Ciné Lumière at the Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London
Sun 20 Sept · 15:50 · £16
PROGRAMME AS MAOS DA PULPEIRA Pulpeira’s hands | Las manos de la pulpera dir. Silvia Cachafeiro International Premiere Spain | 2025 | 14 min In Galician and Spanish with English subtitles Galicia, 1950s. In a harsh, male-dominated world, Concha and her friend Ramona begin their day before dawn. As pulpeiras—women who prepare and sell octopus—they work at the river and later serve pilgrims. When Concha faces an unexpected problem and her husband is away, her fellow pulpeiras come to her aid. Determined to understand what happened, she sets out to uncover the truth and ensure it never happens again. ALBOROQUE dir. Sabrina Fernández London Premiere Spain | 2025 | 14 min In Galician and French with English subtitles To protect their villages and restore biodiversity to the landscape of Galicia, a unique collective unites to fight invasive plants and municipal neglect. Activist brigades organise a green-fingered resistance against destructive plants and neglected overgrowth around their villages in Galicia. ESCALA UN CINCUENTA MIL Scale One Fifty Thousand dir. Ángel Suanzes International Premiere Spain | 2026 | 17 min In Galician with English subtitles July 1974, Spain was moving towards unpredictable political change. Carmen also changes: her marital status. From a life attached to the father figure, to a life attached to her husband. O CORPO DE CRISTO The body of Christ | El cuerpo de Cristo UK Premiere dir. Bea Lema Spain | 2025 | 12 min In Galician with English subtitles With an unacknowledged mental disorder, Adela seeks answers in popular rituals. She feels that something is watching and harming her, and only religion seems to understand her. CARA DE CONA Butt Face dir. Guillermo de Oliveira UK Premiere Spain | 2026 | 18 min In Galician and Spanish with English subtitles Moncho, a lonely man who develops an irrational hatred for his cheerful new neighbor, Pardavila. What begins as simple annoyance soon becomes an obsession.