Cines del Sur reaches its midpoint with specialized screenings highlighting contemporary Indian animation, international documentary features, and open-air showcases across Granada, according to festival organizers.
Indian Animation Showcase at Centro Federico García Lorca
Nine contemporary Indian animation shorts take center stage at the Centro Federico García Lorca during a specialized program curated by David Rodríguez Gómez in collaboration with Fundación Casa de la India, according to festival programmers. The shorts program spans both digital animation and stop-motion techniques, addressing themes such as social inequality, family dynamics, and climate change through humor and distinct visual styles. According to festival schedules, the screening is followed by an artist talk with Rodríguez Gómez.
Documentary and Feature Film Highlights
The festival slate incorporates several notable cinematic works across its dedicated thematic sections, providing retrospective screenings and contemporary narrative features:
- Shape of Momo: Tribeny Rai’s feature screens in the “Tesoros Perdidos” section, which rescues notable productions from years when the festival was inactive, following a protagonist who returns to her Himalayan village and faces traditional familial pressures.
- Jogo de Cena: Eduardo Coutinho’s acclaimed documentary-fiction hybrid screens in the “Palacio Condes de Gabia” under the “Perlas de la Alhambra” section, featuring 23 women whose life stories are re-enacted by professional actresses.
- As Vitrines: Flávia Castro’s historical drama about children of left-wing militants waiting out the 1973 Chilean coup inside the Argentine embassy screens at the Teatro Isabel la Católica in a collaborative session with the Granada Guitar Festival, with box office proceeds supporting the charity “Por una sonrisa de Elenita.”
Thematic Screenings and Open-Air Cinema
Environmental themes anchor the “Cine, agua y salud pública” program, which features the documentary “¿El agua es nuestra?” by Óscar Berdullas, followed by a panel discussion moderated by the director regarding water resources and public health. Meanwhile, outdoor evening screenings conclude their runs at Plaza de las Pasiegas with Yu Ao and Tienan Zhou’s 1930s China-set animation “Xana y el secreto del tiempo,” while El Corral del Carbón hosts Fabien Pisani’s biographical documentary “Para Vivir. El implacable tiempo de Pablo Milanés,” revisiting the life and music of the late Cuban singer-songwriter.
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