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The journey of a pentagram immerses us in the preparation of a concert of baroque music with pieces by Bach and Handel. Participating in the reflections of the musicians on the historical interpretation and the meaning of the pieces.

After a stroke, Óscar Naranjo is no longer the same. But his life is not over and the man who was once the tree that sheltered the entire family, is now the one who needs his loved ones. The documentary delves into a family that will have to take on tough challenges to remain united, as if the tree that held them all their life continues providing the same shade.

Seventy-year-old Horacio is a great conversationalist with a prodigious memory. He lives poorly selling pigs with the only company of thirty dogs, two cats and a sheep in the heart of the Argentinian humid pampa. This year, his only neighbour and friend Hugo has made up his mind to move to the city as soon as the autumn arrives, after spending his whole life in the countryside. Horacio is deeply affected, and more sensitive than ever about his own solitude. That summer, memories from the past will come after him while he tries to persuade Hugo to stay.

Using as a thread the transfer of the work Portrait of Luis Muñoz Marín from the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico to the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, the documentary explores the work and the creative process of the artist Francisco Rodón and the series of portraits known as the Personajes de Rodón. The testimony of the artist is complemented by comments of history specialists and art critics Hiromi Shiba, Marimar Benítez, and Taína Caragol.

After the untimely death of his 35-year old brother, an artist explores the questions that surfaced from grief by painting 365 paintings and to spur conversation in culture.

Four women in a poor neighbourhood in the town of Las Piedras, in Uruguay, speak about their daily lives, economic problems and numerous children. Their menfolk don't help, quite the opposite. The documentary comes up against the same general questions, and then we move to the more intimate level of love, tenderness and sexuality.

Baltasar Brum is a town of three thousand souls in the department of Artigas. In 1986 the train station was closed down and the community was in danger of disappearing altogether, but today it is still there and in fact it is growing. The local samba “schools”, which are similar to these organizations in Brazil except that they speak Spanish, tell the story of the town and its outstanding figures against a background of local and more universal events. The documentary shows how carnival is celebrated in this Uruguayan border town.

Documentary short about the contrasting experiences, past and present, of three trans men of different generations.

Vrindavana is an observational documentary that portraits a sensory trip through India's spirituality. An evocative journey along rituals, pilgrimages and ceremonies with the tiny village of Vrindavana as a starting point. An experimental film where audiovisual perception prevails through a sensorial narrative.

The documentary presents a political view of the period in question, using archival footage to illustrate historical events. Its approach seeks to offer an objective and detailed perspective on the events that shaped Argentine history during those decades.

Antonio Diaz, better known as El Mago Pop, embarks on the ambitious adventure of exporting his magic show “Nada Es Imposible (Nothing Is Impossible)” to Broadway, USA. This venture not only requires enthusiasm, tenacity and the joint efforts of his team members, but also the purchase of a gigantic theater. Will the most famous Spanish illusionist be able to fulfill his dream of debuting in the Mecca of show business?

As the only possibility of survival, or as a form of escape, four people live in the streets of the City of Buenos Aires. Under a highway or at the door of an official theater, they build a strange habitat, where their intimacy is mixed with the rapid routine of urban traffic.

Short film by Spanish/Catalan film maker Pere Portabella.

A film in which the author seeks to express the love he feels for the central figure of the family: his grandmother. By documenting her daily life and interviewing family members about their feelings toward her, this documentary becomes a love letter.

The island of Culebra, located off the coast of Puerto Rico, has one of the richest ecosystems in the Caribbean. Abundant mangroves, coral reefs and world renowned beaches, like Flamenco Beach, attract tourists from all over. Today, active munitions from WW2 pose a threat to people, wildlife, and the environment. Activists, fishermen, professors, and military personnel aim to prevent further irreparable damage to Culebra’s coral reefs.

Taking advantage of a Bob Dylan tour through Spain, Fernando Merinero and crew decided to follow up their tracks, attending concerts, meeting his fans, both Spanish and foreign, interviewing singers, writers, music critics and filmmakers they have known or followed throughout his career, to approach this myth of twentieth century music, creditor of a work and a life wrapped in a mystery whose secret is discovered.

An asshole and his little cousin are asked to carry the market from the trunk of a car to their apartment. The asshole takes advantage and makes his directorial debut in this "Documentary" while using his poor cousin as a slave. Great shabby documentary about anxiety, routine and the fragility of existence.

On October 29, 2024, heavy rains caused catastrophic flooding in Valencia.

This documentary focuses on a little-known episode in the recent history of Uruguay: how hundreds of Uruguayan citizens took refuge in the Mexican embassy at the time of the military dictatorship. Between 1975 and 1976, Mexico was the only country whose embassy gave shelter to people persecuted by the regime, and this sparked off a difficult period in the relations between the two nations. We learn about conditions at the embassy at that time and how the fugitives lived. Sixteen of the men and women involved talk about what that period was like and the events that led up to this confrontation between the two countries. The documentary is also a homage to the Mexican ambassador, don Vicente Muñoz Arroyo.

