Competitive sections
KALABUKÚ, LA SEMILLA DEL CAMBIO / KALABUKÚ, THE SEED OF CHANGE
ANDREA BOUZO – 2023 / SPAIN, SENEGAL
KALABUKÚ, LA SEMILLA DEL CAMBIO / KALABUKÚ, THE SEED OF CHANGE
ANDREA BOUZO – 2023 / SPAIN, SENEGAL
In Oukout, four women meet every Sunday with their group to self-manage a micro-credit system alongside the rice harvest, as individualism has no place in their society. Together they strive for a balance between traditional life and economic independence. Kalabukú – ‘the women’ in the language – are sowing the seeds of a change that is in the making.
QUEIMAR CANDO MORRA / BURN WHEN I DIE
INÉS PINTOR – 2024 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
QUEIMAR CANDO MORRA / BURN WHEN I DIE
INÉS PINTOR – 2024 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
“Burn when I die, recite Our Father and throw it to the fire”. That’s what a package I found in my grandma’s wardrobe said when she passed away. Before burning it, the objects we discovered made me think about my family, about shared memories. About what was life like for women and how it has changed.
PECHAR CAIXAS ABRIR CAIXAS / CLOSED BOXES OPEN BOXES
HUGO AMOEDO – 2024 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
PECHAR CAIXAS ABRIR CAIXAS / CLOSED BOXES OPEN BOXES
HUGO AMOEDO – 2024 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
Galician writer Xavier Queipo is getting ready to move back to his homeland after more than 30 years of living in Brussels. He empties his house and puts his memories in boxes the removal company loads onto their truck to take them to Spain. Another Galician man, the filmmaker Hugo Amoedo, who is based in Brussels, too, wonders whether and when he’ll be back in his homeland. In the meantime, he teaches his son to ride a bike, wonders, dreams, struggles to unravel ideas for films, and argues with the clerks of the Brussels post.
SEGUNDA II / THE SECOND ONE
ANITA PICO – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
SEGUNDA II / THE SECOND ONE
ANITA PICO – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
Segunda (in Spanish “the Second One”) was marked with her name when she was born, but she had other plans. From a small Galician town, this eighty-year-old matriarch has lived her life with the determination and personality of the Roman emperors who conquered the world. In this portrait of a Galician woman from the countryside, we discover the values of those who once dominated history.
