Song of the Hands explores deafness through music, following Jennifer, Gabriel, and José—three Deaf musicians from Venezuela—as they face the challenge of staging Beethoven’s Fidelio in Sign Language for the first time, under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. The film reveals the isolation the protagonists experience due to their deafness, ultimately showing that music is not only their refuge, but also their salvation and their...

The incredible story of a friendship that has survived pirates, tribes and above all, the cultural difference. For the past decade, Spanish filmmaker Paula Palacios has been following Ali, a young man who fled the war in Somalia at the age of 14. Their meeting in a prison in Ukraine in 2012 turns Ali's life upside down, but also Paula's. Shot in Ukraine, the USA, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, often by Ali himself, this film is both a coming-of-age story in an uncertain world and an exploration of...

Juan is 26 years old and has terminal cancer. He is confined in the hospital but he’s tired of feeling sick. So, one night, he decides to escape, with the help of his friend, Marta. Juan wishes to spend a normal night, like any other. He wants to drink with his friends, play table soccer, some darts, smoke a joint while the sun goes down but most importantly he wants to feel that everything else doesn’t exist… He wants to feel the time go by, no rush, just being with the ones he loves the...

When the prison gates open after two years, kind-hearted Dalibor (23) is greeted by his damaged family. The only one missing is his younger brother Kevin (12), who lives with their abusive alcoholic father. Dalibor confronts his father and helps his mom with the fight for Kevin’s custody to spare him from further abuse. Caught up in a vicious circle of pain, Dalibor finds refuge in a shabby wandering circus. There, he learns to heal his scars by becoming a...

An intimate portrait of a successful and single Hungarian woman in Barcelona who embarks on a unique journey towards motherhood and co-parenting with a gay...

Malena, a survivor of domestic violence, fled to Mexico City to rebuild her life after losing custody of her children despite her fierce fight. Now with a new partner, she aspires to create the family she always dreamt of, despite challenges such as IVF treatment, societal judgment, and the resentment from her teenage children who feel abandoned. While patriarchal norms may seem daunting, her determination for a brighter future is stronger than...

Roberto is a “calesitero” - a merry-go-round owner. Every day he starts a machine that rotates, defining the movement of the children on its platform, but at the same time inviting them to fly with their imagination. The merry-go-round integrates the lives of many generations of parents and grandparents who have seen their children grow and...

Kids and Music is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together children between 6 and 18 years old, around a classic jazz repertoire with lots of swing, which gained the public and sold-out some of the most important music auditoriums in...

Three men talking to three women we never see, three men arguing, three men claiming no one understands them.“Frozen souls” is a deep insight in the every day life of three isolated characters, a quick glance into the drama hidden behind the anonymous faces we see on the streets any given...

Two weeks. That's what it's asked the star of "Libra". Two weeks can change her...

Two young drug addicts wander the streets of Madrid while they review their past lives. The employs they lost, their former love relations, and the experiences shared, all are part of their...

Karishma is the co-founder of the Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League, a female soccer championship that takes place every year in the astonishing Karakoram Mountain Range, a remote and rugged area located in the North of Pakistan. Through soccer, Karishma and her sister, studied and gained freedom. But freedom always has a...