Tells the story of Gramlote, a small community in the region of Norte de Santander (Colombia) which through its inhabitants, political and religious personalities testify on the past, present and future of a community that saw its houses tumble one by one, slowly, at nature’s pace.

Bitor and Mikel meet during the Bilbao festivities. The first look is going to be special for both of them, but they will remember it in a different way.

More than 10 years after the 2008 Georgian Russian War, wounds in the Caucasian country remain open. We travel to this beautiful country to get closer to its political, cultural and social realities, to learn a little more about that wound that still hurts.

The city of Madrid as it appears in the Spanish films of the 1950s. A small tribute to all those who filmed and portrayed Madrid despite the dictatorship, censorship and the critical situation of industry and society.

Panoramic images of La Concha Bay, Miramar Palace, the Prince's Theater, Santa María Church, and Alderdi Eder Park (where a parade of soldiers, authorities from all the Basque provinces, and the Miqueletes corps take place to commemorate Guipúzcoa Day, celebrated on March 16, 1924). In the stands, alongside the authorities, are the Bishop of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Bishop of Pamplona, the military governor, and the entire delegation from the San Sebastián City Council, which finally gathers in full force in front of the Guipúzcoa Provincial Council building.

Through a separation of generations, three Salvadoran men share difficult decisions and how they persevered to find new life and family in America.

Cano Saavedra, a comedian prostrated due to a chronic illness, finds a way to continue his legacy through a double who will replace him. He will test his impostor in a show that will determine if it is possible to continue his legend.

While a group of workers demolish a building in the Providencia district, the director of the documentary talks with a stucco worker, accompanying him to his house. The dialogue, which begins with an inquiry into his trade, reveals the frustration of the worker, whose meager salary prevents him from paying the money required to obtain the title deeds to his own house.

This documentary shows the torments and comrade disappearance ocurrences in the Moroccan Occupied Western Sahara through the eyes of Yahia, a young Sahrawi person living in Barcelona. It tells of the the precarious living conditions in the Algerian refugee camps and the situation of immigrant Sahrawis in Spain, the old colonizing power in Western Sahara. Similar to the majority of young Sahrawis, Yahia has come to the conclusion that after so many years of supporting the pacifist route, war is the only option for the Sahrawi community to regain their territory.

Tareq Samhan, a former fighter with the Al-Qassam Armed Forces (Hamas), is released after 13 years in prison. Tareq's story and the images captured by the filmmaker provide a snapshot of Palestine today.

Three transport workers are unjustly fired and decide to complain: for a year they live in a tent that they set up on the esplanade of the municipal building. Faced with media pressure, the absence of the state and social mandates, the film shows how the deconstruction of that statement that points out as obvious the belonging of women to the private sphere of the home.

In Freedom Park, a squatter settlement near the platinum mines in SA, a network of former sex workers create Tapologo. They learn to be Home Based Carers for their community, transforming degradation into solidarity and squalor into hope. Catholic Bishop Kevin Dowling participates in Tapologo and raises doubts on the official doctrine of the Catholic Church regarding AIDS and sexuality in the African context.

A little town, a rural hospital and there a Doctor who assists his patients, who auscultates them, that controls blood pressure and set them medication, but, above all, a doctor who sits down and talk for long with them.

The film delves into the universe of thoughts and memories of Camilo, a teenager with a muscular disorder, as he transitions into adulthood. The film's dialectic, crystallized in an extensive 16-year film record, navigates between the writing of philosophical texts and conversations he has with his friend Luis, with a critical eye toward social systems, his own relationships, and himself. His way of feeling propels the temporal leaps in one direction or another, with their drifts and reveries, similar to the ways in which memory operates. Time becomes both theme and vehicle.

“Together we lived the revolutionary experience of these last years. Together we took up arms in October. Together we suffered the bloody blows of the repression. As class brothers we rose up to crush the criminal uprising caused by the most rotten part of the Spanish reaction”. A story of the Sovereign Council of Asturias and Leon (August 24 – October 21, 1937).

Experimental film about rhythm as corporal expression of a culture. Presents various choreographies and does not include the participation of men.

A trip to the Valley of Salazar, in the Navarrese Pyrenees. People united for the love of the earth. A story full of hope. People transformed by an encounter.

A journey to the origins of cinema, starting with its forgotten fathers: the pioneers who achieved moving images before 1895, the official year of the Lumière cinematograph. Through five studies by Frédéric Chopin, 'Impromptu' is also a tribute to the end of the 19th century, to its immortal muses, and to the fascination with movement itself.

OASIS, a documentary that tells us about water's historical role in Western Sahara via the true stories of people who turned this wild desert into a place full of life.