of film.

In the Sahrahwi refugee camp of Dajla, south of Algeria lives Mohamed Brahim Selma, also known as Belgha; Shepherd and poet of the Tiris region who has devoted his life to preserve Sahrahwis culture and identity. In "Nothing Happens" talks about the ancient culture as a precedent; of women as mainstay of life as well of elders as transmitters of knowledge, all, as part of the Saharawi culture.

La Simienti del'Augua tells the story of the restoration of Arab irrigation channels in the region of La Vera, Cáceres. Through the ancient practice of water sowing and harvesting, volunteers and local residents are reviving these water management techniques. The documentary shows how diverting rainwater and meltwater down slopes through dug channels promotes slow infiltration into the soil, preventing its rapid loss into rivers. The restoration of irrigation ditches improves environmental sustainability, promotes biodiversity, strengthens social cohesion, and revives cultural heritage. La Simienti del'Augua highlights how community unity and respect for traditions are key to addressing current environmental challenges.

In both Spain and Greece, this project explores the complex intersections of body, gender, sexuality, and social relationships. It brings into focus individuals with disabilities, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, and even a Greek sexual assistant, shedding light on the diverse experiences that often remain hidden. Through an examination of myths, role models, prejudices, and taboos, it offers a profound encounter with the "other"—the unfamiliar and the marginalized. This exploration challenges societal norms and celebrates the body’s fight to "come as it is."

“Kulechov’s things” is an experimental short film inspired by L.V. Kulechov, in which we try to put the elasticity of MONTAGE to the test in order to reflect on the fragility and veracity of what we see and hear.Film editing serves as a metaphor for the most unjustified and cruel type of montage: WAR. Travelling through the landscape, customs and current situation in Galicia, we present a fictitious armed conflict in which an invading army attacks the Galician coastline. Thus we have created a “mock documentary” in which thewartime fleet is played by the mussel beds cultivated on rafts in the inlets, the attack on the beaches is represented by the shellfish collectors as they work along the shore, the bombs are the firecrackers and rockets launched duringfestivals, etc..

In early 2009, the establishment of the first breast milk bank in Lima, Peru, began to take shape. This initiative involved the collaboration of researchers and healthcare professionals from the National Institute of Maternal Perinatal Health in Lima and the University of Valencia. This documentary showcases the individuals who made it possible and provides a firsthand account of the experiences that enabled the implementation of this top-notch healthcare project. The initiative has significantly contributed to enhancing maternal and perinatal health, ultimately improving the quality of life for Peruvian families and their infants

‘Can you smell that?’ The camera goes deep into the forests of Galicia and the north of Portugal among whispers. We need to sharpen our senses to weave the signs left by wildlife. Wild, Wild tracks images and absences of Iberian wolves. The film navigates a relational history, laden with folk mythology, submission and extermination, and confronts an audiovisual history made of images-simulacrum of the natural wild. This film essay is a nature antidocumentary: it features wolves that look back at the camera, terrified, and humans that can howl. All of us creatures leave traces in this careful dance of tracked trackers.

Documentary filmed between September 2012 and March 2013. It tells the story of a valley in the mountains that extends through the north of the provinces of Cádiz and Málaga, the last Republican bastion in the area when Franco's troops already occupied all of them. the nearby regions. La Sauceda was bombed and the town destroyed forever by the air force and four columns of Franco's army. The survivors were locked up in the Marrufo farmhouse, in the municipality of Jerez de la Frontera, where five or six people were shot every day. With the testimonies of the interviewees, everything that happened in those months from the summer of 1936 to the winter of 1937 is reconstructed and the work carried out by the Forum and the Association since 2011 to locate the mass graves is also narrated, in which in the summer of In 2012, the bodies of 28 people were exhumed.

A work that explores María Luisa Pino's extensive career, according to her own testimony, as an expert in the field of film editing and special effects, working on many fantastic genre films that are part of the collective memory of universal cinematography.

Testimony on the energy transition

A unique and extraordinary story about how a group of local surfers have managed to create a community and promote a surf culture against all odds, in a territory with barely 100 days of waves a year.

The Haitian government decides to develop a tourist project in the forgotten island of Île-à-Vache, an unexploited paradise in the Caribbean. What seems an opportunity for profit and common wealth becomes a nightmare for its people

Short documentary directed by Ángel García Cardona. It is considered the first picture to be filmed in Valencia.

Marina is 26 years old and works as a prostitute to pay for her college education. She came to this work by accident and in the best possible way – in a feminist, safe environment and surrounded by people who care about her well-being. Together they face situations accompanied by exaggerated demands and prejudices.

Nicaraguan women tell us about their efforts to change the society in which they live, and about their collective struggle to achieve what has been denied to them. These women speak up and share with us their journey toward a better future for both men and women. Inés, Coquito, Avelina, Gerónima, are women who look ahead, and through a radio station claiming their right to live with dignity.

Pain(full) is an audiovisual project that delves into the concept of the need of pain and suffering in order to appreciate and achieve happiness. This concept is expressed through skateboarding as a metaphor, in an unusual place like it is Fuerteventura. It is a skateboarding short film that explains, in a conceptual way, this journey of liberation and acceptance of suffering.

October 18, 2019, Santiago, Chile. An increase in the price of public transportation sparks an unexpected riot. Popular anger explodes, rooted in decades of discontent as a result of a savage neoliberal system that has deprived people of the most essential services, in a country that has never returned to true democracy thirty years after the end of Pinochet's dictatorship. Since the first days of the rebellion, we begin to hear about a new urban legend, the Primera Linea, a spontaneous security service that defends protesters. Scenes of protest and urban guerrilla warfare cross the streets and squares in the country. The people crowd the famous Plaza Italia, the zero zone of Chilean demonstrations, now renamed Plaza de la Dignidad (Dignity Square). The repression by the Chilean police is brutal.

Ernesto Cardenal has already ascended to the cosmos, but his legacy remains with us.

A pro-Republican propaganda documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. In it, we see General Sebastián Pozas Perea visiting the area of ​​action of the old Durruti Column, part of the Regular People's Army 26th division.

Mundo explores the widespread phenomenon of evangelical conversion among indigenous peoples in South America through the case of Matilde, an elderly Aymara woman who raises cattle on the border between Chile and Bolivia. The film delicately shows how, for her, the sacred land is becoming an evil place and how the sky is filling up with a new presence. One world is eclipsing to make room for another.

Documentary featuring the Argentinian indie band Valle de Muñecas.

A personal portrait of Hong Kong

Documentary about a living myth, a fascinating character whose immense significance was overshadowed by the ups and downs of Argentine history. Vito Dumas, the "lonely navigator", was and is famous worldwide for feats never done by a man alone at sea, which includes four epic voyages, one of them around the world at 40º south latitude, on his ship Lehg II, in 1942, and in the middle of World War II.

Documentary about the Madrid neighborhood of Prosperidad.