Fleeing the Portuguese dictatorship with his family in 1965 shaped his desire to investigate the interior and exterior reality of emigration. He speaks about the shame of being forced to leave your roots for economic and political reasons. When politicians criminalize migrants, while permitting their exploitation, film must speak out. […]
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“Monos”: War, the human condition, the animal condition
Recreation is part of the day to day of war, especially when it is boys and girls who are there in the line of fire. A group of teenagers in the face of a military conflict. Santiago Zapata is the producer of this film, which has been selected as a […]
In London, voices for Catalonia and democracy
After having committed human rights abuses during the Referendum for Catalan Independence that took place two years ago, the Spanish State has once again exhibited its strong hatred towards the Catalan region, this time by giving excessive sentences to pro-independence leaders who took part in the referendum on 1st October […]
England, Tory leadership and the economic crisis
The immense growth in food banks, homelessness and the sense of despair that have forced the government to appoint a minister for suicide prevention. Those are just some of the consequences after almost ten years of Tory leadership. Regarding this topic, an event will take place on July the 17th. […]
Affonso Uchoa: the power of fiction to transform experience
He talks about his fears for Brazil under the extreme right-wing government of Bolsonaro, especially the abuse of minority groups. His film about the arrest and violent abuse of a young man by the Brazilian police is also an interesting experiment in combining documentary and fiction.
















