Competitive sections
IN BETWEEN / IN BETWEEN
ILJA KISLITSYN – 2024 / GERMANY
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for over a year. The 21-year-old Ira, along with her mother, finds herself in a foreign Germany, cut off from her home, family, and friends, seeking solace. After many doubts, she resolves to breathe new life into her neglected passion for swimming. That leads to an encounter with an old friend with whom she openly discusses her struggles and thoughts for the first time.
OISEAU DE PASSAGE / WANDERING BIRD
VICTOR DUPUIS – 2023 / BELGIUM
A body is floating in the water. A strange bird is calling and memories come alive again. “Where were you when I was in despair?”, asks the friend. A film about hearing and listening, about speaking out, forgiving and saying farewell.
LA VOIX DES AUTRES / THE VOICE OF OTHERS
FATIMA KACI – 2023 / FRANCE
Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working in France on asylum procedures. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women, whose voices raise questions about her own history.
JAVIER DARRIBA – UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
(DIS)CONTINUO / (DIS)CONTINUOUS
JAVIER DARRIBA – UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
The sisters Rosa, Herminia, and Anuncia grew up in a rural village in the Atlantic region of Galicia. Today, the ruins of a chicken coop remind them of the beginnings of industry and the transformation of the landscape. It is a story of evolution into a rururban space and the way of inhabiting it.
NOELIA SÁNCHEZ – UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
DOENTE / DOLIENTE
NOELIA SÁNCHEZ – UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
After the death of her grandmother, Marina stays in the house where they lived together. Despite the calls from her cousin, who tries to convince her to move in with her to overcome her grief, Marina continues an automatic life while exploring her sorrow.
IRIA PIÑÓN GARCÍA, ANDRÉS ÁLVAREZ RODRÍGUEZ – CIFP AUDIOVISUAL DE VIGO – REALIZACIÓN, PRODUCIÓN, SON E IMAXE. – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
STEPS&BARS / STEPS&BARS
IRIA PIÑÓN GARCÍA, ANDRÉS ÁLVAREZ RODRÍGUEZ – CIFP AUDIOVISUAL DE VIGO – REALIZACIÓN, PRODUCIÓN, SON E IMAXE. – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
Documentary that tells the story of Hip-Hop culture in Vigo. Featuring the city’s pioneers and models, it narrates the beginnings, values, essence, and present state through the four elements: rap, DJing, graffiti, and breakdance.
MANU SACOGA – UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
UN ABRAZO ES UN MUNDO ENTERO / A HUG IS AN ENTIRE WORLD
MANU SACOGA – UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
Dalia, a 25 years old girl, decides to retreat in her room due to her social anxiety. There, she finds USB she doesn’t remember and a forgotten letter in which a friend asked her to fulfill a promise together. Dalia will reflect on nostalgia, her friendship, and her deceased grandmother.
MIGUEL R. BERRIDE – UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
XOGO DE NENOS / CHILDS GAME
MIGUEL R. BERRIDE – UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO – GRAO EN COMUNICACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL – 2023 / SPAIN (GALICIA)
Miguel, Nico, Sara and Álex run through the forest, trying to escape from two pursuers who want to kill them. Álex cannot escape and is killed. Now there are only three, who will have to improvise, without weapons, to escape the forest alive.