By Zac Ntim. This year First Look will highlight independent projects from Spain. The projects will also be available in the digital library of Locarno Pro Online, the platform for accredited industry professionals.
Among the titles is Prefiro condenarme , a documentary directed by Spanish filmmaker and academic Margarita Ledo-Andi. The film is produced by Olaia Ledo and Carmen Ciller. The synopsis reads: The Ecclesiastical Court of Santiago de Compostela convicted Sagrario Fra, a shellfish harvester in Ferrol, for committing adultery. At the time, many women were being imprisoned or locked up in a mental hospital for what is considered a female-specific criminal act.
But Sagrario Fra experiences love as insubordination. Like the birds, flying between heaven and earth, Antigone is latent in Sagrario. Watch on Deadline. Teresa Pla, an intersex child assigned female at birth, struggles to be recognized as a man within the archaic Spanish society of the beginning and middle of the 20th century while he is persecuted by guerrillas, bandits and the Guardia Civil Civil Guard.
Distressed by the troubles and difficulties of life and death, ghosts and humans of the small town of La Mancha will do the impossible to put an end to their problems and will not hesitate to carry out extreme and desperate plans to achieve it.
Dream of Another Summer. Dream of Another Summer tells the story of the encounter between a woman collapsing and a city in ruins in order to explore how the spaces we inhabit relate to us, and to reflect on the mortality and survival of a city. Mares takes the audience on an intimate and emotionally charged journey with director Ari 32 , and her partner Anna 41 , who want to have a child together. Anna is the first to begin assisted reproduction, whilst Ariadna captures every step with her camera.
