DOCUMENTAL, NON FICTION | 16mm – DIGITAL 4K | GALICIAN, PORTUGUESE | SPAIN, PORTUGAL, FRANCE 2025
Mariana, a four-year-old girl, discovers the world with her teacher, in one of the last rural schools on the border between Galicia and Portugal. Children’s tales blend with the legends and stories that still inhabit the area. Mariana grows, and at seventeen years old, she faces a significant decision: to leave her village, to separate from her mother, and to go to study abroad.
Festivals & Awards
Feb 2025 / IFFR Rotterdam International Film Festival ( NL ), Bright Future – World Premiere
Mar 2025 / Thessaloniki Documentary Festival ( GR ), Open Horizons
Apr 2025 / FICCI Cartagena de Indias ( COL )
Apr 2025 / Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay ( UY )
Apr 2025/ Festival de Cine de Las Palmas ( SP ), Sección Oficial – Spanish Premiere
May 2025 / Indielisboa ( PT ), National Competition – Portuguese Premiere
– Honorable Mention for Best Director of the National Competition
– Best film prize for the Universities Jury
May 2025/ Documenta Madrid ( SP ), National Competition
– Jury Prize for Best National Film
– CineZeta Youth Award
May 2025 / Play-Doc ( SP ), Sección Galicia – Galician Premiere
– Award for Best Galician Film
Jun 2025 / Sydney FF ( AUS ) , Flux+Art: Film
Jul 2025 / Arronches, Festival Ibérico de Cine Periferias ( PT )
Aug 2025 / Lussas, États généraux du film documentaire ( FR ) – French Premiere
Aug 2025 / Vendaval, Mostra de Cinema Portugués da Ribeira Sacra ( SP )
Sept 2025 / OUFF, Ourense Film Festival ( SP ), Panorama Galicia
Sept 2025 / Intersección, Festival Internacional de Cine de A Coruña ( SP), Sección Galicia
– Jury Prize for Best Galician Film
– Honorable Mention Young Jury
Oct 2025 / Cinespaña Toulouse ( FR ), Documentary Competition
Oct 2025 / Inconvenient Films ( LIT )
Oct 2025 / Lima Alterna ( PER )
Nov 2025 / Cineuropa Compostela ( SP )
Nov 2025 / Porto Post Doc ( PT )
Nov 2025 / RIDM Montreal ( CAN )
– 2026 / Nominated for Best Documentary, Mestre Mateo Awards ( GZ )
Labs:
Nov 2022 / Zinebi Networking ( Spain )
Nov 2022 / Festival Márgenes, Márgenes WORK ( Spain ) – WIP Prize
Nov 2023 / FICX Festival Internacional de Cine de Xixón, SEMILLERU Lab ( Spain ) – DCP Deluxe Prize
Jun 2024 / ECAM FORUM (Spain) – Last Push Prize