A selection of the best short and independent films from around the world will be screened in the Hostel Celica's Summer Garden. The films are shown with English subtitles.

METIS

Dir. LUC GODONOU DOSSOU

SWITZERLAND

12min

2018

We hold on to an individual or to a group of people with whom we identify and who accepts us. To grab this symbolic or realistic feeling is essential to understand the discourse of bi-cultural individuals, and the image that the society has of them. Through the testimony of bi-cultural individuals, this film confronts us to the reality of a life between two cultures.

PURITY

Dir. PEDRO VIKINGO

SPAIN

2018

5min

Breathtaking short documentary about the lives and dreams of five young children. They are undergoing the most important change in their lives and, through their story, we can reflect on such important matters as to what defines us as a person.

GRRL!!!

Dir. DANIEL SUBERVIOLA

SWEDEN / SPAIN

2018

29min

For most girls, going through adolescence and becoming free and independent women is a dangerous journey. They face sexual harassment, child marriage, unwanted sexual relations and more. Roxana (Colombia), Encya (East Timor) and Joy (Uganda) represent millions of other girls who are navigating the same journey.

BATTLE

Dir. RICA SAITO & CAIO CASTOR & CLARA LAZARIM & GUILHERME CESAR

BRASIL

2019

16min

The polarization of Brazilian society is brought into painfully sharp focus in a single long shot, during which a street interview descends into a heated exchange with passersby. Are we still listening to each other?

MINI MISS

Dir. RACHEL DAISY ELLIS

BRASIL

2018

15min

Filmed entirely from the perspective of a 4 year old, five young girls compete to be crowned Mini Miss Baby Brasil. The film provides a unique insight into early childhood experiences and children’s innate capacity for resistance in a world dominated by adult norms & desires.

BOXGIRLS

Dir. JAIME MURCIEGO

NIGERIA / SPAIN

2016

19min

Life is not easy in a place like Kariobangi (Nairobi), and it is even worse for girls and women condition. Poverty, crime, drugs, rape and other violations that the female boxers of Boxgirls try to avoid through physical and mostly mental skills that boxing gives to them.

Entry into the venue is permitted only with: a negative PCR or RAT test result (not older than 48 hours) or a medical certificate of recovery or a certificate for vaccination, in accordance with the instructions of the National Institute of Public Health.

In case of rain, the screening will be cancelled.