How is the journey of a trans boy in nowadays society? Is this reality as accepted as we think?
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How is the journey of a trans boy in nowadays society? Is this reality as accepted as we think?
On his wedding day, Diego locks himself in the sacristy, unable to marry Elmira. A visit from Salva will give him the courage he needs to be able to continue with what he “must do”.
Manual for the perfect guide. Collage piece reflecting on certain evils in today's world.
Does stigma towards HIV still exist? Testimonies from experts and people living with HIV answer this question. One of the participants is Josep María Tomás who in 2000 starred in POSITIVO, a documentary nominated for the Goya award and winner of multiple awards. STIGMA returns to the topic 25 years later.
Women who now live in the Pyrenees, in places where the most fervent witch-hunting once took place, now talk about the reality of femicide from between the 15th and 18th centuries. They invite us to delve into their own lives and themselves share their fears: new or even rooted in history.
A precise stop-motion collage created from fragments of photographs, films, and illustrations presents impressive and sometimes horrific flashes of human and animal imagery, metamorphoses of bodies, and insect fantasies. The rhythmic visual composition is accompanied by a distinctive sound texture.
A visual story in Super 8 where several migrants remember and experience the Andean wind from their memories. The two directors, who are also migrants, collect seven testimonies and create a common narrative about the memory of wind as a sensation, sound, smell, taste, and image. The wind as a subject of movement, as a companion to migration, as that interstice of nostalgia where the grief of migrating and the joy of moving come together.
How much does the distance between a mother and daughter weigh? You could say that distance drives a letter. A young student celebrates her birthday in Argentina and films for her mother in Spain. Along with film, she finds a space to surprise herself and play again, where a lemon can be the entire Earth or the exact distance between two bodies while dancing.
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.
'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.
The teardrop peas Patxi grows on his farm are a culinary delicacy. Roberto, a famous chef, cooks them at his restaurant. One day he is visited by Patxi and his wife, who tuck into their own peas.
After experiencing a loss, María decides to start rebuilding her daily life from scratch; how to organize her inner self, her person. What to do from the desert; what to devote her thoughts to. How to sort out her concerns. How to deal with time; with feelings; with emptiness.
Marc and Carla are having a conversation under the tree they used to visit when they were children, reminiscing about happy times. The conversation takes a turn when Marc begins to show his frustration at feeling lost in life, and Carla tries to understand him, but her partner's inner demons are too strong.
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."
Lara waits impatiently in her room, all dressed up, to go out to dinner with Dani. She keeps checking her watch until, after waiting for two hours, she gives up: she's been stood up. She meets up with her friends to criticize her date and make the best of a bad situation. She wakes up the next day with puffy eyes and a huge emotional hangover. That's when she gets a call from Dani's brother that makes her regret everything she said to her friends the night before: Dani has disappeared.
A mental parasite forces individuals to dance. An affected young man fights against the parasite and develops a split personality.
Three women of a family gather daily together for sewing, without being aware that they are dangerously handling the threads of their own destiny. Life and death create a weave, where the missing threads are hardly noticeable.
A teenage girl holds the first ever vigil for pigs in front of a slaughterhouse – in a country that kills 53 million pigs on a yearly basis. Her view changes drastically.
A process that connects textile work with the materiality of cinema. Starting with the term "fabric" as a bridge between textiles and cinema, it brings together two disciplines that converge in the same way of working. The making of a tailor-made shirt becomes an excuse to think, draw plans and shapes, compose, design plans and patterns, and cut plans and scraps of film.
Through her family's memories, the director reconstructs anecdotes that help us understand what the Camba Carnival was like.
'Erased by Putin' shows the Federal Security Service (FSB) stalking a long-time activist and organizer of St. Petersburg Pride; the arrest and dismissal of a lesbian architect in Moscow; the escape of a drag artist detained in one of the many raids ordered by the Kremlin; and the loneliness and anguish of a young agender person who began their transition in secret 20 months ago in Putin's Russia, despite it being prohibited.
Hurricanes and droughts in the Caribbean are becoming more frequent and devastating. Mangroves and coral reefs can mitigate their impact, protecting lives and property. However, climate change and human activity are weakening these key ecosystems. Will coastal communities and scientists manage to preserve them before it is too late?
A short film-essay whose intention is to analyze the concept of proper names, a brief study on identity and the importance of language through different points of view: birth, identity, love, friendship, fear and absence.
Amanerado, fairy, zapatão, truck driver, affected, faggot, tomboy, campy. How can we define this "being like that"? The expression that sets us apart, that bothers others, that attracts their attention, that is known as "flamboyant," that makes that external gaze a reality.
Amparo, an extravagant and passionate former showgirl, faces losing her home to Dan, a clumsy architect who owns a multinational company. Dan seeks to redesign a historic neighborhood where Amparo's venue will stand as a symbol of resistance. Will this be her last show?
Mercedes, a 92-year-old woman, has lived in Barcelona since she was 16, when she migrated there to work. Now she has dementia and cannot take care of herself. Marta is her caregiver. Through Mercedes and Marta, we will learn more about caregiving and the problems that affect older people, such as unwanted loneliness and mental health issues.
Carlos Oroza, a cursed poet and unique genius, was accused of everything and marginalized by a society that did not understand him. He made Café Gijón his refuge, with only one idol: himself. His contempt for the establishment was a cry for freedom and rebellion. "I learned to read from the city's neon signs," he said, turning his exclusion into a poetic act and his life into a mystery without a human trace.