Shorts: To the Sea + Q&A (IberoDocs)
<div><b>Screening as part of <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/iberodocs">IberoDocs 2026</a>.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>This screening will have</b><b> descriptive subtitles,</b><b> a short 5-minute introduction and a BSL-interpreted post-screening Q&A with </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Dust is a Whale, is Sunlight</i><b> director María Casas Castillo and <i>Waiting to Sea</i> director Jorge Peña Martín.</b></div><div><br></div>In the <i>To the Sea</i> programme, the sea is a space of reflection and encounters. A space in which we can understand ourselves and the personal and physical landscapes we inhabit. The films in the <i>To the Sea</i> programme explore the ways in which we relate and understand each other with the sea being both a companion and witness to this encounter. The sea witnesses a disintegrating community in <i>Drop by Drop</i> by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves; a conversation between father and daughter in <i>Esperando a Mar</i> by Jorge Peña; a poetic journey across the Portuguese coastline in <i>Sweet and Salty</i> by Carmen Tofeni; and a discussion about what remains in <i>Dust is a Whale, is Sunlight</i> by María Casas Castillo. In the short films the intimate depth of an encounter is revealed by the sea, which brings it right above the surface and toward the cinema screen.<div><br></div><div><div>FILMS FEATURED:</div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i>Drop By Drop </i></b>(dir. Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves, Portugal, 2017, 10 mins, Portuguese w/ English subtitles)</div></div><div><br></div><div>The last habitants of a village refuse to let themselves sink into oblivion. In a world where the idea of progress appears to be above all, this home floats.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><i>Waiting for Sea </i></b>(dir. Jorge Peña Martín, Spain, 2026, 29 mins, Spanish w/ English subtitles) (International Premiere)</div><div><br></div><div><div>What happens when we become parents? How do we leave behind one version of ourselves to make room for another? As he awaits the birth of his daughter, a father turns the camera into a way of navigating this profound transformation. Through landscapes, quiet everyday rituals, and moments of stillness, the film unfolds as a personal letter that explores love, uncertainty, expectation, and the passing of time. Filming becomes an act of waiting, caring, and preserving memory—an attempt to hold on to the fragile beauty of a fleeting moment before it inevitably changes. Intimate and contemplative, the film reflects on parenthood as both a beginning and a farewell, where every ending quietly gives way to a new life.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><b><i>Sweet and Salty </i></b>(dir. Carmen Tofeni, Portugal/Romania/Hungary/Belgium, 2025, 17 mins, Portuguese and Romanian w/ English subtitles) (Scottish Premiere)</div><div><br></div><div>In a coastal community moulded many times by the strength of the water, an aging fisherman contemplates the dangers that climate change poses to coming generations. Below the surface, seahorses hold on to an environment that has been invisibly transformed by underwater waste and noise. In the middle of these difficulties, fishermen face with their fears following a recent maritime accident and a child fantasies seahorses on a starless sky.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div><b><i>Dust is a Whale, is Sunlight </i></b>(dir. María Casas Castillo, Belgium, 2023, 21 mins, English w/ English subtitles) (UK Premiere)</div><div><br></div><div>A whale existed 5 million years ago. Mark found her skeleton and decided to reassemble it in a dusty basement of the Science Museum in Brussels. A filmmaker finds Mark and films him, the whale, and the dust. While these bones are put back together, we try to imagine how life was 5 million years ago, before humans existed, but the sea and the sun were already here.</div></div>PT1H17MN/C 182026-09-19Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves (<i>Drop By Drop</i>); Jorge Peña Martín (<i>Waiting to Sea</i>); Carmen Tofeni (<i>Sweet and Salty</i>); María Casas Castillo (<i>Dust is a Whale
is Sunlight</i>)
Shorts: To the Sea + Q&A (IberoDocs)"Shorts: To the Sea + Q&A (IberoDocs)"Showtimes
September 19, 6:15 pm
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