A story of migration, bridges, portraits and the rubble of modernity and progress. Filmmaker Victor Diago converts Glasgow into a living archive, where memory, forgetfulness and past crimes mix under a persistent rain. For a mediterranean person, Glasgow holds a magic in the midst of a harsh greyness. A dialogue between present and past.
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Chaplin, a satirical view of exile
During his lifetime the English film maker experienced the strong arm of the law at a time when immigration laws in certain countries were increasingly restricting the movement of people around the world, a situation which contradicted the concept of freedom discussed in the last quarter of a century. […]
Catalina Villar: Mental health and repressive public morality
Through showing the impact of the use of lobotomy on her grandmother, her film “Ana Rosa” also deals with the social power of doctors, which they usually deny, claiming that their diagnoses are ‘objective’. The moral discourse on ‘normality’ always influences psychiatric categories. Surgery was used as a social control.
Migrant, feminist advocate, and passionate about the underprivileged
Having gone through stages of questioning her future vocation and numerous difficulties that followed, thanks to her strong passion and tenacity, Priscilla Anany finally brought us this great movie, her debut feature, “ChildreN of the mountaiN”. (The Prisma memoirs) Yi ZOU Due to the special features of the […]
The magical world of the Karuara, the people of the river
On Saturday, April 12, at 8 pm. in London, the doors of The Garden Cinema will open for viewers to delve into a documentary that shows the life of the Amazonian Kukama community and their connection with the Marañon River. It is “Karuara, people of the river”, a film […]
















