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A collage of images, thoughts and letters that seek to find the meaning of "ugliness" seen through time. The film pays an homage to Jean-Luc Godard's film-collages such as "Histoire(s) du cinema" (1988-1998) and "The image book" (2018) using different sources from film and literature to create a discourse about ugliness.
A historic review of the life and work of Simón Rodríguez, forefather of the American thought, whose legacy had an influence on Simón Bolívar. Simón Rodríguez is attributed to be responsible for planting the first ideals of emancipation and freedom in the Liberator.
A city of brick, tin and board, rent by internal tectonics and sliding into the sea.
The tale of the project 'Yarn against sexist violence'. From the origins of the Harituz association in Astigarraga (Basque Country) and guided by its protagonists, it describes the meetings, stories, actions and voyages at home and abroad. In this project, knitting is the vehicle which unites very different women, who become knitters in the fight, and who stand up to sexist violence from sisterhood. The Yarn, an enormous collective bow in progress, which is already more than 6 km long, is a space of symbolisation, where every stretch represents a life taken by sexist violence.
The Pajares railway line that for 140 years has linked Asturias with the spanish inland is shown in this documentary as a continuous discovery of the passage of trains, residents of towns, railway workers, animals and surprising landscapes, all captured in the different seasons of the year and special light conditions. The possible disappearance of this hundred-year-old layout, replaced by the new underground tunnel, makes this work an essential piece of work, not only for its aesthetic values, but also because it treasures experiences of people, animals, machines and landscapes that we will never see again in that setting. incomparable of the Cantabrian mountain range.
The Uruguay of restored democracy alter years of military dictatorship remains divided about what to do with de military accused of violations of human rights during their government. This documentary records that division and the opinion of different people previous to the referendum on April 16, wich finally granted amnesty for the military.
The role of historians is key in the history of humanity because their objective is to investigate the past to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future. Furthermore, they often bring to light the history of unique individuals who, due to circumstances, have not received the recognition they deserve, especially in the case of women. This documentary focuses on the work of the historian Aïda Sánchez, who rescued Dolours Vives Rodon from oblivion, one of the pioneering women in piloting aircraft in our country and who played a vital role during the Spanish Civil War.
A mother who lost her memory. Her best friend, kidnapped and disappeared being pregnant. A daughter who tries to rescue them. A reflection upon friendship, motherhood and loss.
A human story with sport as its central theme. Through rugby and its values, a man, Piero Mancuso, confronts the Cosa Nostra so that the young people of the Sicilian neighbourhood of Librino do not fall into its nets.
A report on the life and career of Carlos Sainz, from his beginnings to his time at Ferrari.
The prison at 5351 Canada Street in San Joaquin has been the main witness of the horrors and tortures committed inside since 1973 until today.
A filmmaker's poetic memories of her father.
A documentary about people with mental disabilities who work in a protected workshop in Tiana, (Barcelona). Far from offering a conventional journalistic treatment, this documentary, with love and a good dose of humor, delves into their lives and their dreams.
Documentary about the life of philosopher Rodolfo Kusch
Daida Ruano Moreno, 18 times World Champion, tells her fight against her most difficult rival: a Cancer that almost took away not only her Life, but her most personal and intimate dream…
A group of archaeologists from the University of the Republic enters, for the first time in Uruguayan history, into a barracks to dig for the remains of persons imprisoned-disappeared during the military dictatorship. Only one year earlier, not even the boldest observer would have dared predict such a possibility. After one hundred days of digging, the earth reveals its secret: the first remains appear. The documentary reconstructs the process that cuts the country’s history in two: before and after.
La Riviera has cardboard palm trees. As warm as a beach, as cold as a film set.
This documentary illustrates the story of Gdeim Izik through the voices of the Sahrawis themselves, giving personal accounts of how the camp was dismantled, what happened in the following weeks, and what it meant for them, as a people and as a nation. Our aim is to shed light on what really happened in Gdeim Izik during the autumn of 2010. The documentary is homage to the courage and strength of the Sahrawi people in their historic and unprecedented action, and it seeks recognition of their role in setting off the revolutions in the Arab world. Its aim is also to report and denounce the hypocritical role of foreign governments, the Moroccan government’s concealment of facts, and the way the Spanish government has been complicit in the situation through its policy of non-intervention in a conflict in which it is unavoidably involved.
A documentary which explains, through the experience of hosting a Sahrawi child for the summer, visiting the camps and speaking with teachers, politicians and doctors… the story of the Sahrawi people and the reasons behind the conflict. People from diverse geographical locations in Spain give us their opinion about the conflict.
In June 2024, the photographer María Cano presented a series of pictures in the window of "Es Mirador", in Set Cantons street in Palma (Mallorca). One night I was walking around the area with my little camera and decided to record the Maria's work and the space around it. The photographs in the window showed disjointed figures and faces that seemed to come out of a nightmare. Every one of them gave me a feeling of terrible anxiety. They were faces, hands and metaphorical cries that denounced a problem that affects a large part of the young population: the problem of housing. With these recordings as a starting point, I began to make this audiovisual piece.
