"Esa Maravillosa Niebla" is a trilogy that seeks to help normalise the various developmental disorders. As its author explains, it is a literary/musical project reflecting the social evolution of these disorders over the last century, promoting education in diversity and equality. Taken as a whole, the work stands as a tribute to inclusion and fairness.
The first instalment, published in November 2018, focused on raising awareness of autism. The second broadens its scope to include both autism and Down syndrome. Finally, the third and final part aims to address the topic of mental health without censorship.
Ernesto, a 90-year-old man living in a care home, decides to reveal the secret he has kept hidden all his life: that he is gay. By doing so, he faces the unwanted loneliness he has endured for keeping it secret. Meanwhile, Aitor receives the shocking news that he will die soon, which makes him rethink his life and start living experiences he had previously rejected. Marta, a widow for many years, struggles against the monotony of her daily life, trapped in a routine of memories, until an old love unexpectedly reappears in her life.
Animated documentary based on authentic recordings presents the struggle with addiction through visual symbols and shortcuts. Alongside the characters we take a journey out of the vicious cycle of addiction, from one end of the spiral to the other. There lies the memento and uncertainty, but also hope.
Mr. Gnome is sunbathing in his garden when suddenly a little cloud hides the sun. Mr. Gnome is pretty annoyed but, fortunately, he knows precisely what to do with such clouds.
“Two Iberias” is a historical documentary exploring the connections between Georgians and Basques. Through history, linguistics, and folklore, it compares two cultures that, despite their distance, share structural traits and parallel paths. Based on the hypothesis of a common pre-Indo-European origin, the film doesn’t aim to prove it but to analyze similarities in language, traditions, and cultural resilience. Filmed in Georgia and the Basque Country, it includes interviews and scenes showing how both societies have preserved their identity against empires and globalization.
Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with imagination and hidden dreams. Isolated in her fantasy world full of made-up busty dolls, plastic men’s body parts, juicy strawberries and dentist tools, she builds up her own relationships with her body and sexuality. Diving deeper and deeper into her childhood memories, she again experiences rebellion against her mother and mixed feelings for her father. Electra has to go through the most painful memories to let her suppressed feelings come out. In the end, she is ready to reveal what has really happened during her 10th birthday.
Furry lives in a clearing surrounded by dark woods with a pack of animal friends. Their only food is rare orange seeds that transform into large glowing fruit as soon as they touch the ground. Furry’s friends are afraid to venture into the scary woods, but he’s bored doing nothing but waiting.
For a decade, Dr. Steve Boyes has been in search of a mysterious elusive herd of Ghost Elephants in the highlands of Angola, a wooded plateau — virtually uninhabited, but in size as large as England. He sets out with master trackers from Namibia, the best remaining in the world, but there is a deep underlying question: would it not be better to keep these gigantic elephants rather as a dream, as ghosts, as the White Whale, than finding them in reality?
