Avila presents a curated programme of three short films by young filmmakers, unified by a shared sense of longing: for identity, healing, and emancipation. With an intuitive cinematic language rooted in poetry and rhythm, these films - made in close collaboration with the individuals and communities they portray - are at once tender and defiant. Telling stories becomes a life-affirming act of desire, resistance, and self-realization.
Images with the urgency of an Instagram story create a long-distance dialogue between family members across a sea: Mourad and Fairuz, Tunisia and abroad. A film about waiting, dangerous desires, and dreams.
Images with the urgency of an Instagram story create a long-distance dialogue between family members across a sea: Mourad and Fairuz, Tunisia and abroad. A film about waiting, dangerous desires, and dreams.
On the eve of a Roma wedding in France, a group of women gathers to talk about their dreams, traditions, and desires of freedom and self-expression. This intimate documentary moves to the rhythms of flamenco, while it explores questions of heritage, identity, and emancipation.
On the eve of a Roma wedding in France, a group of women gathers to talk about their dreams, traditions, and desires of freedom and self-expression. This intimate documentary moves to the rhythms of flamenco, while it explores questions of heritage, identity, and emancipation.
A collective poem about the burning of home countries, about the fire and the smoke of armed conflict. A conversation with five women from different diasporas: about leaving… and (never) arriving. An ode to the displaced woman.
A collective poem about the burning of home countries, about the fire and the smoke of armed conflict. A conversation with five women from different diasporas: about leaving… and (never) arriving. An ode to the displaced woman.