Sofiko returns to Georgia, which she left at the age of seven, retracing the migratory journey that brought her to Barcelona.
A couple spends most of their time talking about their past and their dreams. During this time, they are constantly monitored and analyzed by voices, bodies, and external devices.
A middle-aged mother of two reflects on her emotional decision to immigrate to the United States some 30 years earlier, in this reflective documentary short that borrows its title from a uniquely powerful poem by the legendary exiled Cuban writer Lourdes Casal.
A short documentary depicting the story of young transgender boy Ekai Lersundi, who took his own life in 2018 after struggling with the bureaucracy surrounding hormone replacement therapy assignment.
This documentary recalled the terrible murder of Michelangelo and Maria, an eight-year-old father and daughter, who were murdered after receiving a total of 15 stabs. This terrible event is still to be resolved after the only defendant, Francisco Javier Medina, was acquitted. «Under listening. The defendant ", has his unpublished testimony, as well as" exclusive interviews, scenes shot in the real places of the crime and photographic archive, press and police listening, "they explained in a statement.
This documentary chronicles the fight for justice after the Valencia metro derailment, involving a media blackout and silence from the government.
About Angelopoulos and Chillida.
When award-winning filmmaker Juan Antonio Moreno Amador learned that Seville's last brothel was being repurposed into a refugee reception centre, he moved in with his cameras.
Visual, emotional, musical, and historical pilgrimage of the places, moments, and circumstances that Tony Croatto traced during his life and artistic trajectory.
September 1936. The last republican towns located next to Portugal are conquered by General Franco's troops. As in Badajoz and other towns, the repression they unleash is brutal. The support of the Portuguese dictator Salazar for the coup plotters does not make it advisable to flee to Portugal, but for many it is the only way out. In this way, hundreds of people decide to cross the border, closely pursued by the rebels. The usual procedure of the Portuguese authorities is to hand them over to their Francoist allies. However, thanks to the humanitarian intervention of the Portuguese lieutenant António Augusto de Seixas, two refugee camps were created next to the town of Barrancos to house and protect this group of Spaniards.
During 11 days and with a small group of collaborators, Alejandro Montiel registered the holidays of a group of elders at Chapadmalal, a traditional summer resort in Argentina.
'OS DÍAS AFOGADOS' tells the tragic story of Aceredo and Buscalque, two small villages located in the region of Ourense, Galicia, Spain, flooded after the construction of Lindoso reservoir, in Portugal.
The war in Ukraine continues to leave indelible scars, but beyond military strategies and political speeches, there are stories that are rarely told: those of people who survive day by day amid the conflict. In an effort to document the human reality of war, Rubén Díez (Lethal Crysis), one of the most influential Spanish-speaking travel and exploration content creators, and Ignacio Marín, a renowned photojournalist specializing in war zones, traveled to the heart of the conflict in December 2024 to capture the experiences of those who resist in the shadows. For two weeks, they visited trenches, evacuation points, rehabilitation centers, and front lines, meeting soldiers, doctors, civilians, and refugees who shared their daily lives in a world where normalcy has been destroyed. Through intimate encounters and raw testimonies, this feature-length documentary offers an honest, unfiltered look at the human capacity to adapt, resist, and carry on—even in the darkest of settings.
It tells the story of the magazine Cerdos & Peces, which existed in Buenos Aires between 1983 and 2004. A fanatic reader, Huguito, recounts with nostalgia the years of the magazine's boom, the second half of the 80's, and especially its link with the alma mater of La Cerdos: the rebellious Enrique Symns. The Buenos Aires counterculture, the "democratic spring", rock, drugs, and the events of intense and erotic lives, are narrated by some of the journalists who wrote in the mythical magazine. The fan and the idol do not always go their separate ways, they meet in this filthy place.
Historical documentary about the Sahrawi conflict: the exile, the wall, the mines… the last colony in Africa.
An intimate portrait of the dreams and aspirations of the last fishermen who fished in Newfoundland, their hardships and sufferings. A personal history that will show what life was like on board a trawler, while revealing what went wrong during those years, how and why.
The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.
An analysis of the importance of sound in horror films.
A prominent Chilean documentary director shares his family album with the film editor of his late works. A review of one hundred photographs and a quiet conversation will rise to memories of the films of one of the most personal filmmakers.
From memories of Chile and France,fragments of images gather together with a family secret, a scattered and painfully melancholic story is constructed.
The city of Barcelona will always be a reference in the conquest of the LGTBIQ + decrees and will work for the rest of the territories of the Spanish State. The documentary "Barcelona fora de l'armari" has been written around this idea as a starting point. Its objective is to describe the different activities of the LGTBIQ + movement in Catalonia and how it has evolved over the years. The documentary shows the different milestones that have marked the LGTBIQ + movement, such as the creation of the first association in Spain, the Movimiento Español de Liberación Homosexual (MEHL) or the first demonstration in favor of gay rights in 1977. was held on Las Ramblas in Barcelona.
Through the memories and confessions of some of the most important names in Uruguayan music, the film brings back to life the stories of the songs that defined a country and that, in some cases, helped change history.