Market Screenings

Ava

Ava is a teenager who takes the subway to go to school. When María calls her to ask her about her day, her daughter’s mobile phone is turned off. Ava never made it to school that morning. Someone had intercepted her on the subway.

Counters [Contadores]

1978. While talks are going on for a new agreement in the metal industry, a group of libertarian militants encourage their fellow factory workers to defend their radical position. Meanwhile, they watch in dismay as the workers’ movement becomes fragmented.

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Two weeks after a night of sex with Luis, Berta discovers she is pregnant. Try to contact Luis. No response to any of the messages. She argues with her roommates, her concentration at work disappears. She tries by all means to contact Luis but he ignores her. She decides to tell him what is happening via message but Luis blocks her on social networks. Outraged, she decides to go meet him at Luis's workplace to confront him. The result will not be what she expects. -Agente de ventas: Madrid en corto

Red Gold [Oro rojo]

Red Gold is based on the protest of Moroccan women who pick strawberries in Huelva and builds a polyphonic account that appeals to the structural dimension of the conflict: migration policies, the fight against north to south global extractivism, racial capitalism... helping us to reflect on the conflict’s complexity and its representation.

Sorda

Angela is deaf and Darío is hearing. They are a couple and have six chickens, four dogs, a vegetable garden and many communication problems. Now they are also going to have a child.

O

María de la O is a recently widowed woman with a pica disorder that makes her ingest raw, unpitted olives compulsively. After taking charge of her husband´s affairs in the countryside, she´ll hurry to complete the olive harvest. When a group of former laborers reject working with her, she will be forced to hire an unusual bunch.

Pura

A woman, the film's director herself, feels the need to discover herself and search for answers. She picks up a camera and films her mother and grandmother for the first time. She felt the need to return home and be with them.  The portrait of her mother and grandmother is also her own portrait. Thanks to them, she is reconciled with the place and the memories.

To Die Before Dying [Morir antes de morir]

Tristan is a 16-year-old French boy who lives an apparently normal life with his mother Blanca in a village in Extremadura, Spain. But everyday normality is disrupted when he is trained and prepared to become a bullfighter.

The Illustrated Woman [La mujer ilustrada]

In Ahmedabad, Isabel runs an animation workshop for a group of henna tattoo artists, the Mehndi. She interviews them about their dreams: Ramia wishes to fly, Saadiya dreams of a women's parliament, Shubhashree longs to travel to Switzerland, and Samira claims her independence through rap.

Daida back to the ocean

Daida Ruano Moreno, 18 times World Champion, tells her fight against her most difficult rival: a Cancer that almost took away not only her Life, but her most personal and intimate dream...