Films from Edition 2020

Pedro Ballesteros

¿Puedes oírme?

2020 /

75 min

It invites us to travel around the planet with Jaume Plensa to discover how art can transform our way of seeing, living and being in the world.

ArtBiographicalCulture

Chloe White

1001 days

2020 /

90 min

In a South African township plagued by poverty, violence and drugs, a group of local women works to change their community.

Human rightsWomen

Rachel Leah Jones

Advocate

2019 /

108 min

Jewish and a lawyer, Lea Tsemel is an earthquake in the legal profession in Israel. She specialises in defending Palestinian political prisoners.

Women

Raúl Riebenbauer

Ahir/demà

2018 /

44 min

Young migrant minors find in a transformative theatre experience a refuge and an opportunity to explore their own identity and look to the future with optimism.

AdolescenceArtBiographicalChildhoodCulture

Alexe Poukine

Allò que no et mata…

2019 /

84 min

A powerful and sober film that breaks the silence around rape in environments of trust without victimising women.

Human rightsWomen

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Bonita Vida

2019 /

27 min

Three women of different generations have lost a loved one to suicide. After the grief and the sadness, little by little they manage to overcome the trauma.

BiographicalWomen

Luis Ortas Pau

Constel·lació Comelade

2020 /

52 min

Craftsman of melody, postmodern classic, experimental composer, miniaturist of rock… Pascal Comelade has no single definition, and neither does his music.

BiographicalMusic

Mariana Viñoles

El gran viaje al país pequeño

2019 /

106 min

An exhaustive follow-up of two Syrian war refugee families in Uruguay makes clear that starting a new life in a country at peace is not easy.

FamilyHuman rights

Ignacio Acconcia

El niño de fuego

2020 /

89 min

What is there after beating death when you expect nothing from life? A striking and moving account of the resilience of a young man who lost all hope and enthusiasm.

BiographicalMusic

Nicole Costa

El viaje de Monalisa

2019 /

98 min

Iván Monalisa, a writer and playwright in Chile, arrived in New York more than 17 years ago. From the pre-9/11 nightlife and drag scene, Monalisa was born.

ArtBiographicalCultureHuman rightsLGBTQI+

Valentina Pedicini

Faith

2019 /

90 min

In the heart of Italy, a sect of martial arts fighters prepares to save humanity. A radical look at devotion.

Sport

Lilit Movsisyan

Fight

2020 /

90 min

In a conservative Armenian family, 16-year-old Karine dreams of becoming a vet.

AdolescenceChildhoodHuman rightsWomen

Helena Třeštíková

Forman vs. Forman

2019 /

78 min

Few lives hide as many misfortunes and strokes of good luck as that of Milos Forman. A delicate portrait that goes beyond a simple biography.

ArtBiographicalCulture

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I am a sex worker

2020 /

39 min

Tiffany and Peter meet in Barcelona and forge a great friendship when they discover that they both do the same job: non-coerced sex workers.

Michele Manzolini

Il Varco

2019 /

70 min

June 1941: as part of Operation Barbarossa, the German army invades the Soviet Union and Italy sends its first soldiers to the Ukrainian front.

Human rightsPolitics

Antón Surís

Jorge, retrato de un volcán

2020 /

11 min

Trapped between marginality and routine, Jorge is a lad from a neighbourhood of Vigo with a strange fascination and enthusiasm for volcanoes.

Ventura Durall

La nova escola

2020 /

85 min

What should school be for, today? This question gave rise to an educational revolution through the Escola Nova 21 programme.

Education

Leon Lee

Letter from Masanjia

2018 /

76 min

In the USA, Julie Keith and her family found a distress message hidden in a box of Made in China Halloween decorations.

Human rightsPolitics

Nila Núñez Urgell

Lo que dirán

2017 /

61 min

The construction and defence of the identity of two Muslim teenage girls torn between tradition and change.

Human rightsWomen

Will Hewitt

Long Live My Happy Head

2020 /

60 min

Gordon is a Scottish artist with a terminal brain tumour. He named his tumour Rick and creates comics to explore his own mortality.

ArtBiographical

Mònica Cambra

Mareas Ocultas

2019 /

10 min

A tribute to the sea and the honest gaze of a fishing boat that fights to combat marine pollution and return beauty to the waters around it.

Environment

Marc Parramon

Me llamo Violeta

2019 /

76 min

At the age of six, Ignacio told his parents: “I am a girl, my name is Violeta”.

AdolescenceBiographicalChildhoodHuman rightsLGBTQI+

Hélène Robert

Memòries del Tsunami

2019 /

68 min

A story about ghosts and spirits shows how the waves of the tsunami that shook Japan are still alive in the collective imagination.

EnvironmentHuman rights

Denis Parrot

Out

2018 /

64 min

A powerful and moving film in which young LGBTI+ people record their coming out through YouTube, WhatsApp, Skype and other social networks.

AdolescenceChildhoodLGBTQI+

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