SECCIÓN INFANTIL
THURSDAY 11th / FRIDAY 12th - 11:00 am
CRAB DAY
Ross Stringer
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2023
Run time: 11 min.
OV: no dialogues
As part of a fishing community’s annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father’s approval.
LE TUNNEL DE LA NUIT
Annechien Strouven
Country: France / Belgium
Year: 2024
Run time: 9 min.
OV: no dialogues
After digging a tunnel on the beach, two kids from different sides of the world meet each other. Together, they dig their way to the North Pole, where they discover a magical way to go back home.
SEU VÔ E A BALEIA
Mariana Elisabetsky
Country: Brazil
Year: 2025
Run time: 13 min.
OV: Portuguese (subtitles in Galician)
Spanish premiere
After the loss of his beloved grandfather, young Mundinho encounters the whale that the old fisherman always talked about. As she rests beside him on the beach, day after day, Mundinho reflects on his grandfather’s death with the help of a great friend.
Soc aigua
Roser Cusó
Country: Spain (Catalonia)
Year: 2025
Run time: 6 min.
OV: Catalan (subtitles in Galician)
A drop of water falls from a cloud onto a girl who suffers the consequences of drought. Together, they embark on a journey to the sea, during which the drop observes the problems caused by the lack of water that threaten the girl’s life.
The Coromandel Fishers
Aithihya Ashok Kumar
Country: India
Year: 2025
Run time: 6 min.
OV: English (subtitles in Galician)
Spanish premiere
The film presents the memories of a boy from a fishing village, now displaced and far away from his home and livelihood. The title and narrative are an homage to the poem ‘The Coromandel Fishers’ by poet Sarojini Naidu.
