Els buits / Gaps (2024)
Can oral history restore a forgotten part of our past? Can it break the silence perpetuated over generations?
In 1969, seventeen-year-old Mariona was arrested and imprisoned in a reformatory ruled by the Women's Welfare Agency, which was dedicated to "regenerating fallen women" during Franco’s dictatorship.
In 2023, Mariona and her daughter look back to piece together her story.
WRITERS& DIRECTORS Isa Luengo, Sofia Esteve & Marina Freixa
PRODUCERS Laura Rubirola Sala, Carlotta Schiavon
CAST Mariona Roca, Marina Freixa Roca (as themselves)
DOP Isa Luengo, Sofia Esteve & Marina Freixa
EDITING Isa Luengo, Sofia Esteve & Marina Freixa
ON-SET SOUND Isa Luengo, Sofia Esteve & Marina Freixa
SOUND DESIGN Joan Cabré Miret
COLORIST Luna Sáez
ORIGINAL LANGUAGES Catalan, Spanish
RUNTIME 19:20
GENRE& TOPICS Documentary I Historical Memory I Women and Queer Past I Psychiatric Abuse
FESTIVALS & AWARDS I HIGHLIGHTS
Goya Awards of the Spanish Film Academy - Best Documentary Short
Nominee
Gaudí Awards of the Catalan Film Academy - Best Short Film
Nominee
Málaga Film Festival - Spain
Best Best Documentary Short Film Winner
D’A Film Festival Barcelona - Spain
Audience Award
FIPADOC - Festival International Documentaire - France
PRESS & LINKS I HIGHLIGHTS
“A single shot from Els buits is enough to encapsulate almost five decades of infamy”.
Matías G. Rebolledo, Kinótiko
“Rebellious and nonconformist in both content and form, the film fills the gaps of a a distorted historical narrative”.
Tariq Porter, D’A