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PRISMA FEMININO
"Prisma Femenino" está dedicado a las películas realizadas por mujeres o centradas en experiencias femeninas. Esta categoría busca amplificar las voces de mujeres cineastas y contar historias que reflejen la diversidad de las vivencias de las mujeres alrededor del mundo. Es un espacio para explorar y celebrar la perspectiva femenina en el cine, promoviendo la igualdad de género y la representación.
 Akababuru: Expression of astonishmentDirector: Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí Writer: Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí Producer: Laura Giraldo Mira Colombia / 2025 / 13'33 Short Film Kari, an indigenous girl who is afraid to laugh, meets Kera, who shares with her the myth of Kiraparamia, a woman punished by the gods for laughing at her husband. Kera reinterprets this and tells her that laughing set her free. Inspired, Kari uses laughter to confront those who bother her. |  AlafiaDirector: Cecilia Fontenele Writer: Cecilia Fontenele Producers: Cecilia Fontenele, Luzia Costa, Rodolpho de Barros Cinematographer: Carine Fiúza Music Production/Soundtrack: Marcus da Silva Brazil / 2025 / 15' Short Film The challenges of yet another day in the city lead Sandra, a 28-year-old Black woman, to navigate it under the storyline of three male figures: her young son, her husband, and her elderly, ailing father. |  At The Edge of SkinDirector: Danielle Villanova Writer: Danielle Villanova Producer: Lívia Borges Cinematographer: Bruno Keusen Original score: Edson Secco Brazil / 2024 / 20' Short Documentary "At The Edge of Skin" (20’, 2024, dir. Danielle Villanova) is an observational documentary guided by the lives of Laiz and Joselito, both Black and albino. By juxtaposing Laiz at the height of her 7-year-old childhood and Joselito at 60, the film weaves together and reveals the complex ancestral |
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 Ban'a MayiDirector: Maud-Salomé Ekila Bofunda Writer / Productor: Maud-Salomé Ekila Bofunda RD Congo / 2024 / 8' Animation Nia, Okelia, and Shanti are triplets living in Kinshasa. Okelia is different from her sisters because she has albinism. The three sisters are so passionate about the marine world that their father decides to move to Moanda, a Congolese town by the ocean, where they will make a wonderful discovery. Before leaving the city, they pay tribute to Patrice LUMUMBA at his memorial. |  BarbaraDirector: Vilma Carla Martins Writer: Heraldo de Deus Brazil / 2025 / 20' Short Film Bárbara is a girl with a special talent for imitations. From a poor family in the countryside, she is the one who brings relief to the everyday problems they face. Inspired by a theater troupe that settles in the city, she begins to dream of being an actress, while teaching her father that there is no hardship that laughter cannot cure. |  BeutsetDirector: Alice Mendy Producer: Rhea Plangg Switzerland / 2023 / 29'57 Short Fiction When a parasite contaminates all the drinking water of Dakar, pills are created to neutralize it. Alioune, a young man can no longer afford them and is exposed to the symptoms of the parasite: Madness and dementia. As the days go by, he realizes that he has never been so lucid, and he begins a journey of political and spiritual awakening. |
 Listening to Images_Escuchar Las ImágenesDiretor: Maica Gugolati Writer: Maica Gugolati, Paul Donneys, Cesar Torres Producer: Maica Gugolati Colombia / 2024 / 59'32 Documentary This documentary is based on research-based fieldwork (Dec 2022-Jan 2023) where seven Panamanian families of West Indian descent (Jamaica, Martinica, Barbados, Trinidad, and Guyana) between Panama City and Colon, who agreed to meet and share their family memories about being migrant workers who, in the XIX century, built the Panama Canal. |  Fighting GiantsDirector: Oluwaseun Babalola Writer: Oluwaseun Babalola Producers: Oluwaseun Babalola, Damilola Aleje United States / 2024 / 8'31 Short Film Based on true events, Abi has arrived in Sierra Leone to help her mother, Mama Amy, search for her missing sister in Freetown. When it's time for Abi to carry the weight of the two, both realize they are not on grief's journey alone. |  FitofasciasDirectors: Petra Ventana, Lucía Benamo Producer: Petra Ventana Editor: Lucía Benamo Argentina-Colombia / 2025 / 8'55 Short Documentary The short film Fitofascias articulates a series of Butoh dance interventions in public spaces, exploring the relationship between body and land, using performance as a means of reflection and creation. |
 GraceDirector: Natalie Jasmine Harris Writer: Natalie Jasmine Harris Producers: Natalie Jasmine Harris, Julia Kennelly, Samiyah Wardlaw, Latavia Young United States / 2024 / 13'30 Short Film Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the rural 1950's South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her romantic feelings toward her best friend Louise. |  Love Through The LensDirector: Donna Sibande Writer: Donna Sibande Producers: Zukiswa Boyce, Donna Sibande South Africa / 2024 / 20' Short Film Two lonely souls accidentally connect during a corona-virus outbreak, they find love in each other, until tragedy strikes and one of them gets infected. In a world where they’re not allowed to be together, due to the heavy lockdown restrictions, will they overcome the pandemic and be together? |  Love, Joy & Power: Tools For LiberationDirector: Daresha Kyi Producer: Trevite Willis United States / 2025 / 95´ Documentary Love, Joy & Power (formerly Black Voters Matter) is a feature length documentary about the co-founders of the Black Voters Matter Fund, Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown, the work they do to empower African American communities especially in the rural south, and the crucial role they played in flipping Georgia from red to blue in the 2020 Presidential election and the 2021 Georgia Senate Runoffs as well as... |
