SPECIAL SCREENINGS
OPENING FILM
MATRIA
Álvaro Gago
Country: Spain (Galicia)
Year: 2023
Duration: 99 min.
Original language: Galician (subtitles in English)
Ramona lives on the Galician coast, immersed in a tense and precarious work and personal context. Juggling multiple jobs, she fights to provide her daughter Estrella with a better future. When she seems ready to take her own path, Ramona realises that she can do something for herself.
PROA. Focus on the relationship between humans and marine mammals
A TASTE OF WHALE
Vincent Kelner
Country: France
Year: 2022
Duration: 85 min.
Original language: English, French, Faroese (subtitles in Galician)
Every year, hundreds of pilot whales are hunted in the fjords of the Faroe Islands. It’s locally known as the “Grind”, a spectacular and bloody tradition. International activists would like to put an end to it, so that these mammals will stop suffering. But the Faroese whalers denounce the hypocrisy of those who eat meat without looking at what is happening in slaughterhouses and at the industries polluting our planet.
THE WHALE FROM LORINO
Maciej Cuske
Country: Poland
Year: 2019
Duration: 59 min.
Original language: Russian (subtitles in Galician)
Chukotka, on the edge of Siberia, is a severe land where only the strongest survive. One of the oldest Siberian tribes, the Chukchi, has lived there for centuries. Since the USSR collapsed, they have been trying to survive, missing the wisdom of their ancestors and hope for the future. One of the last sources of life and tradition for the Chukchi is whale hunting, whose fate is also threatened.
POPA. FILMar Project
FILMAR PROJECT
Cinemateca Portuguesa
Country: Portugal
Year: 1913-1961
Duration: 66 min.
Original language: Portuguese, English (subtitles in Galician)
A almadraba atuneira (1961), by António Campos
Tin Sardines (1935), by Leitão de Barros (not confirmed)
Pesca do bacalhau (1931), by Films Sanmael
A indústria baleeira (1932), by José César de Sá & António Antunes da Mata
O naufrágio do ‘Veronese’ (1913), by Invicta Films
SPECIAL SESSION
ENTRE REDES
Vanessa Martínez
Country: Spain (Galicia)
Year: 2023
Duration: 10 min.
Original language: Galician
Returning an oval crab to the sea, patiently waiting for the octopus to reach the desired size, avoiding lobster catch out of season, and promoting generational handover, are some of the messages conveyed by María Maceiras, Merce Silva, and Rogelio Santos Queiruga in their videos. The three well-known communicators from the Ría de Muros and Noia provide a glimpse into their daily lives. A day of work among traps, lines and hooks, a day on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. In short, a day navigating through both physical and digital networks.