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Since 1989 and until its prohibition by the Generalitat in autumn 1992, there was a sector called textile airbrushing; These were small companies that painted with pneumatic guns. Working conditions in these industries were insufficient. Furthermore, the products were mixed and used without warning of their danger. The gases released seriously affected the lungs.

Documentary film about visual effects master Emilio Ruiz del Rio. From his early works on films at 1942, to his last contribution at 2007, Emilio Ruiz talks on his film experiences and traditional trickery, using foreground miniatures, glass shots, and painted cut out miniatures. It shows interviews with some of the professionals he has worked with, like, Rafaela de Laurentiis, Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro, or Enzo Castellari

Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.

A sex doll called Lucy wakes up in the bedroom of a doll brothel. She lives with Mina, another doll. Together they watch TV: their window to the real world. They imagine themselves living far away. After a while, Lucy wants to escape. But Mina doesn’t want to leave. Lucy has to choose between freedom and the doll she is in love with.

Documentary on the life of Juan Negrín.

Young Eva makes her decision to stay in Madrid for the month of August an act of faith. She needs to feel things differently and think of summer as a time of opportunity. On days of festivities and verbenas, while events and encounters take place, Eva will discover that she still has time, that an opportunity can still be given.

After 15 years together, Ale and Alex choose an unconventional way to part ways: by hosting a party to celebrate their separation. Their unexpected decision leaves friends and family confused, forcing everyone to confront their own views on love, relationships, and new beginnings in this bittersweet, heartfelt story.

Fascinating journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, both marked by sexuality and eroticism. Charismatic and somewhat eccentric, brilliant intellectual with extraordinary sensitivity and member of Barcelona's 'gauche divine' in the 60s, Gil de Biedma liked to describe himself as a 'poet of experience' while he suffered dreadfully from the dichotomy strangling him: bourgeois and executive for a multinational by day, communist and homosexual poet by night.

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.

Swiss actress Lea Grand lives in Madrid, turning away from roles that make her foreignness her defining trait while developing a cabaret built from Saint Teresa of Avila’s words. When Basel Stadt theater invites her back to her home city, performance opens an unsettled question of belonging.

A city man receives a call from the woman he loved and embarks on a clandestine journey to reunite with her in an outlaw community settled on the top of a mountain. Two successive guides take him to his destination: the reunion with a story that he has not been able to forget.

Back in Time revisits the history of Torremolinos as the birthplace of rock and roll in Spain through the testimonies of key figures from music and popular culture. Written and directed by Manuel Bellido and Sigfrid Monleón, the documentary travels back to the 1960s, when Torremolinos evolved from a small fishing village into an unexpected Eldorado for young musicians, artists and creators. Structured as a road movie, the film explores the memories of a rebellious, pacifist and idealistic generation that embraced rock as a way of life and found in the Costa del Sol a space for freedom, creativity and modernity. Filmed across Andalusia and Madrid, Back in Time combines first-hand accounts, footage from seven films of the period, 24 songs and a wide selection of archival material, including previously unseen footage, to tell the story of a cultural revolution that transformed the image of Spanish youth and placed Torremolinos on the international map of modernity.

Cántico is a documentary on the life and poetry of Pablo García Baena, the leading exponent of the poetry movement formed around the journal of the same name. It begins as a diary of the making of the film, showing us the difficulties of the project. The poet, at the age of 94, though the project had come too late, with most of his colleagues already deceased. But once he opens the doors of his house; his photographs, possessions and books provide a sensory journey through the aesthetic of his poetry and his experience of language.

A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker Mario Camus (1935-2021).