EL BON AUGURI (THE GOOD OMEN)
A stone lies in drying, forsaken soil just outside Barcelona. A group of women covers it with a red shroud. The last shepherd of the city grazes the sheep that will protect the stone with their wool. On the mountain overlooking the city, a symbiosis occurs amid the ever-nearing chimes of change.
Spain 2024 / 13:40 / Director: Alba Bresolí Aliberch
VISIBLE MENDING
Visible Mending is a BAFTA-nominated film that reclaims the role knitting plays in many peoples’ lives; helping them face adversity, calm anxiety, and make crucial social connections. A group of knitted objects tell stories about how they have used knitting to mend themselves, even if the repair is temporary.
United Kingdom 2023 / 8:30 / Director: Samantha Moore
MERAK
In the mountains of south-west Bulgaria, according to Slavic pagan tradition, the so-called Kukeri come together at the beginning of each year and perform a ritual to chase away evil spirits. The film follows group leader Vladi, his animals and his close ones as this forgotten community begin their methodical preparation for the new year. Taking its title from a traditional Bulgarian word meaning ‘strong passion or desire’, Merak explores the conviction and dedication inspired by this little-known practice in the modern world
Luxembourg 2020 / 22:11 / Director: Dzhovani Gospodinov
LA TEJEDORA DE RAÍCES (THE ROOTS WEAVER)
This is a poetic observation of the indigenous Yaghan art of grass-weaving as developed in Chile. Documenting the process from the extraction of raw material to the exhibition of a final piece, the film explores how an original tradition relates to diverse aural and visual textures and how it is passed on to new generations.
Chile 2021 / 9:57 / Director: Fernando Saldivia Yáñez
KRÍŽOM KRÁŽOM (CRISS CROSS)
A short story about friendship and treason between a birdie, a baby goat and a fox.
Slovakia, Czech Republic 2023 / 7:59 / Director: Nina Rybárová, Tomáš Rybár
ALL ON A MARDI GRAS DAY
In a gentrifying New Orleans, Demond sacrifices to be Big Chief in a secret culture called Mardi Gras Indians: African-American men who spend all year sewing feathered suits they’ll wear once, in a battle to decide who’s “the prettiest.”
United States 2019 / 22:34 / Director: Michal Pietrzyk