 MansosDirector: Juliana Segóvia Writer: Juliana Segóvia Producer: Raylla Borges Photographer: Kelven Queiroz Brazil / 2024 / 20' Short Film Benedita is a young woman who grew up with a mark in her past: the murder of her mother, Tereza. Benedita, now leader, will make her mother's fight count in an incessant search for revenge. |  Oríkì OshunDirector: Elena Herminia Guzman Writer: Elena Herminia Guzman, Essence Tiara London, Solimar Otero, Maria E Hamilton Abegunde Producers: Essence Tiara London, Bex Oluwatoyin Thompson United States / 2025 / 14'55 Experimental An experimental visual praise poem dedicated to Orisha Oshun, the mother of the sweet waters. Oríkì Oshun uses sacred stories, drumming, and ritual to weave a divine visual tapestry. |  SCIENTIFIC INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE - The contributions of Dr. Héctor AntonioDirector: Claudia Marcela Angulo Murcia Writer: Claudia Marcela Angulo Murcia Producers: Claudia Marcela Angulo Murcia, Señal Colombia Colombia / 2024 / 33'34 Short Documentary The creation of the Center for Scientific Research, Biotechnological Development and Integrative Medicine for the Colombian Pacific based in Tumaco, is the dream of the PhD in Neurophysiology, Hector Antonio Angulo for 35 years. This man whose ancestors were the healers of his native village in Barbacoas... |
 SequenceDirector: Chiro- Claudia Castellanos Hernández Writer, Producer: Chiro- Claudia Castellanos Hernández Colombia / 2024 / 15'21 Short Film María and Milena are sisters who work the land in the Montes de María region. One day, after harvesting some food, they are confronted by uniformed men who are searching for "valuable information" about a new armed group that roams their village. In the aftermath, a bunch of bananas and a red cap remain as the only evidence of these women. |  Sugar islandDirector: Johanné Gómez Terrero Writer: Johanné Gómez Terrero Producers: Fernando Santos Diaz, David Baute Dominican Republic / 2024 / 91' Feature Film An unwanted pregnancy, triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded by sugarcane fields. |  The Afro MexpatsDirector: Ebony Marie Bailey Producers: Ebony Marie Bailey, Andalusia K Soloff, Latino Public Broadcasting Mexico / 2024 / 16'35 Short Documentary The pandemic has fueled a “Blaxit”: Black Americans fed up with US racism and rising housing costs are leaving the American dream behind. Many are seeking refuge in Mexico, but what does “freedom” really look like on the other side? Through the stories of three Black women who have transplanted to Mexico |
 The Final RoundDirector: Lisa A Maydwell Writer: Lisa A Maydwell Producers: Lisa A Maydwell, Robert Sciglimpaglia United States / 2024 / 70'10 Documentary Robert W. Lee was charged with taking 338,000.00 in bribes from promoters and managers to fix ratings and sanction fights. The truth is now revealed about the selective racist prosecution. |  The FishermanDirector: Zoey Martinson Writer: Zoey Martinson Producers: Kofi Owusu- Afriyie, Korey Jackson Ghana / 2024 / 105´ Feature Film Atta Oko has spent his life as a proud traditional fisherman in rural Ghana. When he is suddenly forced into retirement his life takes a whimsical turn as he is partnered with a modern bougie talking fish. As fishy chaos ensues, Atta and his three quirky "Associates" navigate the vibrant streets of Accra, chasing their shared dream of owning a fishing boat. |  The Incredible Sensational Fiancée of Sèyí ÀjàyíDirector: Abbesi Akhamie Writer: Abbesi Akhamie Producer: Yety Omotomilola Akinola Nigeria / 2024 / 16'20 Short Film In the whimsical pan-African community of Alkebulan, a brilliant scholar plots revenge after discovering her fiancé's engagement to another woman. |
 UnvirtuousDirector: Chloé Aicha Boro Writer: Chloé Aicha Boro Producer: Chloé Aicha Boro Burkina Faso / 2025 / 97' Feature Film In Burkina Faso, against the backdrop of advancing jihadists, Natie, a self-conscious teenage girl, accidentally discovers that her grandmother married a man she did not love. In her quest to mend her grandmother’s broken fate, Natie also hopes to find herself. Will she succeed in breaking free ? |  V's SecretDirector: Bassma Farah Nancy Producers: Jesuit Cairo Film School, Antonious Bassily, Bassma Nancy Farah, Amir Fahim Egypt / 2024 / 12'50 Short Film Adam, 27, drops his wife’s G-string onto neighbor Bassem’s balcony. Bassem shuts the door, ignoring Adam’s explanation. Convinced Bassem took it, Adam retaliates, breaking a flowerpot. He sneaks into Bassem’s room, leading to a confrontation. But when the G-string is still missing, doubt begins to creep in. |  Zanatany, When soulless shrouds whisperDirectors: Hachimiya AHAMADA writer: Hachimiya AHAMADA Producers: Manon Coubia, Jeremy Van der Haegen, Charlotte Vincent Photographer: Charlotte Michel Belgium / 2024 / 27' Short Fiction Madagascar. Majunga. December 1976. A wind of revolt sweeps through the city. Ali, a second-incommand in a bookbinding workshop, is raising his two daughters alone. One morning, before going to work, he witnesses what seems to be a simple neighborhood quarrel... |
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