Charo secretly collects abandoned objects and gives them a place in her home. When her family leaves her to look after her niece, her routine unravels and she must decide whether to keep playing the role imposed on her or choose her own path.
When a baby cries, they should be fed. A good mother wouldn’t let them die of hunger. A good father wouldn’t wish to murder him.
Sometimes, the hardest step in a day is the first one. In «Loose Sleep», our hero fights a battle against himself: is it worth it to leave the comfort of the duvet and live life outside?
In the late 1980s, a socialist revolution abolished work, and since then the State has covered all the population’s needs. In return, citizens may be called upon to present a public service television programme.
Lidia and Asier, a couple, arrive in the village of Siurana, surrounded by cliffs, to visit a friend. There is tension between them. Lidia becomes increasingly fascinated by what she feels as she wanders through its streets. A local legend tells the story of an Arab woman’s escape. Asier tries to reach out to Lidia, but she remains distant. When they reach the village church, Lidia stays outside. That will be the last time Asier sees Lidia.
Using a combination of animation, documentary and animated photo techniques, Clodomiro explains the development of capitalism in today’s society. A digitised version of a 16 mm projection print belonging to the Film Library at the National Autonomous University of Mexico is screened.
A body covered with a bloodstained sheet lies on a ping-pong table, set on what appears to be a stage. Based on this image found in the Colombian news archive, this documentary piece shows how death, paradoxical and ineffable, has inhabited a place not intended for it: the León de Greiff Auditorium at the National University of Colombia.
The film follows an encounter between the ghost of a possessed girl, trapped for centuries within a stone, and the director’s 102-year-old grandmother, confined to her living room and waiting for death. The ghost, tied to a Polish folktale about the mysterious Kontrewers stone, becomes drawn to the pious older woman, mistaking her for its long-lost mother.
