PARALLEL SECTION
Close Looks
Short Films from Our Environment (Inauguration)
Thursday, october 1 / 7:00 p.m.
Valentín García Yebra Municipal Library / Ovidio Lucio Blanco Assembly Hall (Ponferrada).
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Dirección/Director: Rodrigo Agüeria (Sariego, Asturias, 1995)
Producción/Production: Rodrigo Agüeria
Intérpretes/Cast:
19´ (Spain)
“When Rodrigo was a child, he used to eat at his grandmother Marité’s house and wait until his aunt Montse came in. Without even sitting down, Montse would fill a plastic bag with a loaf of bread, a container of food, empty plastic bottles and a hot brick wrapped in newspaper. She was going to take the food to someone. One day, she decided to take Rodrigo with her on one condition: that he didn’t speak. Eighteen years later, he remembers nothing.”
Dirección/Director: Silvia Cachafeiro (Pontevedra, 1983)
Producción/Production: Matriuska Producciones.
Intérpretes/Cast: Emma del Rosario, Sally Iglesias, Pablo Morón, Rubén García, Cristina Panadeiros, Nikolás Rodríguez, Manuela Varela, Miguel de Lira
and Susana Sampedro.
14´ (Spain)
“Galicia, 1950s. A land and time of poverty where men rule. Concha starts her day with her friend Ramona while it’s still dark. Their husbands are asleep. They go to the river to wash octopus. They are octopus cooks.”
Dirección/Director: Guillermo López Robles (León, 1997)
Producción/Production: Guillermo López Robles
Intérpretes/Cast: Paquita López Martín, Bruno Cid Robles, Manuel Cid Robles, Beatriz Robles del Reguero and Jairo Cid Santos.
11´ (Spain)
“This short film explores loneliness in old age, showing how time and absence leave deep marks on the elderly. Through routine, memories, and objects, it reflects the emotional distance felt by seniors, even when surrounded by loved ones. A reflection on the importance of small gestures in the final years of life.”
Dirección/Director: Julu Martínez (Torre del Bierzo, 1996)
Producción/Production: Julu Martínez and Antonio Sanz Jiménez.
Intérpretes/Cast: Isabel Gigorro, Marcos Castro, Víctor Andrés Martínez, Luis García, Julio Suárez and Esperanza Carrera.
18´ (Spain)
“He’s from Torre del Bierzo, where he inherited the nickname El Chispas, working in the family workshop. She’s a city girl who avoids spending summers in her hometown of Sueros de Cepeda. One hot summer, they swim together in the reservoir, and everything changes.”
Dirección/Director: Santi Rodríguez (Molinaseca, 1999)
Producción/Production: Santi Rodríguez and Carla Bodelón.
Intérpretes/Cast: Daniela Rodríguez Queiruga, Jovita Rodríguez Sánchez,
Santiago Rodríguez González and Alejandro Rodríguez Queiruga.
8´ (Spain)
“365 days after the Bierzo fires, life seems to have returned to normal, and the elderly remain in an increasingly depopulated area. The film traces the path from recovery back to the origin of the disaster and reflects on memory, community, and the loneliness that lingers once the emergency has passed.”



