Spanish LGTBI+ animation shorts at Instituto Cervantes

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DURING the month of July, Instituto Cervantes’ Vimeo channel will host the short-film series Zinegoak, featuring eight animation LGTBI+ stories by various Basque filmmakers. This film cycle presents personal stories, reflections, and testimonies that deal with gender identity, homosexual love and transsexuality, focusing on an underrepresented genre in cinema.

The series will kick off on July 5 & 6, with the screening of the 8-minute animation film Azaletik azalera, released in 2021 by Mel Arranz. A multi-awarded short film, the work manages to materialize bodily intimacy, through detailed shots of the touching of skins, something hardly representable in real image cinema. The short film will be available for 48 hours through this link: https://vimeo.com/824067226. The film series will continue on July 8 & 9, with La mesa (Adrian García Gomez, 2019), a short film that challenges the representation of men, love and masculinity, which can be accessed at https://vimeo.com/827926201.

The second week of the cycle will feature Beti bezperako koplak (2016), another short film directed by various filmmakers that denounces male violence and abuse against women. Available for viewing on July 12 & 13 through https://vimeo.com/824069808. On July 15 & 16 directors Paco Ramirez and Tanya O’Carroll will present their short film Thara (2018). The documentary, which depicts the life and difficulties of a Honduran transsexual woman, can be watched at https://vimeo.com/830183775.

In the third week, on July 19 & 20, the animated documentary Dejarse crecer el cuerpo (2022) by Andrea Gudiño will be presented. It consists of six real testimonies of people with different, non binary gender identities and is an interesting approach to the different ways of conceiving identity and the relationship with one’s own body and love. It can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/827934522. Following this film is Ezohikoak (2022, Alejandra Bueno) a film about the roles of women in Basque culture, which on July 22 & 23 will be shown at https://vimeo.com/824069976.

On the last week of the film cycle, on July 26-27, catch Garelako (2015, Usue Egia), which is a call for freedom to all to define themselves and feel as each and everyone wants. It will be accessible at https://vimeo.com/828266180. Lastly, the animated documentary Makun (2015, Emilio Martí), which depicts the harsh reality of detention centers for foreigners who left their countries to be themselves, will conclude the film cycle on July 29-30, and will be available at https://vimeo.com/827930587.

The movies, presented by Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with Zinegoak Film festival, will be in Spanish or Basque with English subtitles. Admission is free. For further information and updates on this film series, please check out Instituto Cervantes’ Facebook site (www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila) or the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/222136474040685

For further information about the cultural program of Instituto Cervantes please visit Instituto Cervantes’ website (http://manila.cervantes.es), or Instituto Cervantes Facebook page www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila.

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