Wood is the material of the future. Architect Oihane Ruiz and landscape designer Ane Barrutia travel through forests and industries to explore the Basque people’s relationship with the land and its historical transformation. Berdea addresses the decline of radiata pine due to brown band disease, the sector’s productive dilemma, and the tensions between sustainability, economy, and the rural world. A portrait of a territory that must decide what forest it wants for tomorrow.
Álvaro Gómez Pidal, a young filmmaker from Madrid, discovers that his great-uncle Manolo, a Spanish diplomat, was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1948 by Zionist militias. When invited to a short film festival in Tel Aviv, his host, a Palestinian holding Israeli citizenship, becomes his gateway to understanding both Israeli and Palestinian realities. Through years of investigation, Álvaro uncovers crucial testimonies and documents about Manolo's death. He finds himself in Jerusalem as violence erupts on October 7, 2023, witnessing firsthand how his great-uncle's murder resonates with Gaza's devastation.
In the midst of the labyrinth of greenhouses in Almería, one of the areas of Europe most stressed by the migratory flow from the Mediterranean, two teenagers manage to sneak into Rosalia's concert, while Perra Martinez makes her Scheherezade dress in her pet food store and little Thalia is excitedly preparing for her coronation as Queen of the Fiestas.
Taranta portrays three young people in Linares, the city with the highest unemployment rate in Europe for over a decade, caught between industrial ruins, olive groves, and uncertainty. As China moves to reindustrialize southern Europe, they face a present without opportunities and a future designed in distant boardrooms.
A documentary about how geopolitical decisions devastate the everyday lives of those who cannot leave.
